The German Challenge 🇩🇪 - hosted by lalu

A classic
Published before 1950 
All books added
Das Kapital. Erster Band by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Das Kapital. Erster Band

Capital #1

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

955 pages • first pub 1867 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative slow-paced
Briefe an einen jungen Dichter by Rainer Maria Rilke

Briefe an einen jungen Dichter

Rainer Maria Rilke

78 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig

Schachnovelle

Stefan Zweig

109 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Das kunstseidene Mädchen by Irmgard Keun

Das kunstseidene Mädchen

Irmgard Keun

256 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced
Der Richter und sein Henker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Richter und sein Henker

The Inspector Bärlach Mysteries #1

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

208 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics crime mysterious medium-paced
Draußen vor der Tür by Wolfgang Borchert

Draußen vor der Tür

Wolfgang Borchert

122 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics play dark emotional sad medium-paced
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht, David Hare

Mother Courage and Her Children

Bertolt Brecht, David Hare

112 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction classics play challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann

Der Tod in Venedig

Thomas Mann

144 pages • first pub 1912 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
Die Konferenz der Tiere by Erich Kästner

Die Konferenz der Tiere

Erich Kästner

112 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction childrens classics emotional sad medium-paced
Der Sandmann / Das öde Haus by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Der Sandmann / Das öde Haus

E.T.A. Hoffmann

72 pages • first pub 1816 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced