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Harris, Robert "Fatherland" - 1992 What an awful thought. Hitler resp. the Nazis had won the war. I always say, the Germans didn...

Brontë, Charlotte "The Professor" - 1857 This novel has been on my wishlist for quite a while. It was recommended to me by another...

Wells, Benedict "The End of Loneliness" (German: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit ) - 2016 A quiet book about a family that suddenly isn...

Illies, Florian "1913: The Year before the Storm" (German: 1913: Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts ) - 2012 How did the First World War ...

Keller, Gottfried "Novellas" (German: Novellen ) - 1855/56 "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" (Goodreads ) (A Village Romeo...

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich " The Judge and his Hangman" (GE: Der Richter und sein Henker ) - 1950 I read this story at school, one of o...

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich "The Visit" (German: Der Besuch der Alten Dame ) - 1956 The real translation of the title is "The Old L...

Twain, Mark "A Tramp Abroad" - 1880 I have often remarked how much I love Bill Bryson , specifically his travel books. I was told ...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus" - 1818 I always wanted to read this book, it's one...

James, Henry "Daisy Miller" - 1879 I have always loved classics and recently joined an online club: The Classics Club . Th...

Dickens, Charles "David Copperfield" - 1850 Full title: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David...

Tremain, Rose "The Gustav Sonata" - 2016 This is my second book by this author. I have read " Music and Silence " b...

Mercier, Pascal "Lea" (German: Lea ) - 2007 This is my third book by Pascal Mercier. He is just such an excellent writer, ...

Frisch, Max "The Arsonists" (aka "The Firebugs" or "The Fire Raisers: A Morality Without A Moral, With An Afterp...

Frisch, Max "Homo Faber" (German: Homo Faber ) - 1957 I have no idea why I never read this. Maybe because most students in G...

Mann, Thomas "The Magic Mountain" (German: Der Zauberberg ) - 1924 " Buddenbrooks " is one of my favourite books e...

Barnes, Valerie "A Foreign Affair. A Passionate Life in Four Languages" - 2004 Often I read a book about a subject I know not...

Spyri, Johanna "Heidi" (German: " Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre " and " Heidi kann brauchen, was es gele...

Chevalier, Tracy "The Virgin Blue" - 1997 I liked " Girl with a Pearl Earring " but this one is even better, I love...

Mercier, Pascal "Night Train to Lisbon" ( German: Nachtzug nach Lissabon ) - 2004  A Swiss Professor of ancient langua...