Books set outside Germany

391 books and other written works set outside Germany, ordered by German Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales. There is no map: this is every country but one.

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Im Westen nichts Neuesby Erich Maria Remarque · 1928 · Frankreich
#11,188avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Schachnovelleby Stefan Zweig · 1942 · Kaisertum Österreich
#2592avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Zauberbergby Thomas Mann · 1924 · Schweiz
#3547avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Das Parfumby Patrick Süskind · 1985 · Frankreich
#4451avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Die Dreigroschenoperby Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann · 1928 · Vereinigtes Königreich
#5419avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Pantherby Rainer Maria Rilke · 1907 · Frankreich
#6341avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der zerbrochne Krugby Heinrich von Kleist · 1811 · Königreich der Niederlande
#7337avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Heidiby Johanna Spyri · 1880 · Schweiz
#8331avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Die Blechtrommelby Günter Grass · 1959 · Polen
#9302avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krullby Thomas Mann · 1954 · Portugal
#10257avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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