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Germany's famous female authors
📌 Read a book written by a or a biography about one of Germany's famous female authors! 📌

Some names to get you started:
  • Sophie von La Roche
  • Louise Aston
  • Fanny Lewald
  • Anna Rüling, "the first known lesbian activist"
  • Louise Otto-Peters
  • Lily Braun
  • Marianne Weber
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
  • Hedwig Dohm
  • Johanna Elberskirchen
  • Else Lasker-Schüler
  • Vicky Baum
  • Nelly Sachs
  • Hannah Arendt
  • Anna Seghers
  • May Ayim
  • Jae
All books added
Freundschaft in finsteren Zeiten by Hannah Arendt

Freundschaft in finsteren Zeiten

Hannah Arendt

141 pages • paperback • 1989

nonfiction politics
Das Goldene Notizbuch by Doris Lessing

Das Goldene Notizbuch

Doris Lessing

799 pages • paperback • 1962

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
Nach Mitternacht by Irmgard Keun

Nach Mitternacht

Irmgard Keun

208 pages • hardcover • 1937

fiction classics reflective sad medium-paced
FRAUEN LITERATUR: Abgewertet, vergessen, wiederentdeckt by Nicole Seifert

FRAUEN LITERATUR: Abgewertet, vergessen, wiederentdeckt

Nicole Seifert

224 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Cassandra by Christa Wolf

Cassandra

Christa Wolf

367 pages • digital • 1983 user-added

fiction classics fantasy historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Die kleinste gemeinsame Wirklichkeit: Wahr, falsch, plausibel - die größten Streitfragen wissenschaftlich geprüft by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

Die kleinste gemeinsame Wirklichkeit: Wahr, falsch, plausibel - die größten Streitfragen wissenschaftlich geprüft

Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

368 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction science informative reflective medium-paced
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers, James A. Galston

The Seventh Cross

Anna Seghers, James A. Galston

441 pages • 1942

fiction classics reflective sad medium-paced
Grenzenlos und unverschämt by May Ayim

Grenzenlos und unverschämt

May Ayim

192 pages • paperback • 1997

nonfiction essays poetry challenging informative medium-paced
Blues In Black And White: A Collection Of Essays, Poetry, And Conversations by May Ayim

Blues In Black And White: A Collection Of Essays, Poetry, And Conversations

May Ayim

179 pages • 2002

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out by Julia Berger, Abena Adomako, Anne V. Adams, May Ayim, Dagmar Schultz, Katharina Oguntoye

Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out

Julia Berger, Abena Adomako, Anne V. Adams, May Ayim, Dagmar Schultz, Katharina Oguntoye

272 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction race sociology challenging reflective medium-paced