German Literature

German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects (e.g. Alemannic).
An early flowering of German literature is the Middle High German period of the High Middle Ages. Modern literature in German begins with the authors of the Enlightenment (such as Herder) and reaches
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‎22 Bahnen
Windstärke 17
The Director
Death and the Gardener
Mimik
Eurotrash
If You Stayed
»Mama, bitte lern Deutsch«: Unser Eingliederungsversuch in eine geschlossene Gesellschaft
Die schönste Version
The Girl Who Left
Kairos
Anywhere (Dunbridge Academy, #1)
Nemesis' Töchter: 3000 Jahre zwischen Female Rage und Zusammenhalt
Das Kalendermädchen
Die Wut, die bleibt
The Metamorphosis
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Siddhartha
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Trial
All Quiet on the Western Front
Steppenwolf
The Reader
The Magic Mountain
Chess Story
Faust, First Part
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Novels Set in Germany
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Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
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Himmelstiefe by Daphne UnruhSchattenmelodie by Daphne UnruhRabenblut drängt by Nikola HotelSoap by Michael MeisheitNicht von dieser Welt by Vanessa Mansini
Deutsche E-Books
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Adalbert Stifter
Wie es aber des öfteren geht, daß tiefsinnige Menschen, oder solche denen die Natur allerlei wunderliche Dichtung und seltsame Gefühle in das Herz gepflanzt hatte, gerade solche Orte aufsuchen und liebgewinnen, weil sie da ihren Träumen und innerem Klingklang nachgehen können, so geschah es auch auf diesem Haideflecke.
Adalbert Stifter

Sigmund Freud
Colui che ha occhi per vedere e orecchi per sentire deve convincersi che nessun mortale sa mantenere un segreto: se le sue labbra sono serrate parlerà con la punta delle dita, il suo tradirsi trasuderà da ogni poro.
Sigmund Freud

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