7 German books/books you need to peruse before you kick the bucket

These vten books, extending from the late nineteenth century to 21st century, are present day German classics.These are must read books and universally celebrated.

1. Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass (1959)
   

2. Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann (1912)
   

3. Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink (1995)
   

4. Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque (1929)
   

5. Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind (1985)
   

6. Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald (2001)
   

7. Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka (1915)