Read German Books in 2020

German book recommendations!

#ReadingGermanBooks2020:
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Mel’s recommendations @MelsBooklandAdventures:    • Видео  

Ricarda Huch, Der Fall Deruga (1917) / The Deruga Trial, transl. from the German by Lorna Dietz (1929):   / the-deruga-trial  
also available as The Deruga Case, transl. by John McElhose

Esther Kinsky, Hain (2018):   / hain  
English translation forthcoming (translator Caroline Schmidt) on 15 April 2020:   / grove  

also mentioned: Am Fluss (2014) / River, transl. by Iain Galbraith (2018):   / river  

Carolin Emcke, Von den Kriegen (2004) / Echoes of Violence, transl, form the German by the author (2007):   / echoes-of-violence  
Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels 2016 / Peace Prize of the German Book Trade: https://www.friedenspreis-des-deutsch...

Angela Steidele, Anne Lister (2017) / Gentleman Jack – A Biography of Anne Lister, transl. from the German by Katy Derbyshire (2018):   / gentleman-jack  

Yōko Tawada, Etüden im Schnee (2014) / Memoirs of a Polar Bear, transl. from the Geman by Susan Bernofsky (2016):   / memoirs-of-a-polar-bear  
Knut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_(p...)

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By the way:
I stole the name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/boo...

I also wrote some books:
The Decision (2015): http://hauspublishing.com/fiction/the...
or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2104): http://www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php...

Dutch non-fiction: De goede advocaat (2017): http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/D...

as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt), The Posthumus Mysteries:
Lonely Graves (2014)
Lives Lost (2015)
Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
https://www.hodder.co.uk/authors/deta...

and for German readers:
Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
http://www.hoffmann-und-campe.de/auto...