German Literature Book Summaries

Being and Time Summary
Being and Time
by Martin Heidegger 1927 589 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
On the Suffering of the World Summary
On the Suffering of the World
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
39k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.95
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
German Literature
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Gay Science Summary
The Gay Science
With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Das Café am Rande der Welt Summary
Das Café am Rande der Welt
by John P. Strelecky 2003 128 pages
3.54
58k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Der Besuch der alten Dame Summary
Der Besuch der alten Dame
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 155 pages
3.67
34k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Literature
Terror Summary
Terror
Ein Theaterstück und eine Rede
by Ferdinand von Schirach 2015 176 pages
4.20
8k+ ratings
Plays
School
German Literature
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.69
29k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Faust, Part Two Summary
Faust, Part Two
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages
3.66
7k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Panikattacken und andere Angststörungen loswerden Summary
Panikattacken und andere Angststörungen loswerden
Wie die Hirnforschung hilft, Angst und Panik für immer zu besiegen
by Klaus Bernhardt 2017 209 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 208 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Mother Courage and Her Children Summary
Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages
3.62
21k+ ratings
Theatre
School
20th Century
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 720 pages
4.25
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Critique of Judgment Summary
Critique of Judgment
by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Short Stories
Literature
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.84
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Wisdom of Life Summary
The Wisdom of Life
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 77 pages
4.12
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Truth and Method Summary
Truth and Method
by Hans-Georg Gadamer 1960 640 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
German Literature
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890 76 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
The Portable Nietzsche Summary
The Portable Nietzsche
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 pages
4.21
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
La crisis de la narración Summary
La crisis de la narración
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 112 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Das Kind in dir muss Heimat finden. Der Schlüssel zur Lösung (fast) aller Probleme Summary
Das Kind in dir muss Heimat finden. Der Schlüssel zur Lösung (fast) aller Probleme
by Stefanie Stahl 2015 288 pages
4.11
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication Summary
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication
by Paul Watzlawick 1976 266 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Ecce Homo Summary
Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1908 144 pages
3.81
18k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Biography
Der Ernährungskompass Summary
Der Ernährungskompass
Das Fazit aller wissenschaftlichen Studien zum Thema Ernährung
by Bas Kast 2018 402 pages
4.49
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
32k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Phenomenology of Spirit Summary
Phenomenology of Spirit
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1807 640 pages
3.96
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Theory
Déjame que te cuente Summary
Déjame que te cuente
by Jorge Bucay 1994 240 pages
4.10
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Short Stories
Self Help
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.64
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary
Hector and the Search for Lost Time
by François Lelord 2006 240 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Struggle for Recognition Summary
The Struggle for Recognition
The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
by Axel Honneth 1992 240 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Birth of Tragedy Summary
The Birth of Tragedy
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1871 121 pages
3.98
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
The Night in Lisbon Summary
The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages
4.32
22k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Berlin Wall Summary
The Berlin Wall
A World Divided, 1961-1989
by Frederick Taylor 2006 486 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
History
Germany
Politics
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