The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Hamburg

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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
2285 Smiley's People John le Carré 1979 British English
2752 Mephisto Klaus Mann 1936 German German
3638 Sämtliche Werke Des Wandsbecker Boten Matthias Claudius 1775 German German
3638 Who Once Eats Out Of The Tin Bowl Hans Fallada 1934 German German
3638 Fluss Ohne Ufer Hans Henny Jahnn 1949 German German
3638 Kuttel Daddeldu Joachim Ringelnatz 1920 German German
3638 The Questionnaire Ernst von Salomon 1951 German German
3638 The Man Outside Wolfgang Borchert 1947 German German
4708 Faserland Christian Kracht 1995 German German
5706 Mondscheintarif Ildikò von Kürthy 1999 German German
5939 Der Bedrohte Friede Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 1982 German German
5939 Die Bertinis Ralph Giordano 1982 German German
6266 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex Stefan Aust 1985 German German
6343 In Hitler's Germany Bernt Engelmann 1986 German English
6382 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
6382 Friedrich Hebbels Tagebücher Friedrich Hebbel 1885 German German
6623 The Invention of Curried Sausage Uwe Timm 1993 German German
8213 Landscape Of Farewell Alex Miller 2007 Australian English
8445 Generation Golf Florian Illies 2000 German German
10229 Raw Material Jörg Fauser 1984 German German
11093 Die Palette Hubert Fichte 1968 German German
11221 German Autumn Stig Dagerman 1947 Swedish Swedish
12232 Kanak Sprak Feridun Zaimoğlu 1995 German German
13354 In My Brother's Shadow Uwe Timm 2005 German German
13590 Taxi Karen Duve 2008 German German
14232 Ordinary Men Christopher R. Browning 1992 American English
15916 Medieval Cities Henri Pirenne 1925 Belgian French
16530 The Odessa File Frederick Forsyth 1972 British English
17163 One Two Three Four Craig Brown 2020 British English
17163 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17163 Caspar David Friedrich Markus Bertsch, Johannes Grave 2024 Unknown German
17163 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17163 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17163 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17163 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English