5 must-read classics books like Hotel Shanghai by Vicki Baum

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Hotel Shanghai

By: Vicki Baum

4.15

Format: 606 pages, Paperback

Vicki Baum, author of the acclaimed Grand Hotel, visited Shanghai in 1937. Her many friends there p…

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Cover of The Wall by Shaun Whiteside, Marlen Haushofer

1. The Wall

By: Shaun Whiteside , Marlen Haushofer

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

First published to acclaim in Germany, The Wall chronicles the life of the last surviving human on … read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
"Even now I’m nothing but a thin skin covering a mountain of memories."

-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall

"My only teacher is as ignorant and untrained as I am, for my only teacher is myself."

-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall

"Never again shall I sit above the alpine roses in the midday sun, listening to the great silence."

-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall

"External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom."

-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall

Cover of The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1) by J. Maxwell Brownjohn, Walter Moers

2. The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)

By: J. Maxwell Brownjohn , Walter Moers

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first 13-1/2 lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zam… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

3. Wilhelm Tell

By: Friedrich Schiller

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das 1804 erschienene und in Weimar - unter der Regie von Johann Wolfgang Goethe - uraufgefuhrte Bla… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann

4. Der Sandmann

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Unter Hoffmanns Werken hat Der Sandmann das weitaus grosste Interesse gefunden. Sein Grundproblem i… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
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5. Spinner

By: Benedict Wells

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov, George Bird

6. Death and the Penguin

By: Andrey Kurkov , George Bird

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefe… read more

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  • fiction

7. Conclave

By: Robert Harris

4.00

Format: None pages,

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals… read more

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8. QualityLand

By: Marc-Uwe Kling

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Willkommen in QualityLand! In der Zukunft lauft alles rund: Arbeit, Freizeit und Beziehungen sind v… read more

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9. The German Lesson

By: Siegfried Lenz , Eithne Wilkins , Ernst Kaiser

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Siggi Jepsen, incarcerated as a juvenile delinquent, is one day assigned to write a routine German … read more

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10. Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years

By: Thomas Mann , Denver Lindley

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thomas Mann's final novel recounts the strange and entranced career of the gifted swindler, Felix K… read more

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11. ‎22 Bahnen

By: Caroline Wahl

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Tildas Tage sind strikt durchgetaktet: studieren, an der Supermarktkasse sitzen, sich um ihre klein… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
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12. Echtzeitalter

By: Tonio Schachinger

3.96

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

Ein elitäres Wiener Internat, untergebracht in der ehemaligen Sommerresidenz der Habsburger, der Kl… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Der Wal und das Ende der Welt by John Ironmonger

13. Der Wal und das Ende der Welt

By: John Ironmonger

4.01

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Ein kleiner Ort in Cornwall und eine große Geschichte über die Menschlichkeit. Erst wird ein jun… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
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14. Alte Sorten

By: Ewald Arenz

4.20

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

Sally und Liss: zwei Frauen, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Sally, kurz vor dem Abit… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Watch Us Dance (In the Country of Others, #2) by Leïla Slimani

15. Watch Us Dance (In the Country of Others, #2)

By: Leïla Slimani

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Zauber der Stille

By: Florian Illies

4.11

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Mit Florian Illies kann man Vergangenheit plötzlich als Gegenwart erleben. In »Zauber der Stille« b… read more

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  • german literature
Cover of Die Diplomatin by Lucy Fricke

17. Die Diplomatin

By: Lucy Fricke

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Fred ist eine erfahrene und ehrgeizige deutsche Konsulin. Eine Frau, die eigentlich nichts aus der … read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Kleine Probleme by Nele Pollatschek

18. Kleine Probleme

By: Nele Pollatschek

3.57

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Nele Pollatschek erzählt eine alltägliche Geschichte, die mitten ins Herz unserer Existenz trifft. … read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Jaffa Road (Piccola Sicilia, #2) by Daniel Speck

19. Jaffa Road (Piccola Sicilia, #2)

By: Daniel Speck

4.42

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Nach dem Erfolg von »Piccola Sicilia« nun der neue Roman von Bestseller-Autor Daniel Speck. Eine… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Views

By: Marc-Uwe Kling

4.10

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Ein schockierendes Verbrechen – und alle werden es sehen Die 16-jährige Lena Palmer verschwindet… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
"Ist falsche Hoffnung nicht ein Übel?"

-Marc-Uwe Kling, Views

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21. Hotel Shanghai

By: Vicki Baum

4.15

Format: 606 pages, Paperback

Vicki Baum, author of the acclaimed Grand Hotel, visited Shanghai in 1937. Her many friends there p… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Baum's Hotel Shanghai book and Vicki Baum's Hotel Shanghai

  • german literature
  • classics
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • china

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