List of German language books for children and young people

This list contains a selection of books for children and young people by German-language authors that are recognized in their own Wikipedia article or are at least listed within a Wikipedia article on an author in his bibliography and therefore makes no claim - also in view of the large number of new publications for completeness.

Sorted by classics up to 1900 and the reading ages of toddler literature (picture books) , children's books and books for young people , the respective genres are again listed in alphabetical order , in which the authors and their works are finally listed in alphabetical order.

Apart from the first section Classics up to 1900 , which explicitly lists book publications written before 1900 as children's and youth literature, this list is not sorted chronologically.

Classic until 1900

picture books

• Wilhelm Busch : Max and Moritz
• Heinrich Hoffmann : The upset Peter

Children's books

realism

• Johanna Spyri
  • Heidi's apprenticeship and wandering years
  • Heidi can use what she has learned

Non-fiction

• Georg Christian Raff
  • Natural history for children
  • Geography for children

Youth books

Adventure books

• Karl May : Winnetou
• Johann David Wyss : The Swiss Robinson Family

History books

• Karl Gustav Nieritz
  • The Battle of the Huns
  • Gustav Wasa or King and Farmer
  • Pompeii's last days
• Felix Dahn
  • A fight for Rome
• Christoph von Schmid
  • Eustachius. A history of Christian prehistoric times
  • Heinrich von Eichenfels
  • Rosa von Tanneburg
• David Friedrich Weinland : Rulaman

Fairy tales, myths and legends

fairy tale

• Brothers Grimm : Children's and Household Tales
• Wilhelm Hauff : Hauff's fairy tales

Sagenstoff processing

• Gustav Schwab : The most beautiful sagas of classical antiquity

Toddler literature (picture books)

Biblically derived stories

Creation stories

• Wolf Erlbruch , Bert Moyenart : In the beginning
• Helme Heine : Saturday in Paradise
• Friedrich Karl Waechter : The creation

Poetry

• Gerald Jatzek : Bully rhymes

Fairy tales (sticky) stories

• Renate Schoof
  • The fairy tale of the lonely princess
  • The wishing ring
  • Witch Zerolina in the land of numbers

Fantasy, dream stories

• Wolfgang Bittner : The moon goes by tram
• Kathrin Schärer : Johanna on the train

realism

family

• Wolfgang Bittner
  • The Grizzly Gruzzly Bears
  • Weekend with dad
• Hans Limmer: My donkey Benjamin

Kindergarten stories

• Ulrich Karger : Witching hour in kindergarten

death

• Jutta Bauer : Grandpa's angel

Animal stories

• Axel Scheffler :
  • The gruffalo
  • The gruffalo child
• Gerdt von Bassewitz : Peterchens Mondfahrt
• Waldemar Bonsels : Maya the bee and her adventures
• Wolfgang Bittner , Laurence Sartin (Ill.): The old trapper and the bear
• Wolf Erlbruch : About the little mole who wanted to know who hit his head
• Hans Fischer : Pitschi : The kitten that always wanted something different; a sad story that ends well.
• Janosch
  • Oh how nice is Panama
  • I'll make you well, said the bear
• Volker Kriegel
  • Olaf the Elk (with sequels)
  • The rock'n'roll king
• Mira Lobe : The little I-am-me
• Loriot (among other editors): Carnival of the Animals
• Hubert Schirneck , Sylvia Graupner (Ill.): What is a dream? Asked Jonas

Search and puzzle books

• Wolf Erlbruch
  • At the beginning
  • The big question
• Mario Giordano : Eye Journey

