Recs if you like Emil und die Detektive...

If you grew up in Germany there is a high chance some of these books accompanied you in your childhood.

This is a list of typical German children's books.

Suggestions welcome!

this is a list consisting of some German books that are considered classics by the internet (and also me) in their original language. some books may be by Austrian/Swiss authors but they had an impact on German literature. it's a work in progress, so let me know what books I’m missing 🫡

Meet the literature read in German schools or considered to be part of basic literature education. Old and modern.

POV: You're at a german library looking to read about teen sleuths. Half the shelf is taken up by black books with question marks on the spine.

Mostly german series but I did include a few that my libraries over the years had translations of