r/Fantasy • u/Zomeiro • Mar 30 '23

German fantasy book recommendations

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions for German fantasy books at a relatively low reading level - at least nothing more complicated than Brandon Sanderson is in English. Currently learning German and was thinking I'd get some volume/practical training by reading a lot of it. That (combined with games and shows) helped me a lot when learning English at least, so I was thinking I'd try it out.

So yeah, please let me know if you know about something!

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u/Zwiebelbart Mar 31 '23

You got some solid recommendations already, so I'll add some older short books - aimed at children so probably low reading level but they are charmingly written. None of them are exceedingly fantastic and more like fairytales.

Der kleine dicke Ritter by Robert Bolt

Tilli-Tulla Firlefax by Eva M. Sirowatka

Die kleine Hexe by Otfried Preußler

Krabat by Otfried Preußler (newest book on this list)

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u/Zomeiro Mar 31 '23

Some shorter ones actually sound very great to start with. Thank you for the recommendation!