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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in Germany

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 21
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  • Winter Work
    Winter Work: A novel
    Dan Fesperman
    Paperback: 12/12/2023
     
    An exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets up for grabs just after the ...
  • Cradles of the Reich
    Jennifer Coburn
    Paperback: 07/11/2023
     
    Three women, a nation seduced by a madman, and the Nazi breeding program to create a so-called master race.
  • The Berlin Exchange
    Joseph Kanon
    Paperback: 03/14/2023
     
    From "master of the genre" (the Washington Post) Joseph Kanon, an espionage thriller set at the height of the ...
  • The Most Dazzling Girl In Berlin
    Kip Wilson
    Paperback: 03/07/2023
     
    A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, a former orphan, who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World War ...
  • The Great Passion
    James Runcie
    Paperback: 02/21/2023
     
    From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of ...
  • Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
    Rivka Galchen
    Paperback: 06/21/2022
     
    The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric ...
  • The Pages
    The Pages: A novel
    Hugo Hamilton
    Hardcover: 02/01/2022
     
    An entirely original novel in which a book - Joseph Roth's masterpiece Rebellion - narrates its own ...

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