Welcome to German Literature Month XV
Hopefully many of you have a nice selection of books or a reading list for #germanlitmonth.
Remember – anything that was originally written in German can be read during #germanlitmonth. You don’t have to follow Tony’s and my schedule but if you choose to do so, here’s the full schedule for the month:
November 1st-9th: Genre Week
You could choose novels or short stories, but maybe you’d like to try something different, such as poetry or a play.
November 10th-16th: City Week
Pick either a book set in a particular city, or an author from a particular city.
November 17th-23rd: Thomas Mann Week
Let’s celebrate the great man’s 150th birthday in style.
November 24th- 30th: GDR Week
Any author from the former German Democratic Republic is possible.
The best way to share those reviews and ensure they show up on the index is to leave a comment below. Alternatively advertise your reviews on Twitter (X), Bluesky, FB or Instagram using the hash tag #germanlitmonth.
This is it for now. Happy reading everyone.
Some additional information and the link to my co-hosts site can be found here.
Beauty is a Sleeping Cat 
My first #GermanLitMonth25 review is posted: Death in Venice. I have several reviews waiting to be uploaded…but there is a glitch!
I’m informing some bloggers that periodically visit my blog:
Just a note: I’m putting ALL my past/present/future blogposts…on status “private”. Something is going on with my blog. No way I get 175 views in one day (01 Nov). I’m afraid my reviews have been caught up in some sort pf “AI” sweeper win USA searching for content to be used in AI engines! So, you have been warned…and you can follow my reading for the coming time on Goodreads…do check my books there. I’m also adding my reviews to my twitter account (Nancy @NB058137145) and German Lit Review posts with hashtag #GermanLitMonth.
Thank you. I will see if I can read it. I have similarly high views. It happens occasionally so I didn’t think anything about it but maybe it’s some fishy. I don’t have a Goodreads account. But I’m bookmarking Twitter posts. I’m sure you’ll be able to make your posts accessible again, shortly.
I marked some “dubious” referees as spam…and will wait a few days and see if that makes a difference. So the GermanLitPost will be visible for a while.
Blog remains active for the public. I hope the problem is taken care of. There is no way my little blog could get 931 views in the month of October! Could not believe my eyes!
German Lit Month is popular 😁
That is a very good reason for so many views!! Ha!
That’s great.
I think I had a couple of days earlier in the year with more than 10,000 views each – *not* my average stats 😉
Goodness. I’m at 140 hourly views which is also way more than usual.
You never know what goes on behind the scenes in the “stats” ! 10.000 that is a personal record for sure!
Not one I’m likely to see again 😉
Looking forward to taking part – I will be sharing several books which count!
I’m delighted to hear that. I’ll make sure to visit.
My introductory post, with plans to read books translated from German, maybe a book in German and books about Germany.
Wonderful. Thank you. I’ll be visiting shortly.
Thanks for co-hosting this again, Caroline. I’m hoping to read something that will fit!
That is great news, Jacqui.
Thanks for co-hosting Caroline, have a couple of novellas lined up for this.
I’m glad to hear it. I hope they will be good.
Hooray! I’ve one chunkster and one short story collection that I’m hoping to get to.
Excellent. I’m so glad to have you join.
Here’s to a month full of great reads (and devoid of duds!).
Would be great but I had dud already. But great stuff too.
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I know the authors but not these titles. They sound great. Kleiner Mann – was nun? has a similar gentle feel but depicts a harsher reality.
Herman Hesse “Demian”
Review:
https://nancyelin.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/germanlitmonth25-hermann-hesse-demian/
The Emigrants by Max Sewald
Review –> https://intrepidangeleno.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/updates-for-scifi-month-novnov-and-german-lit-month/
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Here’s mine, conveniently a novella too for #NovNov!
https://anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/klausen-2002-by-andreas-maier-2010-translation-by-kenneth-j-northcott/
Wonderful. Thank you.
The Rings of Saturn by Sebald
https://intrepidangeleno.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/updates-for-novnov-nonfiction-november-and-german-lit-month/
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