Christmas stories

Pre-christmas time

• Wolfgang Bittner : Felix, Kemal and Nikolaus

Children's books

Fantastic stories

• Eberhard Alexander-Burgh : Hui Buh
• Michael Ende :
  • Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
  • Jim Button and the Wild 13
  • Momo
  • The satan archaeological lie, holy wish punch
  • the never ending Story
• Cornelia Funke
  • Igraine without fear
  • Not a cookie for goblins
  • Little werewolf
  • Lilli, Flosse and the monkfish
  • Potilla (continued Potilla and the cap thief )
• Henning Heske : Molly, Ricky and the Quälgeist
• Franz Hohler : Tschipo in the Stone Age
• Ulrich Karger : Habakuk family and the Ordumok Society
• Erich Kästner : The 35th of May or Konrad rides into the South Seas
• James Krüss : Timm Thaler or The Laughing Sold (continuation of Timm Thaler's Puppen or The Human Love Sold )
• Max Kruse : Urmel from the Ice (several sequels)
• Boy Lornsen : Robbi, Tobbi and the Fliewatüüt
• Paul Maar : Das Sams (several sequels)
• Tilde Michels : Little King Kalle Wirsch
• Christine Nöstlinger : We don't give a damn about the pickle king
• Otfried Preußler : The little Aquarius
• Kirsten Reinhardt : Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat
• Angela Sommer-Bodenburg : The Little Vampire (several sequels)
• Günter Spang :
  • Williwack
  • A devil named Fidibus
• Tony Wolf: Stories from the Fable Forest

Poetry

• Franz Karl Ginzkey : Hatschi Bratschi's balloon (1904)
• Josef Guggenmos
  • What does the mouse think on Thursday?
  • Sun, moon and balloon

Magical realism

• Vera Ferra-Mikura : The old and the young and the little Stanislaus (several sequels)
• Kirsten Reinhardt : The hairy story of Olga, Henrike and the exchange French

Fairy tales (sticky) stories

• Otfried Preußler : The Robber Hotzenplotz (several sequels)
• Hertha Vogel-Voll : The Silver Bridge
• Gertrud B. Vogt : Tunt or the unheard-of story of a long journey

realism

Everyday stories

• Werner Bergengruen : Zwieselchen (several sequels)
• Franziska Gehm , Horst Klein : Hübendrüben
• Andreas Venzke : Carlos can score goals
• Bruno Wolfgang (= Bruno Prochaska): Two daughters and a father: cheerful stories from Eva and Helene , Berlin, Vienna, Leipzig 1940
• Bruno Wolfgang: A father and two daughters: a story for little girls , Vienna 1965

emancipation

• Otfried Preussler : The stupid Augustine

family

• Uwe Timm : Racing pig Rudi Rüssel

Friendship

• Wolfgang Bittner : Tommy and Beule
• Thomas Brezina : Die Knickerbockerbande (several sequels)
• Karl Bruckner : The Sparrow Elf
• Oliver Hassencamp : Schreckenstein Castle (book series)
• Kurt Held : The red Zora and her gang
• Max von der Grün : suburban crocodiles
• Simone Klages : My friend Emil (several sequels)
• Volker Kriegel : The Rock'n Roll King
• Joachim Masannek : The Wild Soccer Guys (book series)
• Jutta Richter : Pike summer
• Harald Schneider
  • The Master Sniffers (book series)
  • The Wild Four (book series)

Cross-generational

• Amelie Fried : Does grandpa wear a suit?
• James Krüss : My great grandfather and me
• Renate Schoof : With grandma by the sea

(First) loved ones

• Peter Härtling : Ben loves Anna

tolerance

• Ulrich Karger : Thick air in half and a half
• Marjaleena Lembcke : When the stones were still birds
• Jutta Richter : The day I learned to tame the spiders

Animal stories

• Simak Büchel : Oropoi or How the baboons got their red buttocks
• Marlen Haushofer : Bartl's Adventure
• Erich Kästner : The Conference of Animals
• James Krüss : The Singing War of the Heath Bunnies
• Paul Maar : The tattooed dog
• Benno Pludra : Seven stork
• Günter Spang
  • Williwack
  • Ox and donkey
• Adele Sansone : Goodbye, little groundhog
• Marcus Pfister : The rainbow fish
• Renate Schoof : Sophie finds a treasure

