German books by setting

Where 587 books and other written works are set. Titles are ranked by German Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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ShapeRegionTitlesSharesTop 200Most looked-up bookMost looked-up series
Berlin5110.0% ↑Buddenbrooks 1901Erlebnisse und Abenteuer der Kinder aus Nr. 67. Odyssee einer Jugend
Nordrhein-Westfalen418.0% ↑Nibelungenlied 1200Geschichte eines Edelweißpiraten 1983
Bayern403.0% ↓Buddenbrooks 1901none set here
Niedersachsen241.5% ↓Mindset 2023Jantje Janßen ermittelt
Hamburg124.0% ↑Buddenbrooks 1901none set here
Baden-Württemberg112.0%Die Leiden des jungen Werthers 1774none set here
Thüringen102.0%Lotte in Weimar 1939none set here
Hessen82.0%Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull 1954none set here
Rheinland-Pfalz81.5%Nibelungenlied 1200none set here
Sachsen81.5%Faust. Eine Tragödie. 1808none set here
Schleswig-Holstein70.5%Buddenbrooks 1901none set here
Brandenburg61.5%Unterleuten 2016none set here
Sachsen-Anhalt61.0%Faust. Eine Tragödie. 1808none set here
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern20.5%Egon und das achte Weltwunder 1962none set here
Bremen10.5%Neue Vahr Süd 2004none set here
Saarland10.5%Unter der Drachenwand 2018none set here
Set outside Germany39173.0% ↑Im Westen nichts Neues 1928Erlebnisse und Abenteuer der Kinder aus Nr. 67. Odyssee einer Jugend
Share of allShare of the 200 most looked-up, greyed where a region has under ten titles

How this list is made

Placed by where the story is set, not where the book was written. A book set in two regions counts in both.

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