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The Director Summary
Immersive
The Director
by Daniel Kehlmann 2023 352 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer 1960 1147 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
The Philosophy of Redemption Summary
The Philosophy of Redemption
by Philipp Mainländer 1876 312 pages
4.19
295 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Theory
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
The Night in Lisbon Summary
The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages
4.33
25k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Clown Summary
The Clown
by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages
3.93
32k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Novels
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.70
100k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
14k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
by James Q. Whitman 2017 208 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.43
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
63k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Learning from the Germans Summary
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
by Susan Neiman 2019 434 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
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
3.54
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
German Literature
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler
by John Toland 1958 1120 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Lying About Hitler Summary
Lying About Hitler
History, Holocaust, and the David Irving Trial
by Richard J. Evans 2001 318 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
History
Holocaust
Politics
El Anticristo Summary
El Anticristo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 176 pages
3.88
33k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
The Berlin Wall Summary
The Berlin Wall
August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989
by Frederick Taylor 2006 514 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
History
Germany
Politics
Introduction to Metaphysics Summary
Introduction to Metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
German Literature
The German House Summary
The German House
Indie Next Pick – A Powerful Coming-of-Age Story About a Translator Exposing Family Lies at the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials
by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages
3.68
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.16
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages
3.83
399 ratings
History
World War II
Germany
Why the Germans Do it Better Summary
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
by John Kampfner 2020 320 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Munich Summary
Munich
by Robert Harris 2017 352 pages
3.88
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Historical
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Summary
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
by William L. Shirer 1961 188 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Angela Merkel Summary
Angela Merkel
Europe's Most Influential Leader: Revised Edition
by Matt Qvortrup 2016 376 pages
3.76
373 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Habsburgs Summary
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
by Martyn Rady 2020 416 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
History
European History
Biography
Hitler Summary
Hitler
1889-1936 Hubris
by Ian Kershaw 1998 845 pages
4.17
6k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
The Chancellor Summary
The Chancellor
The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
by Kati Marton 2021 368 pages
4.31
7k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
48k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Narcissus and Goldmund Summary
Narcissus and Goldmund
by Hermann Hesse 1930 315 pages
4.22
73k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
The Tin Drum Summary
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass 1959 580 pages
3.95
46k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Historical Fiction
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
by Andrea Wulf 2022 512 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Beethoven Summary
Beethoven
The Universal Composer
by Edmund Morris 2005 256 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Biography
Music
History
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche Summary
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche
by Sue Prideaux 2018 464 pages
4.31
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Wages of Destruction Summary
The Wages of Destruction
The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
by Adam Tooze 2007 802 pages
4.54
3k+ ratings
History
Economics
World War II
Philosophy of Existence Summary
Philosophy of Existence
by Karl Jaspers 1938 128 pages
3.79
323 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
Blood and Iron Summary
Blood and Iron
The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
by Katja Hoyer 2021 256 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
History
Germany
European History
The Third Reich in Power Summary
The Third Reich in Power
by Richard J. Evans 2005 941 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
Scherbenpark Summary
Scherbenpark
by Alina Bronsky 2008 286 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
German Literature
Germany
Young Adult
The Coming of the Third Reich Summary
The Coming of the Third Reich
by Richard J. Evans 2003 622 pages
4.32
12k+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
Wetlands Summary
Wetlands
by Charlotte Roche 2008 208 pages
2.88
12k+ ratings
Contemporary
German Literature
Feminism
The Death of Democracy Summary
The Death of Democracy
Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
by Benjamin Carter Hett 2018 304 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
The Treaty of Versailles Summary
The Treaty of Versailles
A Captivating Guide to the Peace Treaty That Ended World War 1 and Its Impact on Germany and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
by Captivating History 2020 103 pages
4.16
94 ratings
History
World War I
War
Irisches Tagebuch Summary
Irisches Tagebuch
by Heinrich Böll 1957 137 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Travel
German Literature
Ireland
Forty Autumns Summary
Forty Autumns
A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
by Nina Willner 2016 416 pages
4.37
13k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Book Club
The Law of Blood Summary
The Law of Blood
Thinking and Acting as a Nazi
by Johann Chapoutot 2014 512 pages
4.34
169 ratings
History
Politics
World War II
Kaput Summary
Kaput
The End of the German Miracle
by Wolfgang Münchau 2006 220 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The School for German Brides Summary
The School for German Brides
by Aimie K. Runyan 2022 384 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse Summary
The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse
The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
by Frances Welch 2024 303 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Royalty
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