The German Challenge 🇩🇪 - hosted by lalu

A book that many German/Swiss/Austrian kids had to read in school
It's probably the same everywhere around the world: I hated most of the books read in school. But there are some hidden gems and also no one is gonna force you to think about the author's intentions behind the protagonist's shoe size :P 
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Unter der Drachenwand by Arno Geiger

Unter der Drachenwand

Arno Geiger

479 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical reflective sad medium-paced
Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf

Tschick

Wolfgang Herrndorf

256 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult adventurous fast-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

6 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Die Leiden des jungen Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

116 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary
Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie by Thomas Mann

Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie

Thomas Mann

758 pages • first pub 1901 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Franz Kafka

216 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Homo faber by Max Frisch

Homo faber

Max Frisch

208 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
Der Räuber Hotzenplotz by Otfried Preußler

Der Räuber Hotzenplotz

Hotzenplotz #1

Otfried PreuĂźler

missing duration info • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction childrens classics adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
TrĂĽgerischer Sog: Thriller by Alexandra Kui
TrĂĽgerischer Sog: Thriller
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Alexandra Kui

TrĂĽgerischer Sog: Thriller

Alexandra Kui

317 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller young adult dark reflective tense medium-paced
Der Richter und sein Henker by Friedrich DĂĽrrenmatt

Der Richter und sein Henker

The Inspector Bärlach Mysteries #1

Friedrich DĂĽrrenmatt

208 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics crime mysterious medium-paced