- Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
- Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
- Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
- The Confessions of Felix Krull by Thomas Mann
- Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
- Demian by Hermann Hesse
- The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
- The Trial by Franz Kafka
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- The Castle by Franz Kafka
- Amerika by Franz Kafka
- In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
- Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
- Mountains, Seas and Giants by Alfred Döblin
- The Three Leaps of Wang Lun by Alfred Döblin
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- The Road Back by Erich Maria Remarque
- Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
- The Black Obelisk by Erich Maria Remarque
- Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
- The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind
- The Story of Mr Sommer by Patrick Süskind
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink
- Olga by Bernhard Schlink
- The Investigation by Peter Weiss
- Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss
- The Aesthetics of Resistance by Peter Weiss
- The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
- Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
- Dog Years by Günter Grass
- The Flounder by Günter Grass
- My Century by Günter Grass
- Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes
- Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
- Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
- Fame by Daniel Kehlmann
- Agnes by Peter Stamm
- Seven Years by Peter Stamm
- On the Edge by Markus Werner
- Death in Rome by Wolfgang Koeppen
- Tauben im Gras (Pigeons on the Grass) by Wolfgang Koeppen
- Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald
- The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald
- The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald
- Vertigo by W. G. Sebald
- Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
- Irrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane
- Before the Storm by Theodor Fontane
- Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
- The Marquise of O by Heinrich von Kleist
- Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist
- The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist
- The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
- Young Törless by Robert Musil
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke
- The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
- The Sleepwalkers by Hermann Broch
- Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
- The Emperor’s Tomb by Joseph Roth
- Job by Joseph Roth
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth
- The Wall Jumper by Peter Schneider
- The Safety Net by Heinrich Böll
- The Clown by Heinrich Böll
- Group Portrait with Lady by Heinrich Böll
- Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Böll
- What’s to Become of the Boy? by Heinrich Böll
- Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck
- Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
- The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
- The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke
- The Appointment by Herta Müller
- The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller
- Nadirs by Herta Müller
- Traveling on One Leg by Herta Müller
- Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer
- While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer
- Runaway Horse by Martin Walser
- A Gushing Fountain by Martin Walser
- Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer
- Every Seventh Wave by Daniel Glattauer
- The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach
- Guilt by Ferdinand von Schirach
- Terror by Ferdinand von Schirach
- The Invention of Curried Sausage by Uwe Timm
- Morenga by Uwe Timm
- The German Lesson by Siegfried Lenz
- Hyperion by Friedrich Hölderlin
- Simplicius Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen