1. Kreis der Dämmerung (Circle of the Dawn) by Ralf Isau consists of five books in which the plot spans over a century, following the live of David Camden, the century child, who watches the turmoil of the 20th century, interwoven with his personal life.
2.The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques was for a long time my absolute favorite row of books and many hours were happily spent with a Redwall novel outside in our garden.
3. Flatland-A Romance over many dimensions by Edwin Abbott is probably the most fascinating novel ever written, a novel covering the topic of further dimensions by creating a world of geometrical shapes.
4. Wer bin ich und wenn ja wie viele? (Who am I and if yes, how many?) by Richard David Precht: A collection of philosophical ideas, that confuse and enlighten
5. Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher (City of the Dreaming Books) by Walter Moers, as well as all of his other works that are set in Zamonien, a fictional continent of miracles and curiosities. Although pure nonsense, it is written in a fascinating way, that traps the reader into the world between the covers
6. Die Drei Groschen Oper (The Beggars Opera) by Bertolt Brecht is one of the greatest plays I have ever read and/or watched.
7.Der Dieb von Rom (The Thief of Rome) by Harald Parigger has been read over a dozen times by me and is about a young plebejer who walks on the path of the great thiefs of the time
8. Die Vermessung der Welt (The Measuring of the World) by Daniel Kehlmann, a fascinating and funny novel about two historical scientists, the mathematician Gauß and the geographer Humboldt.
9. Der Turm (The Tower) by Uwe Tellkamp, the novel I analysed for my Extended Essay. Almost a thousand pages long, it describes the lives of the educational elite in East Germany right before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
10. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Toking: I read the trilogy when I was 12 years old, capturing me in the world of Legolas, Aragon and Frodo; however, a very challenging read at that age.
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