Youth books

Genre literature

Adventure stories

• Wolfgang Bittner
  • Run away
  • stay away from the window
  • The trail of the gray bear
  • Where the mountains are nameless
  • The salmon fishermen from the Yukon
  • Fool's gold
  • Escape to Canada
• Martin Luserke
  • Obadjah and the ZK 14 or the happy adventures of a sorcerer
• Renate Schoof
  • Without a return ticket
  • Simone's hot summer

Clique Stories

• Cornelia Funke : The Wild Chickens (several sequels)
• Patricia Schröder : Die Pfeffermiezen (several sequels)

Detective stories

• Simak Büchel
  • Master pearl boat
• Wolfgang corner
  • Detectives Club
  • Who will crack the nut?
• Rolf Kalmuczak : A case for TKKG (youth book series)
• Erich Kästner : Emil and the detectives (continuation Emil and the three twins )
• Gert Prokop : Detective Pinky
• Harald Schneider :
  • The master sniffers
  • The wild four
• Thomas Brezina :
  • Knickerbocker gang
  • A case for you and the Tiger team
  • Tom Turbo
• Simone Klages :
  • Rosie's kidnapping
  • The Detectives of Cismar (multiple sequels)

Detective novels

• Wolfgang Bittner : The black Scheitan

Beatrix Gurian:

• Prince death

SF / Fantasy

• Michael Ende :
  • the never ending Story
• Cornelia Funke
  • Dragon rider
  • Lord of Thieves
  • Inkworld trilogy
• Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein
  • Fairytale moon
  • Midgard
• Charlotte Kerner : Blueprint, blueprint
• Kai Meyer
  • Frostfire
  • Gate between the worlds
  • The wave runner
  • The shell magicians
  • The water weavers
  • Silk and sword
  • Lance and light
  • Dragon and diamond
• Walter Moers : The 13½ Lives of Captain Blaubär
• Gudrun Pausewang :
  • The last children of Schewenborn
  • The cloud
• Otfried Preussler
  • Krabat
• Käthe Recheis : The white wolf
• Andreas Steinhöfel : The mechanical prince
• Naomi Novik
  • Brood of dragons
  • Dragon prince
  • Dragon wrath
  • Dragon luster
• André Linke : Crystal Yorkshire
  • shadow
  • Shadowhunters
  • Shadowland

History books

Prehistoric times, antiquity, the middle ages

• Hans Baumann
  • The son of Columbus
  • I moved in with Hannibal
  • Lion gate and labyrinth
  • Wolf years
• Gabriele Beyerlein
  • The fire of Crete
  • The Dragomira chain
• Ernst Wilhelm Heine
  • The pigeon's collar
  • The flight of the firebird
  • The ravens of Carcassonne
  • Toppler
• Josef Holub : Boniface and the robber Knapp
• Martin Luserke
  • Hasko
• Kurt Lütgen
  • The great captain
  • The white condor
  • No winter for wolves
• Herbert Kranz : Series "The Voice of the Past"
  • The Way to Freedom (via Carl Schurz )
  • The Lion's Son (via Henry the Lion )
  • The judge in court (via Johannes Kepler )
  • Temporary King (via Scipio the Younger )
  • The Heir apparent (via Prince Akbar )
• Willi Meinck : The strange adventures of Marco Polo
• Petra Oelker
  • The picture of the old lady
  • The monastery forest (continuation by Felicitas Stern)
  • Death at the Zollhaus (several sequels to the comedian Rosina)
• Harald Parigger
  • The thief of Rome
  • The king's ruby
  • The black monk
  • In the shadow of black death
  • The witch of Zeil
• Kurt Pastenaci
  • The royal tomb of Seddin
  • The golden fish
  • The gold treasure from Eberswalde
  • The lord of the ore
  • Duke Bojo
  • King Ra the Vandal
• Tilman Röhrig : Maybe in 300 years
• Rainer M. Schröder : The lagoon of the galleys
• Anita Siegfried
  • In the alley behind the stove
  • Alinor's song
• Alois Theodor Sonnleitner : The Cave Children (with sequels)
• Hans Dieter Stöver
  • When Rome was on fire
  • Daniel and Esther. Alone in Rome (with sequels)
  • The Varus File
  • Quintus goes to Rome (with sequels)
• Henry Winterfeld
  • Caius, the rascal from ancient Rome (with sequels)

