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Postmodern German fiction
📌 Read a fiction work written after 1960 by a German author! 📌

You can read contemporary fiction, but some notable works from the 70s, 80s and 90s include:
  • Uwe Johnson: Jahrestage: aus dem Leben von Gesine Cresspahl (🔹 Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl)
  • Peter Weiss: Die Ästhetik des Widerstands (🔹 The Aesthetics of Resistance)
  • Karin Struck: Klassenliebe (🔹 Class Love)
  • Verena Stefan: Häutungen (🔹 Shedding)
  • Peter Schneider: Vati (🔹 Daddy)
  • Elfriede Jelinek: Die Klavierspielerin (🔹 The Piano Teacher)
  • Patrick Süßkind: Das Parfum (🔹 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
  • Marcel Beyer: Flughunde (🔹 Flying Foxes)
  • Thomas Lehr: Frühling (🔹 Spring)
  • Michael Ende: 🔹 Momo // Die unendliche Geschichte (🔹 The Neverending Story)
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Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind

Das Parfum

Patrick Süskind

448 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Der irdische Amor by Hans-Ulrich Treichel

Der irdische Amor

Hans-Ulrich Treichel

255 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction contemporary
Momo by Michael Ende

Momo

Michael Ende

304 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann

You Should Have Left

Daniel Kehlmann

114 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror thriller dark fast-paced
Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende

Die unendliche Geschichte

Michael Ende

15 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous medium-paced
Rabenkinder by Grit Poppe

Rabenkinder

Grit Poppe

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime historical thriller
Habe ich dir eigentlich schon erzählt ... by Sibylle Berg

Habe ich dir eigentlich schon erzählt ...

Sibylle Berg

3 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction literary reflective medium-paced
The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

The Piano Teacher

Elfriede Jelinek

288 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Shedding and Literally Dreaming by Verena Stefan

Shedding and Literally Dreaming

Verena Stefan

178 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Klassenliebe by Karin Struck

Klassenliebe

edition suhrkamp #629

Karin Struck

284 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective medium-paced