The Investigation by Peter WeissThe Visit by Friedrich DürrenmattThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Zoo Story by Edward AlbeeA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
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859 books — 1,125 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,854 books — 5,033 voters

Ansichten eines Clowns by Heinrich BollDie Physiker by Friedrich DürrenmattDie Blechtrommel by Günter GrassDie Klavierspielerin by Elfriede JelinekTauben im Gras by Wolfgang Koeppen
All Georg Büchner Prize winners
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Echtzeitalter by Tonio Schachinger
Preisträger Deutscher Buchpreis
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroWolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
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Chanson douce by Leïla SlimaniLa Plus secrète mémoire des hommes by Mohamed Mbougar SarrL'Ordre du jour by Éric VuillardThe Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Der Prozess by Franz KafkaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFaust. Der Tragödie Erster Teil by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDie Judenbuche by Annette von Droste-HülshoffHomo Faber by Max Frisch
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151 books — 80 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Plague by Albert CamusLandlocked by Doris LessingChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
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659 books — 563 voters
L'Indicible by Manu LarcenetL'Autre by Manu LarcenetGrasse Carcasse by Manu LarcenetL'Apocalypse selon Saint Jacky by Manu LarcenetLa Tête la première by Manu Larcenet
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,757 voters

The Trial by Franz KafkaRadetzkymarsch by Joseph RothDer Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmattعقاید یک دلقک by Heinrich BöllDer Untertan by Heinrich Mann
German Classics
226 books — 148 voters
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605 books — 702 voters

The Trial by Franz Kafka1984 by George OrwellThe Radetzky March by Joseph RothBeerholms Vorstellung by Daniel KehlmannDer Untertan by Heinrich Mann
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The Trial by Franz Kafka1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Visit by Friedrich DürrenmattThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
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