Younger story (s)

1800-1850

• Herbert Kranz : Series "The Voice of the Past"
  • The Way to Freedom (via Carl Schurz )
  • The Third President (via President Thomas Jefferson )
• Rainer M. Schröder : Abby Lynn - Banished to the End of the World (several sequels)

1850-1900

• Gabriele Beyerlein
  • Maybe in Berlin
  • Berlin, Bülowstr. 80a
  • It was in Berlin
• Willi Fährmann : The long way of Lukas B. (first volume of the four-part series Die Bienmann-Saga )
• Waldtraut Lewin : Luise, backyard north . A house in Berlin 1890. (to be continued)
• Lisa Tetzner : The black brothers

1900-1933

• Willi Fährmann : Time to hate, time to love (second part of the series Die Bienmann-Saga )
• Emma Gündel : The bewitched backpack
• Klaus Kordon :
  • The Red Sailors or A Forgotten Winter (with sequels to later epochs)

National Socialism (1933–1945)

• Wolfgang Corner : Escape
• Willi Fährmann :
  • The year of the wolves (third part of the series Die Bienmann-Saga )
  • The embers beneath the ashes
• Emma Gündel : Elke series (Volumes 1 - 7)
• Josef Holub
  • The red Nepomuk
  • Lousy times
• Judith Kerr : When Hitler stole the pink rabbit
• Klaus Kordon : With your back to the wall (second part of the series)
• Hans-Georg Noack : The Webers, a German family 1932-1945
• Leonie Ossowski : star without a sky
• Gudrun Pausewang
  • Adi, youth of a dictator
  • The traitor
  • You mustn't scream
  • Trip in August
• Mirjam Pressler : Malka Mai
• Käthe Recheis : Lena. Our village and the war
• Hans Peter Richter : Back then it was Friedrich
• Lisa Tetzner : The children from No. 67
• Alfred Weidenmann : Young Train 2
• Ursula Wölfel : A house for everyone
• Arnulf Zitelmann : Paule Pizolka or an escape through Germany
• Waldtraut Lewin : Paula's Cat-A House in Berlin-1935 (with sequels)

Post-war period (from 1945)

• Wolfgang Bittner : Gleiwitz is now called Gliwice
• Karl Bruckner : Sadako wants to live
• Willi Ferryman
  • Kristina, don't forget (fourth part of the series Die Bienmann-Saga )
  • The hour of the lark
• Emma Gündel : Elke Series (Volumes 8-10)
• Peter Härtling
  • crutch
  • Trip against the wind
• Josef Holub : smugglers in luck
• Erich Kästner : The double lottery
• Klaus Kordon :
  • The first spring (third part of the series)
  • A summer in ruins
• Christine Nöstlinger : cockchafer fly!
• Leonie Ossowski : Mr. Rudolf's legacy
• Mirjam Pressler : When luck comes, you have to put him a chair
• Klaus Schädelin : My name is Eugen
• Hermann Schulz : Sun fog
• Nina Rauprich : Like wolves in the night

GDR history (1945–1989)

• Klaus Kordon :
  • Crocodile on the neck
  • Days like years
• Ulrich Plenzdorf : The young W.
• Benno Pludra
  • Island of the Swans
  • Tambari
• Elizabeth Shaw
  • The little scaredy
  • How Putzi won a trophy
• Erwin Strittmatter : Tinko

realism

• Friedrich Ani : Through the night, undeterred
• Kirsten Boie
  • Not Chicago. Not here.
  • Skogland
• Karl Bruckner : Giovanna and the swamp
• Kay Löffler : Village of Cloud Makers
• Hans-Georg Noack : Down the escalator
• Gudrun Pausewang : The Caldera family's plight
• Mirjam Pressler : Dark chocolate
• Gregor Tessnow : Very tough
• Andreas Venzke : Veit and another day
• Adele Sansone : Hassan

