The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Germany

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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
17164 One False Note Gordon Korman 2024 Canadian English
17164 Länsimaisen Filosofian Historia Huipulta Huipulle, Sokrateesta Marxiin Esa Saarinen 1985 Finnish Finnish
17106 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17164 Kafka Gilles Deleuze 1975 French French
16796 The Sleepwalkers Arthur Koestler 1959 British English
16906 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17074 Dievų Miškas Balys Sruoga 1957 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17130 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17164 Where Eagles Dare Alistair MacLean 1967 British English
17164 Augustus Allan Massie 1986 British English
17164 Caesar Allan Massie 1993 British English
17164 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17164 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17164 Inside The Cia Ronald Kessler 1992 American English
17164 Spies In The Family Eva Dillon 2017 Unknown English
17164 The Rise Of The Counter Establishment Sidney Blumenthal 1986 American English
17164 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17164 Judgment At Tokyo Gary J. Bass 2023 Unknown English
17164 Time’s Echo Jeremy Eichler 2023 Unknown English
17164 Foreign Bodies Simon Schama 2023 British English
17164 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Beyond The Wall Katja Hoyer 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Revolutionary Temper Robert Darnton 2023 American English
17164 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17164 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17164 Schoenberg Harvey Sachs 2023 Unknown English
17164 War And Punishment Mikhail Zygar 2023 Unknown Russian
17164 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English
17164 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17164 Mozart In Motion Patrick Mackie 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17164 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
17164 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 2023 Unknown English
17164 Siblings Brigitte Reimann 2023 German German
17164 Lou Reed Will Hermes 2023 Unknown English
17164 Hitler, Stalin, Mum And Dad Daniel Finkelstein 2023 British English
17164 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17164 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17164 The Day After Tomorrow Allan Folsom 2004 American English
17164 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17164 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17164 The Age Of The Cathedrals Georges Duby 1966 French French
17164 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17164 God's First Love Friedrich Heer 1970 Austrian German
17164 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17164 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17164 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17164 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English
17164 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17164 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17164 The Bitcoin Standard Saifedean Ammous 2018 Unknown English
17164 The Price Of Peace Zachary D. Carter 2020 American English
17164 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17164 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17164 The Cellist Daniel Silva 2021 American English
17164 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17164 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17164 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17164 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17164 A First Time For Everything Dan Santat 2023 American English
17164 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17164 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17164 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17164 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17164 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
16948 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Iii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
17164 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17164 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17164 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17164 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17164 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17164 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English
17164 Letters To Friends, Family, And Editors Franz Kafka German German
17164 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17164 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
16924 The Sorrows Of A Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 German German
17164 Poland Adam Zamoyski 2009 British English
17015 The Twilight Of The Idols Nietzsche 1889 German German
17164 Who Paid The Pipers Of Western Marxism? Gabriel Rockhill American English
17164 Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart German Middle high german and latin
17164 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris 2017 American English
17164 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown