The Greatest German Books of All Time on Existentialism

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
171 Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse 1927 German German
222 Thus Spake Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 German German
1023 Transit Anna Seghers 1944 German German
1061 The Hothouse Wolfgang Koeppen 1953 German German
1132 Lenz Georg Buchner 1836 German German
1745 Couples, Passersby Botho Strauß 1981 German German
1854 The Courage to Be Paul Tillich 1952 German English
1967 Leviathan Arno Schmidt 1949 German German
2204 The Quest for Christa T. Christa Wolf 1968 German German
2896 Speculations About Jakob Uwe Johnson 1959 German German
3222 Ecce Homo Friedrich Nietzsche 1908 German German
3477 The Black Obelisk Erich Maria Remarque 1956 German German
3514 Poems, 1913 1956 Bertolt Brecht 1976 German German
3638 New Testament And Mythology Rudolf Bultmann 1941 German German
3638 Fluss Ohne Ufer Hans Henny Jahnn 1949 German German
3638 The City Beyond The River Hermann Kasack 1947 German German
3638 Das Unauslöschliche Siegel Elisabeth Langgässer 1946 German German
3638 Gallows Songs Christian Morgenstern 1905 German German
3638 Mitte Des Lebens Luise Rinser 1950 German German
3638 The Man Outside Wolfgang Borchert 1947 German German
3833 Stories Of Three Decades Thomas Mann 1936 German German
3834 The Obsolescence Of Man Günther Anders 1956 German German
3870 Sansibar Or The Last Reason Alfred Andersch 1957 German German
4105 Leavetaking Peter Weiss 1960 German German
4371 Nobodaddy's Children Arno Schmidt 1963 German German
4410 The Pigeon Patrick Suskind 1987 German German
5131 Die Vollidioten Eckhard Henscheid 1973 German German
5361 To Have Or To Be? The Nature Of The Psyche Erich Fromm 1976 German English
5447 Vor Den Vätern Sterben Die Söhne Thomas Brasch 1977 German German
5582 The Young Man Botho Strauß 1984 German German
5606 Die Fälschung Nicolas Born 1979 German German
5606 The Imperative Of Responsibility Hans Jonas 1979 German German
5937 Spätestens Im November Hans Erich Nossack 1982 German German
6003 Die Niederschrift Des Gustav Anias Horn Hans Henny Jahnn 1949 German German
6352 The Perennial Scope Of Philosophy Karl Jaspers 1949 German German
6656 Berittener Bogenschütze Brigitte Kronauer 1989 German German
7793 The Gay Science Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 German German
8443 The Interim Wolfgang Hilbig 2000 German German
9572 Pigeons On The Grass Wolfgang Koeppen 1951 German German
14984 Evening Edged In Gold Arno Schmidt 1975 German German
15888 At The Mind's Limits Jean Améry 1966 German German
16580 Schopenhauer As Educator Friedrich Nietzsche 1874 German German
16637 Kleine Weltgeschichte Der Philosophie Hans Joachim Störig 1950 German German
17073 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17120 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German