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Hi everyone, I am looking to improve my German. I understand quite a bit by now but my spoken language is still child-like (I am somewhere B1+). Reading has always been something I enjoy. That being said: any (good) books you could recommend that are written by German-speaking writers and are "easy" to read? Just to say, I am not looking for children books - I need to be engaged with the story to read it. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda surprised I haven't seen it here: Die Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe Kling. It's about a Kleinkünstler (argh!) living together with a communist kangaroo. They get up to all kind of nonsense whilst the book satirical looks at german culture and politics. It's quite popular. The sentences are often pretty short and straight to the point as are the chapters, so you can pace it quite well. If you like the style of the books and would like to practice your listening comprehension, I can also recommend the audio book, read by the author himself. His voice-acting takes it to a whole new level.