German Literature

German literature spans centuries of profound thought and cultural insight, from timeless poetry and philosophical works to modern guides on science, psychology, and everyday life. The rich intellectual tradition of German-speaking authors offers readers both practical wisdom for contemporary living and deep explorations of the human experience through memoirs, novels, and academic works.

German Literature Book Summaries

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 367 pages

German Literature

The Berlin Wall Summary

The Berlin Wall

A World Divided, 1961-1989

by Frederick Taylor 2006 486 pages

Visitation Summary

by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages

Historical Fiction

German Literature

The Death of Virgil Summary

The Death of Virgil

by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages

Historical Fiction

German Literature

Déjame que te cuente Summary

Déjame que te cuente

by Jorge Bucay 1994 240 pages

Dialectic of Enlightenment Summary

Dialectic of Enlightenment

Philosophical Fragments

by Max Horkheimer 1947 304 pages

The Reader Summary

by Bernhard Schlink 1995 216 pages

Historical Fiction

German Literature

Introduction to Metaphysics Summary

Introduction to Metaphysics

by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages

German Literature

The Magic Mountain Summary

The Magic Mountain

by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages

German Literature

Essays and Aphorisms Summary

Essays and Aphorisms

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime

by Immanuel Kant 1764 124 pages

German Literature

The German House Summary

The German House

by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages

Historical Fiction

Philosophical Investigations Summary

Philosophical Investigations

by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 246 pages

Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals Summary

Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 450 pages

German Literature

The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka 1948 345 pages

Komisch, alles chemisch! Summary

Komisch, alles chemisch!

by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim 2019 256 pages

German Literature

Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary

Hector and the Search for Lost Time

by François Lelord 2006 240 pages

German Literature

Faust, First Part Summary

Faust, First Part

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages

German Literature

The Glass Bead Game Summary

The Glass Bead Game

by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages

The Anti-Christ Summary

The Anti-Christ

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1895 126 pages

Wittgenstein Summary

by Anthony Kenny 1973 256 pages

German Literature

by Leonie Swann 2009 416 pages

Paradox - On the Brink of Eternity Summary

Paradox - On the Brink of Eternity

by Phillip P. Peterson 2015 448 pages

Science Fiction

German Literature

The Land of Green Plums Summary

The Land of Green Plums

by Herta Müller 1994 256 pages

Historical Fiction

I am Not a Brain Summary

I am Not a Brain

Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century

by Markus Gabriel 2017 240 pages

Shitbürgertum Summary

by Ulf Poschardt 2025 164 pages

German Literature

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment Summary

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

by Ernst Cassirer 1932 384 pages

Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics Summary

Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 2004 197 pages

Going Mainstream Summary

Going Mainstream

How extremists are taking over

by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages

Fantastic Night & Other Stories Summary

Fantastic Night & Other Stories

by Stefan Zweig 1922 164 pages

German Literature

Emilia Galotti Summary

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772 93 pages

German Literature

Die Physiker Summary

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1962 95 pages

German Literature

Per la pace perpetua Summary

Per la pace perpetua

by Immanuel Kant 1795 142 pages

Krambambuli Summary

by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1896 27 pages

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