Tschick by Wolfgang HerrndorfAlle sterben, auch die Löffelstöre by Kathrin AehnlichDer Schwimmer by Zsuzsa BánkEine kurze Geschichte vom Glück by Thommie BayerLiebe heute by Maxim Biller
Leicht zu lesen (Goethe Institut)
100 books — 2 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkBerlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred DöblinAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
100 German Must-Reads (Goethe Institut)
106 books — 22 voters
Measuring the World by Daniel KehlmannGut gegen Nordwind by Daniel GlattauerDer Hals der Giraffe by Judith SchalanskyIn Times of Fading Light by Eugen RugeEs geht uns gut by Arno Geiger
Deutscher Buchpreis, 2005–2011
133 books — 34 voters

Tödliche Spiele by Suzanne CollinsDie Bestimmung by Veronica RothGefährliche Liebe by Suzanne CollinsFlammender Zorn by Suzanne CollinsDelirium by Lauren Oliver
Die besten Dystopien (German)
80 books — 149 voters

Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
German Classics
227 books — 151 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Trial by Franz KafkaSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,029 books — 954 voters

Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
608 books — 703 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,139 voters