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!
Ottfried Preußler has allready been mentioned.
I’d like to add Erich Kästner (probably more children’s books, but imho still very enjoyable).
Michael Ende, the Neverending Story and Momo are classics for a reason. checkout “Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch” it is a childrens book, but very funny and i actually read it first when i was like 13 and still loved it.
Paul Maar, “Eine Woche voller Samstage” and the subsequent Sams books are great, but again more children’s books than YA.
Walter Moers, the Zamonien Books where a big hit in my nerdy friend circle during school. the closest thing i can think of would be Discworld.
Wolfgang Hohlbein, he writes a lot, most of it is not that good, but some of his books are great and the books he has written with his wife Heike tend to be better. I enjoyed as a teen( and these are definitely YA-fiction stuff):