Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature

1.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,337,990 ratings
2.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 504,986 ratings
3.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,237 ratings
4.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,713 ratings
5.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,001 ratings
6.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,126 ratings
7.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,752 ratings
8.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,582 ratings
9.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,940 ratings
10.
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family 4.20 avg rating — 34,063 ratings
11.
Chess Story
Chess Story 4.27 avg rating — 158,903 ratings
12.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,190 ratings
13.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,956 ratings
14.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,205 ratings
15.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,168 ratings
16.
Demian
Demian 4.14 avg rating — 129,429 ratings
17.
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story 4.18 avg rating — 215,937 ratings
18.
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund 4.22 avg rating — 69,796 ratings
19.
Death in Venice and Other Tales
Death in Venice and Other Tales 3.92 avg rating — 16,074 ratings
20.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.33 avg rating — 28,033 ratings
21.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.07 avg rating — 169,496 ratings
22.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,970 ratings
23.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,298 ratings
24.
The Radetzky March (Von Trotta Family, #1)
The Radetzky March (Von Trotta Family, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 13,633 ratings
25.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating — 13,443 ratings
26.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz 3.84 avg rating — 10,883 ratings
27.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,603 ratings
28.
Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet 4.28 avg rating — 113,812 ratings
29.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 3.69 avg rating — 17,762 ratings
30.
Homo Faber
Homo Faber 3.68 avg rating — 30,229 ratings
31.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
32.
Die Physiker
Die Physiker 3.89 avg rating — 41,189 ratings
33.
The World of Yesterday
The World of Yesterday 4.51 avg rating — 27,395 ratings
34.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera 3.88 avg rating — 14,164 ratings
35.
Duino Elegies
Duino Elegies 4.39 avg rating — 9,804 ratings
36.
The Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied
by: Unknown
3.82 avg rating — 8,697 ratings
37.
The Clown
The Clown 3.93 avg rating — 31,151 ratings
38.
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Confusions of Young Törless 3.67 avg rating — 9,865 ratings
39.
The Wall
The Wall 4.03 avg rating — 27,499 ratings
40.
Effi Briest
Effi Briest 3.27 avg rating — 15,796 ratings
41.
Momo
Momo 4.34 avg rating — 91,781 ratings
42.
Galileo
Galileo 3.66 avg rating — 18,225 ratings
43.
Der Richter und sein Henker
Der Richter und sein Henker 3.70 avg rating — 16,767 ratings
44.
Amerika
Amerika 3.74 avg rating — 33,112 ratings
45.
Tales of Hoffmann
Tales of Hoffmann 4.02 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
46.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children 3.62 avg rating — 22,264 ratings
47.
Selected Poems and Fragments
Selected Poems and Fragments 4.32 avg rating — 877 ratings
48.
Beneath the Wheel
Beneath the Wheel 3.88 avg rating — 21,476 ratings
49.
Dream Story
Dream Story 3.76 avg rating — 19,880 ratings
50.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.60 avg rating — 15,362 ratings
51.
Every Man Dies Alone
Every Man Dies Alone 4.27 avg rating — 35,331 ratings
52.
Storm of Steel
Storm of Steel 4.15 avg rating — 20,479 ratings
53.
Wilhelm Tell
Wilhelm Tell 3.21 avg rating — 8,821 ratings
54.
The Marquise of O— and Other Stories
The Marquise of O— and Other Stories 3.48 avg rating — 4,568 ratings
55.
Der Schimmelreiter
Der Schimmelreiter 3.37 avg rating — 9,464 ratings
56.
Woyzeck
Woyzeck 2.96 avg rating — 25,266 ratings
57.
Der Sandmann
Der Sandmann 3.57 avg rating — 26,239 ratings
58.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,675 ratings
59.
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy 3.67 avg rating — 35,986 ratings
60.
Mephisto
Mephisto 4.07 avg rating — 5,643 ratings
61.
The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn 4.23 avg rating — 16,856 ratings
62.
The Emigrants
The Emigrants 4.16 avg rating — 11,058 ratings
63.
Faust
Faust 3.90 avg rating — 48,388 ratings
64.
Parzival
Parzival 3.74 avg rating — 3,837 ratings
65.
I'm Not Stiller
I'm Not Stiller 4.03 avg rating — 5,555 ratings
66.
Measuring the World
Measuring the World 3.73 avg rating — 21,337 ratings
67.
Draußen vor der Tür
Draußen vor der Tür 4.08 avg rating — 6,579 ratings
68.
Rock Crystal
Rock Crystal 3.69 avg rating — 1,911 ratings
69.
Beware of Pity
Beware of Pity 4.26 avg rating — 19,894 ratings
70.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle 3.74 avg rating — 8,974 ratings
71.
Nathan der Weise
Nathan der Weise 3.31 avg rating — 18,842 ratings
72.
The Lord Chandos Letter and Other Writings
The Lord Chandos Letter and Other Writings 3.92 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
73.
Jugend ohne Gott
Jugend ohne Gott 3.85 avg rating — 13,397 ratings
74.
Elective Affinities
Elective Affinities 3.69 avg rating — 13,178 ratings
75.
Hymns to the Night
Hymns to the Night
by: Novalis
4.01 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
76.
Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten
Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten 4.15 avg rating — 8,566 ratings
77.
Spring's Awakening
Spring's Awakening 3.82 avg rating — 14,078 ratings
78.
Wittgenstein’s Nephew
Wittgenstein’s Nephew 4.03 avg rating — 6,564 ratings
79.
Das Boot: The Boat
Das Boot: The Boat 4.26 avg rating — 5,824 ratings
80.
Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil 4.03 avg rating — 109,288 ratings
81.
Der Untertan
Der Untertan 3.53 avg rating — 4,871 ratings
82.
Das Buch der Lieder
Das Buch der Lieder 4.18 avg rating — 568 ratings
83.
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
by: Anonymous
4.29 avg rating — 17,073 ratings
84.
Michael Kohlhaas
Michael Kohlhaas 3.55 avg rating — 6,175 ratings
85.
Mario and the Magician
Mario and the Magician 3.35 avg rating — 6,707 ratings
86.
The Pledge
The Pledge 3.90 avg rating — 10,418 ratings
87.
Emil and the Detectives
Emil and the Detectives 3.99 avg rating — 13,206 ratings
88.
Die Strudlhofstiege oder Melzer und die Tiefe der Jahre
Die Strudlhofstiege oder Melzer und die Tiefe der Jahre 3.95 avg rating — 410 ratings
89.
The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia, #4)
The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 23,501 ratings
90.
The Death of Virgil
The Death of Virgil 4.14 avg rating — 1,715 ratings
91.
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony 3.93 avg rating — 31,021 ratings
92.
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years 3.83 avg rating — 5,478 ratings
93.
The Golden Pot and Other Tales
The Golden Pot and Other Tales 3.41 avg rating — 5,306 ratings
94.
The German Lesson
The German Lesson 4.08 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
95.
Medea
Medea 3.92 avg rating — 4,761 ratings
96.
Maria Stuart
Maria Stuart 3.46 avg rating — 10,095 ratings
97.
Vertigo
Vertigo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,933 ratings
97.
Die Blendung
Die Blendung 4.02 avg rating — 6,567 ratings
99.
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 438,701 ratings
100.
Amok
Amok 3.98 avg rating — 24,061 ratings
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