5 must-read germany books like While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer

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While We Were Dreaming

By: Clemens Meyer

3.97

Format: 597 pages, Paperback

Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig…

If you liked the germany plot in While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Pyre

By: பெருமாள் முருகன் , Aniruddhan Vasudevan

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

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2. The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

By: Mathias Énard

3.59

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from P… read more

Similar categories in Mathias Énard's The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • novels
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3. Boulder

By: Eva Baltasar

3.89

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adultos."

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

"Y sin embargo he descubierto que no se puede columpiar a un hijo sin sonreír. Lo he intentado y es imposible. Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adul…"

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

"I listen with all five senses, I listen to her with my entire body, with everything but my heart, which feels like it wants to thrash the hell out of me. This wasn't part of our plan. The truth is we…"

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

"But all this tunneling has opened rifts through which the captive parts of me have started to emerge. I realize that I am smoke, that the things that define me rise as they would up a chimney, probin…"

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

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4. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • german literature
  • literary fiction
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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5. Time Shelter

By: Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more

Similar categories in Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • novels
"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"There is no time machine except the human being."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

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6. No es un río

By: Selva Almada

3.95

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Enero y el Negro llevan de pesca a Tilo, hijo adolescente de Eusebio, el amigo muerto. Mientras beb… read more

Similar categories in Selva Almada's No es un río book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Is Mother Dead

By: Vigdis Hjorth

3.80

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

A cat and mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment develops between a middle-aged artis… read more

Similar categories in Vigdis Hjorth's Is Mother Dead book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Den första sång jag höra fick, var mor som grät vid vaggan"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead

"Det händer att det som inte sker är det viktigaste som händer en dag"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead

"We all carry our mothers like a hole in our souls, small or big, living or dead."

-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead

"A mother can never be an ordinary human being to her children, and I am one of her children."

-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead

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8. Gittersee

By: Charlotte Gneuß

3.89

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Jürgen Ponto-Preis 2023 1976, im Dresdner Vorort Gittersee: Karin ist 16, … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Gneuß's Gittersee book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • german literature
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"Ein älterer Mann stand um die Ecke und rauchte. Er zwinkerte mir zu. Sie haben da was am Auge, rief ich ihm zu, so Zuckungen, würd ich behandeln lassen."

-Charlotte Gneuß, Gittersee

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9. Whale

By: Cheon Myeong-Kwan

3.96

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

While "Whale" begins with Chunhee, a mysterious young brickmaker of imposing physicality who cannot… read more

Similar categories in Cheon Myeong-Kwan's Whale book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv

By: Andrey Kurkov

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A hugely entertaining romp through the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Pengu… read more

Similar categories in Andrey Kurkov's Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Birthday Party

By: Laurent Mauvignier

3.75

Format: 454 pages, Paperback

A painter contends with the ghosts of the French countryside in a psychological literary thriller b… read more

Similar categories in Laurent Mauvignier's The Birthday Party book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. A Dictator Calls

By: Ismail Kadare

3.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Using a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the rel… read more

Similar categories in Ismail Kadare's A Dictator Calls book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And a cursory glance at Karl Marx shows that a man who had dedicated his life to the violent overthrow of the world order never devoted half a page in any of his dozens of books to the trauma and rem…"

-Ismail Kadare, A Dictator Calls

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13. Mild Vertigo

By: Mieko Kanai

3.55

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more

Similar categories in Mieko Kanai's Mild Vertigo book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Nullerjahre

By: Hendrik Bolz

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Vom Austeilen und Auf-die-Fresse-Kriegen: eine Nachwendejugend in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Hendri… read more

Similar categories in Hendrik Bolz's Nullerjahre book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • german literature
  • germany
  • coming of age
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15. Standing Heavy

By: Gauz

3.58

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile. The securit… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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17. The Gospel According to the New World

By: Maryse Condé

3.02

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A miracle baby is born on Easter Sunday, rumored to be the child of God. Award-winning Caribbean au… read more

Similar categories in Maryse Condé's The Gospel According to the New World book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • novels
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18. Ett system så magnifikt att det bländar

By: Amanda Svensson

3.54

Format: 548 pages, Hardcover

Först kom Sebastian, sen kom Clara, sen kom Matilda. Sen kom kalabaliken när en pappa kände för att… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Svensson's Ett system så magnifikt att det bländar book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Die Sommer

By: Ronya Othmann

4.36

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Das Dorf liegt in Nordsyrien, nahe zur Türkei. Jeden Sommer verbringt Leyla dort. Sie riecht und sc… read more

Similar categories in Ronya Othmann's Die Sommer book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • german literature
  • coming of age
  • germany
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
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20. Ninth Building

By: Zou Jingzhi

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Ninth Building" is a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi’s experience growi… read more

Similar categories in Zou Jingzhi's Ninth Building book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • novels
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21. While We Were Dreaming

By: Clemens Meyer

3.97

Format: 597 pages, Paperback

Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig… read more

Similar categories in Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming book and Clemens Meyer's While We Were Dreaming

  • german literature
  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • novels
  • coming of age
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • contemporary

19 Best fiction books like While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer

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The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

Mathias Énard

3.59

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Boulder

Eva Baltasar

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

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Greek Lessons

Han Kang

3.47

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Eva Baltasar

3.89

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Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

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