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German books

German is my native language and I wanted to make a short list with books I enjoyed. Of course, “important”/classic or your favorite ones might be missing because I haven’t read everything and I only wanna recommend books I have read and liked. Reading is important when you learn a language, so this list might help you! Most of the books are rather “modern” ones, so if you don’t like reading older books, this list is perfect for you!

Die Häupter meiner Lieben by Ingrid Noll (crime, fun)

Die wilden Hühner (1-5) by Cornelia Funke (kids)

Die Apothekerin by Ingrid Noll (crime, fun)

Rotkäppchen muss weinen by Beate Teresa Hanika (drama)

Die Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (classic)

Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (classic)

Ehrenwort by Ingrid Noll (crime, fun)

Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig (classic)

Halali by Ingrid Noll (crime)

Über Bord by Ingrid Noll (crime, fun)

Plötzlich Shakespeare by David Safier (fun)

Lila, Lila by Martin Suter (love, drama)

Das Parfüm by Patrick Süskind (classic)

Freche Mädchen, Freche Bücher by various authors (teenager)

Die Wolke by Gudrun Pausewang (drama)

Small World by Martin Suter (drama)

Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf (drama, teenager)

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access to free books! part i

Hey there! I really like to read but,, to read books, we have to purchase them :( and that requires money!! Which sometimes we just don’t have!

Of course, saving up works too! And you get to support your favorite authors (which is super important!!). But if you can’t do that, you can always access libraries! Online libraries!

I’ve compiled a bunch of sites I found and by no means is this a complete list. I’ll keep adding to this!

Happy reading/ researching!

Internet Archive- eBooks and Texts

This part of the Internet Archive gives access to public libraries or open university libraries around the world.

Open Library

Open Library is a subsection of the Internet Archive. They scan and upload books from libraries so people can access them easily. They have textbooks, biographies, fiction, non-fiction, classics, and etc.

Open Library has gathered more than 20 million records to date and this is my first site of choice to access books!

Internet Archive: Books to Borrow

This is basically a more direct link to a specific collection, in which you may borrow and download books for two weeks. I use Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 (free software) to access these books.

DigiLibraries

DigiLibraries is another online library for ebooks. It doesn’t have as much variety as Open Library, and I find that they tend to have older books.

LUMS Library

This library also contains free ebooks, but they lean more towards research papers and etc. LUMS is a not-for-profit university and have opened this library for their students and staff, although the general public can also access it.