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64 German classics in new English translations
deutsche Klassiker auf Englisch
New English translations of forgotten German-language classics

Germany's hidden classics, newly in English.

Chamisso's man who sold his shadow, Droste-Hülshoff's murder under the beech tree, Stifter's quiet masterpieces, Schnitzler, Expressionist poets, Alpine novels, voyages to Mars and war diaries from 1914. 64 books from the German-speaking world.

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The translator

One translator, one shelf of classics at a time.

German literature in English usually means Goethe, Kafka and Thomas Mann. These are the books around them: village tales and Biedermeier novellas, children's classics, Expressionist experiments, early science fiction and the voices of the First World War.

AI-assisted translation, prepared and edited by Valentin Sarić. The translations are made from the German originals, complete, with a translator's note. They are AI-assisted and still awaiting full human editorial review.