January 30, 2023

Berlin Episode 18 Novels set in Berlin

29 minutes

Eight inspirational ideas for novels set in Berlin, all of which bring their own distinctive view of the city. Read them to inform an upcoming trip, to reminisce about the Berlin you have visited or simply to see the city from lots of different perspectives.

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The 8 featured novels

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane

The Luminous Life of Lily Aphrodite by Beatrice Collin

Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada

Fatherland by Robert Harris

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré

Friedrichstrasse 19 by Emma Harding

Book of Clouds by Chloe Aridjis

2 Berlin anthologies

City Lit Berlin Edited by Heather Reyes

Berlin, A Literary Guide for Travellers by Paul Sullivan and Marcel Krueger

Berlin Tourist Information Offices

Inspiring Germany Tourist Information

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