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| The German Flag; image from here |
My goal is to:
- Understand German history, to include key events that shaped Germany's identity as a nation
- Be familiar with key works of German literature and fiction, from classics to modern bestsellers
I dropped a few off the list, not due to perceived lack of quality, but a combination of time and access (I'm having a hard time finding some of these titles for reasonable prices). Though I won't read them soon, I still hope to get to the following some day:
- Joachim Whaley, Germany and the Holy Roman Empire
- William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- Markus Heitz, The Dwarves
- A variety of WWII literature by various authors
If I've already read a title, I link to my review of it below. A few are in German and will be obvious based on title. Twelve works remain.
| Author | Title | Category |
| Tacitus | Germania | History |
| Norman Davies | Europe: A History | History |
| Neil MacGregor | Germany: Memories of a Nation | History |
| Wolfram von Eschenbach | Parzival | Arthurian |
| Stephen Nichols | The Reformation | History |
| Roland Bainton | The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century | History |
| David Macaulay | Cathedral | History |
| C.V. Wedgwood | The Thirty Years War | History |
| Oliver Pötzsch | The Hangman's Daughter | Fiction |
| Johann Goethe | The Sorrows of Young Werther | Literature |
| Johann Goethe | Faust | Literature |
| E.T.A. Hoffmann | The Devil's Elixirs | Literature |
| E.T.A. Hoffmann | The Nutcracker | Literature |
| E.T.A. Hoffmann | The Sandman | Literature |
| Christopher Clark | Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia | History |
| Carl von Clausewitz | On War | War |
| Franz Kafka | The Castle | Literature |
| Franz Kafka | The Metamorphosis | Literature |
| Thomas Mann | Death in Venice (and Other Stories) | Fiction |
| Thomas Mann | Buddenbrooks | Fiction |
| Barbara Tuchman | The Guns of August | History |
| DK Publishing | World War I- The Complete Visual History | History |
| Ernst Jünger | Storm of Steel | Memoir |
| Erich Maria Remarque | All Quiet on the Western Front | Literature |
| Heinrich Mann | The Loyal Subject | Fiction |
| Kurt Tucholsky | Germany? Germany! | Satire |
| Judith Kerr | When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | Memoir |
| Klaus Mann | Mephisto | Novel |
| DK Publishing | World War II- The Complete Visual History | History |
| Elie Wiesel | Night | Memoir |
| Dietrich Boenhoffer | The Cost of Discipleship | Religion |
| Bernhard Schlink | The Reader | Novel |
| Wolfgang Koeppen | Death in Rome | Novel |
| Robert Harris | Fatherland | Alternate History |
| Hermann Hesse | Siddhartha | Literature |
| Peter Schneider | The Wall Jumper | Fiction |
| Christian Kracht | Imperium | Humor |
| Cornelia Funke | Inkheart | YA Fantasy |
| Walter Moers | The City of Dreaming Books | Fantasy |
| Michael Ende | The Never Ending Story | Fantasy |
| Michael Ende | Momo | Fantasy |
| Various | Die Schönsten Kinderklassiker | Children's |
| Otfried Preussler | Der Rauber Hotzenplatz | Children's |
| Otfried Preussler | The Little Ghost | Children's |
| Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm | Grimm's Fairy Tales | Mythology |
| P. Craig Russell | The Ring of the Nibelung | Mythology |
| Eugen Hollerbach | Rhine Legends | Folklore |
| Elke Leger | Hessische Sagen fur Kinder | Folklore |
| Arnold Leitner | German Made Simple | Language |
| Collins | Complete German | Language |
| Stephen O'Shea | The Alps | Travelogue |
| Fritsche et al | Technik in den Alpen | Engineering |
I think this is the last version. Probably.
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