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Kerstans Kanon - Leserempfehlungen

  • October 10, 2024
  • 67 Books
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Kerstans Kanon is an attempt to create a common collection of knowledge that may be considered "cultural canon". This collection is limited by a very germano-centric perspective, however, others may find this collection interesting nonetheless or specifically therefore.

Kerstan divides his canon into three literary categories:
- History and Philosophy (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-philosophie-geschichte)
- Language and Communication (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-sprache-kommunikation)
- History and Philosophy (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-mathematik-naturwissenschaft)

Beneath the article where this canon was published, a lively discussion developed, where many more works were suggested to be added. I have collected many here: https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-leserempfehlungen

The original article (in german) can be found here:
https://fd.phwa.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kerstan-Kanon.pdf

As published in Zeit:
https://www.zeit.de/2018/34/allgemeinwissen-kanon-globalisierung-digitalisierung-jugend-bildung

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Die Vereindeutigung der Welt

Die Vereindeutigung der Welt
ByThomas Bauer

2018 • 1 Reader • 104 pages

Der Tod und das Mädchen I-V

Der Tod und das Mädchen I-V
ByElfriede Jelinek

2004 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

Gretchen Sackmeier

Gretchen Sackmeier
ByChristine Nöstlinger

2021 • 1 Reader • 496 pages

Der Existentialismus ist ein Humanismus und andere philosophische Essays

Der Existentialismus ist ein Humanismus und andere philosophische Essays
ByJean-Paul Sartre

1946 • 1 Reader • 333 pages

The Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita
ByJuan Mascaró(Translator),Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

-400 • 125 Readers • 160 pages • 3.8

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me
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2015 • 666 Readers • 166 pages • 4.6

White Teeth

White Teeth
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290 Readers • 3.9

Water music

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1981 • 13 Readers • 437 pages • 5

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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2015 • 115 Readers • 432 pages • 4.3

On the Road

Duluoz Legend

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1955 • 629 Readers • 254 pages • 3.4

Infinite Jest

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1996 • 722 Readers • 1,079 pages • 4.2

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

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ByJudith Butler

1989 • 115 Readers • 236 pages • 4.6

The Hunger Games

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Jane Eyre

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Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea
ByJean Rhys

1966 • 223 Readers • 189 pages • 3.4

Psychologie der Massen

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ByGustave Le Bon

1895 • 3 Readers • 203 pages • 2

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1957 • 62 Readers • 160 pages • 4.2

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The Qur'an

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632 • 20 Readers • 456 pages • 1.4

Jugend ohne Gott

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Every Man Dies Alone

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ByHans Fallada,Michael Hofmann(Translator)

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The Great Gatsby

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1920 • 2,615 Readers • 180 pages • 3.7

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1960 • 2,947 Readers • 309 pages • 4.1

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1320 • 419 Readers • 241 pages • 4.1

The God of Small Things

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1997 • 455 Readers • 344 pages • 3.9

Der geteilte Himmel

Der geteilte Himmel
ByChrista Wolf

1963 • 3 Readers • 238 pages • 3.5

Die gestundete Zeit

Die gestundete Zeit
ByIngeborg Bachmann

1953 • 2 Readers • 62 pages

The Grapes of Wrath

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Frankenstein

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181 • 2,099 Readers • 353 pages • 3.9

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Erkenntnis und Interesse
ByJürgen Habermas

1965 • 1 Reader

Erfolg

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Erfolg
ByLion Feuchtwanger

1930 • 2 Readers • 878 pages • 5

Ellbogen

Ellbogen
ByFatma Aydemir

2017 • 3 Readers • 272 pages

A Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas

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332 Readers • 4

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

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1963 • 103 Readers • 312 pages • 4.3

Das Dritte Reich und die Juden

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Das Dritte Reich und die Juden
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2007 • 1 Reader • 532 pages

Ghana Must Go

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2013 • 18 Readers • 318 pages • 3.9

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2009 • 16 Readers • 263 pages • 3.5

Catch-22

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Catch-22
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1961 • 1,305 Readers • 466 pages • 4

The Second Sex

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The Second Sex
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1949 • 240 Readers • 746 pages • 4.1

Americanah

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2013 • 546 Readers • 608 pages • 4.3

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
ByJudith Kerr

1971 • 17 Readers • 190 pages • 4.2

Things Fall Apart

#1 of 3 in The African Trilogy

Things Fall Apart
ByChinua Achebe

1958 • 554 Readers • 185 pages • 3.6

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
ByOscar Wilde

1890 • 1,634 Readers • 260 pages • 4.1

Kulturindustrie

Kulturindustrie
ByMax Horkheimer,Theodor W. Adorno

1971 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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ByYuval Noah Harari

2011 • 1,662 Readers • 443 pages • 4.2

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
ByStephen Chbosky

1999 • 1,355 Readers • 222 pages • 4.1

Schachnovelle

Schachnovelle
ByStefan Zweig

1941 • 26 Readers • 46 pages • 3.4

Die Welle

Die Welle
ByMorton Rhue,Hans-Georg Noack(Translator)

1981 • 9 Readers • 180 pages • 3

The Visit

The Visit
ByFriedrich Dürrenmatt,Patrick Bowles(Translator)

1956 • 41 Readers • 112 pages • 3.5

The History of Western Philosophy

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The History of Western Philosophy
ByBertrand Russell

1945 • 149 Readers • 895 pages • 4.1

Brave New World

Brave New World
ByAldous Huxley

1930 • 2,414 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9

Brief History of Time

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ByStephen Hawking,Carl Sagan,+1 more

1988 • 518 Readers • 301 pages • 4.2

History of the Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War
ByThucydides

-411 • 3 Readers • 656 pages

The Art of War

The Art of War
BySun Tzu,Thomas Cleary(Translator)

-400 • 591 Readers • 193 pages • 3.7

Dune

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Dune
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1965 • 3,836 Readers • 704 pages • 4.3

The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story
ByMichael Ende,Ralph Manheim(Translator)

1979 • 379 Readers • 445 pages • 4.1

Momo

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1973 • 105 Readers • 275 pages • 4.3

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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
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Critique of Pure Reason

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1781 • 152 Readers • 792 pages • 3.3

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1999 • 7 Readers • 237 pages • 4

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