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Books / Authors in Germany & Austria

Germany
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Eye Collector by Sebastian Fitzek
Dear Child by Romy Hausmann
Snow White Must Die by Nele Niehaus

Man's Search for Meaning

Austria
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo - partially set in Austria

The Chalet School series by Elinor M Brent Dyer - earlier books set in Austrian Tyrol

March Violets by Philip Kerr (Historical Fiction, Thriller) - {Berlin}

Zoo Station by David Downing (Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller) {Berlin}

The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek (Fiction, Literature)

Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard (Mystery, Thriller)

The Third Man by Graham Greene (Mystery)

A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis (Mystery) 1st in series

1632 by Eric Flint (Fantasy, Science Fiction)

The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman (Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller) 1st in series

Rosa by Jonathan Rabb (Historical Fiction, Mystery)

Germany:

Time Heals No Wounds
The Northern Cross
Your Perfect Year
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Zoo Station
The Collini Case
Hard Knocks
The Hangman's Daughter
Snow White Must Die
The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive (partly Germany, partly Italy)
The Odessa File
The Air Raid Killer and A Thousand Devils
Death in Berlin
The Man From Berlin
A Trace of Smoke
Black Roses

Austria:
East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity" (partly set in Austria, also France, Ukraine)
Love in Three Quarter Time
Rose in Three Quarter Time
Christmas in Three Quarter Time
The Mozart Code
Vienna at Nightfall

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

The Quiet Twin and The Crooked Maid - - set in Vienna before and after WW II, respectively, they contain many of the same characters.

Man's Search for Meaning

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Horror, Sci-Fi) {Also set in Switzerland & Scotland}

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Classic, Science Fiction) 1945 Dresden, GE

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (Classic, Historical Fiction) 1914, Also set in 1918 France

Austria

The Radetzky March - HF, Classic, Family Dynasty (1st in series)
Airs Above the Ground - Mystery, Romantic Suspense
The Last Train to London - HF, WWII
The Star of Kazan - YA, HF, Fantasy
The Accidental Empress - HF, Romance (1st in series)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Mystery, HF (1st in series)
Blackout: A Techno-Thriller - Tech Thriller, Suspense (1st in series)
The Bounty - Thriller (#7 in Fox/Ohare)
The Old Castle in Austria: Sins of the Fathers - HF, Family Drama (There is only 1 rating on GR, and 0 Reviews)
The Ultimatum - Thriller (1st in series)
A Certain Music (By: Celeste Walters) published: March, 2009 - Classic, Children's
The Bells - HF (GRCA Nominee for HF 2010)
The Basle Express - Mystery, Thriller (#19 in Series)
The Girl with the Golden Scissors - HF, Romance, WWI
Background to Danger - Thriller, Espionage
The Way to Dusty Death - Mystery, Thriller-Noire
The Second Duchess - HF, Mystery, Romance (GRCA nominee for HF 2011)
Last Nocturne - HF, Mystery
Prelude to Terror - Thriller, Espionage (1st in series)
Exile Music - HF, WWII, Music
The Lost Letter - HF, WWII, Romance
The Man Without Qualities - Classic, Philosophy, Literature
When Nietzsche Wept - Psychology, Philosophy, HF
Beyond Platform 13 - Middle Grade, Fantasy (#2 in series)
Night Falls on the City - HF, WWII, Friendships