"Top Ten Tuesday" is an original feature/weekly meme created on the blog "The Broke and the Bookish". It was created because they are particularly fond of lists. It is now hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.
Since I am just as fond of them as they are, I jump at the chance to share my lists with them! Have a look at their page, there are lots of other bloggers who share their lists here.
This week's topic is Authors (or books by authors) Who Live In My State/Country
That should be no problem, and I will probably have different ones from everybody else, unless there are other Germans participating here. I have tried to list some newer authors and didn't come up with popular classic authors like Goethe, Grass, Mann, etc.
Hermann, Judith "The Summer House, Later" (GE: Sommerhaus, später) - 1998
Kehlmann, Daniel "Measuring the World" (GE: Die Vermessung der Welt) - 2005
Orth, Stephan (German reviews) "Couchsurfing in Russia: Friendships and Misadventures Behind Putin’s Curtain" (GE: Couchsurfing in Russland. Wie ich fast zum Putin-Versteher wurde) - 2017
Precht, Richard David (German reviews) "Who Am I and If So, How Many?" (GE: Wer bin ich und wenn ja, wie viele?) - 2007
Sendker, Jan-Philipp (German reviews) "Whispering Shadows" (The Rising Dragon #1) (GE: Das Flüstern der Schatten) - 2007
Tellkamp, Uwe "The Tower" (GE: Der Turm) - 2008Wells, Benedict "The End of Loneliness" (GE: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit) - 2016
Thank you for sharing these with us. I have been surprised to discover how many wonderful German children's authors there are as I am reading my way through the 1001 Children's Books list, including Otfried Preussler, Erich Kastner, Michael Ende, Peter Hartling, Mirjam Pressler, Jutta Richter, Cornelia Funke, Karl May, and Hans Peter Richter.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, Deb, there are definitely lots of children's authors in Germany. But a lot of them have also written fantastic adult's books, it's not so exclusive as in some other countries, I think.
DeleteAnd these are only the younger books. I wanted to showcase some modern German literature.
I can’t think of any other German bloggers who participated this week so far, but maybe someone will show up later. :)
ReplyDeleteThe End of Loneliness sounds good.
To be honest, Lydia, I only met one other German blogger here, and she lives in the States. I wouldn't mind meeting some, but I think it is not so popular in Germany to blog about books.
DeleteThe End of Loneliness is very interesting. He received several prizes.
Fun to see so many new-to-me authors! :D
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Lark. I hoped that would be the case. Especially English readers don't get so many foreign books since there are so many English ones already. Books are often translated into many other languages before the English speaking world picks them up. So, those that have been translated, have often been very successful elsewhere.
DeleteCool. I'm always on the look out for foreign authors in translation. I've just finished a Dutch novel which was excellent. Review on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to that, Kitten. As you know, I also like to read books in Dutch, so that might be a good one for me.
DeleteI'm sure you might like quite a few of them. Enjoy.
Will have to take a look at Behind Putin's Curtain!
ReplyDeleteHe is a couchsurfer, Stephen, and has written quite a few books about other countries, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, England during lockdown. A few of them have also been translated. All very interesting.
DeleteI've never heard of any of these authors before and I also don't think I know of any other German bloggers, so you've introduced a whole lot of new authors to me! 😃
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I could introduce you to ten German authors, Dini, and I hope you will be able to read a few of them.
Deletethese are all new to me! My TTT
ReplyDeleteThey were new to almost everyone, Meez, and I'm glad I could introduce you all to them. Thanks for your link. I'll visit you later.
DeleteNew to me authors!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that I could show them, Lisa. I hope you'll find a few authors you'll like.
DeleteYou are right I don't recognize any of these!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sophie, you are not the only one. I hope you will try to read some of them. Enjoy.
DeleteNot surprisingly, I've never heard of any of these authors! It's always nice to learn about writers from different countries, so thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
You're welcome, Susan. I absolutely loved this week's topic. So nice to see that so many didn't know these authors and books.
DeleteGreat list! I'm not familiar with any of these
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://memorymeetsimagination.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/top-ten-tuesday-books-by-authors-who-live-in-my-country/
Thanks, Alycia. I'm so happy that I could introduce them to so many bloggers.
DeleteThey look good. I am sadly lacking when it comes to reading German authors 😔
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
You and the rest of the English speaking world, Emily. Not many foreign books are translated into English, so don't beat yourself up. But these are all translations and I have lots of others on my blog. Usually, I only review them here when there is an English edition. Thanks for visiting.
DeleteThese are all new to me :)
ReplyDeleteAs I just said to Emily^^, lots of foreign books are not that well known in the English speaking world. So, I was happy to get the chance to introduce some authors to the other bloggers. Thanks, Cindy.
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