Disability, illness

• Marliese Arold : Completely weightless
• Mirjam Pressler : Stumbling Steps
• Adele Sansone : Florian takes his time

Drugs

• Angelika Mechtel : Cold Turkey
• Marliese Arold : Slipped
• Hans-Georg Noack : Trip
• Max Wolf: Happiness reactor

Development novels

• Tamara Bach :
  • Martian girls
  • Now is here
• Thommie Bayer : The heart is a lousy area
• Wolfgang Bittner : The climber or an attempt to live
• David Chotjewitz : Crazy Diamond
• Joseph von Eichendorff : From the life of a good-for-nothing
• Henning Heske : Amelie Augenstern
• Benjamin Lebert : Crazy
• Emmy von Rhoden : The Defiant Head (with several sequels)
• Jutta Richter : Pike summer
• Andreas Steinhöfel
  • The Middle of the World (Continued Defender - Tales from the Middle of the World )
• Else Ury : baby boy (with several sequels)

Love stories

• Antje Babendererde : Dragonfly Summer
• Brigitte Blobel : Heartburn
• Achim Bröger : I like you
• Inge Meyer-Dietrich : I want him, I don't want him
• Ulrich Plenzdorf : The young W.
• Andreas Schlueter : In love, so and how!
• Renate Schoof : W + M = love?
  • Simone's hot summer
• Anita Siegfried : The blue scarf
• Joachim Wohlgemuth : Egon and the eighth wonder of the world

School stories

• Peter Abraham : The school ghost
• Brigitte Blobel : But you have courage!
• Ernst Eckstein : The visit to the detention center
• Mario Fesler : Lizzy Carbon and the Losers Club
• Erich Kästner : The flying classroom
• Bernhard Lassahn : Reading lion student stories
• Robert Musil : The confusions of the pupil Törless
• Christine Nöstlinger : Really Susi
• Renate Schoof : School trip with a kick
• Heinrich Spoerl : The Feuerzangenbowle
• Ludwig Thoma : Rascal stories

death

• Jutta Bauer : Grandpa's angel
• Jutta Richter : Pike summer
• Elfie Donnelly : Hello Grandpa, I said softly

Sagenstoff processing

• Hans Baumann : wings for Ikaros
• Willi Ferryman
  • The king and his magician
  • Dietrich von Bern
  • Elsa and the Swan Knight
  • Gudrun
  • Kriemhild's revenge
  • Siegfried von Xanten
  • Wieland the blacksmith
• Wolfgang Hohlbein
  • The children of Troy
  • Odysseus
• Felicitas Hoppe
  • Iwein lion knight
• Paul Hühnerfeld : The fight for Troy
• Ulrich Karger : The Odyssey
• Auguste Lechner
  • The son of the goddess
  • The adventures of Odysseus
  • The legend of the Golden Fleece
  • the Nibelungen
  • The Roland saga
  • Hercules
  • Mr. Dietrich rides
  • Iliad. When Troy went down
  • Iwein
  • King Arthur
• Heinrich Pleticha (Ed.): The great book of legends
• Käthe Recheis : King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Non-fiction

Autobiographies

• Anatol Feid : Still, I have my dreams
• Erich Kästner : When I was a little boy

Biographies

• Friedrich Ani : When I was immortal. A Jesus story
• Lutz van Dijk : The assassin - The story of Herschel Grynszpan
• Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck : Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
• Alois Prinz : Better angry than sad . The life story of Ulrike Meinhof
• Renate Welsh : Dieda or The Strange Child

counselor

job

• Wolfgang Bittner : Profession: Writer

art

• Mario Giordano : book series on art

See also

• Chronology of German children's and youth literature
• Children's and young people's literature
• List of international books for children and young people
• Authors of children's and youth literature