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
 Wir neuen Deutschen
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 Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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 Der Reibert
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 Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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Was ist koscher? Was ist koscher?
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 Utopia
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 Meditations
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 The Diary of a Young Girl
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 Der Reibert 2015
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 The Open Society and Its Enemies
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 The Communist Manifesto
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 Long Walk to Freedom
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 Der kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen. Frauen über sich, Beginn einer Befreiung.
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 Joseph Fouché: Portrait of a Politician
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 Geschichte eines Deutschen
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 Geschichte des Islam
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 Die Entmythologisierung der Wirtschaft
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 Die Bibel - Was man wirklich wissen muss
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 Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?
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 The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books I-II
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 Apology
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