The best Hermann Hesse novels
The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: Steppenwolf · Siddhartha · Knulp. (Updated Sep 26, 2019.)
Hesse's novels and longer stories from Peter Camenzind to The Glass Bead Game, sorted by readers and recommendation lists: the most read and translated first.
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 12
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1
Steppenwolf
1927. Harry Haller torn between bourgeois life and the magic theatre.
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2
Siddhartha
1922. A young Brahmin's spiritual quest; his most translated book.
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3
Knulp
1915. Three stories about a lovable vagabond.
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4
The Journey to the East
1932. A mysterious journey by a league of pilgrims.
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5
Gertrude
1910. A musician and an unrequited love.
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6
Demian
1919. Emil Sinclair's path to himself, first published under a pseudonym.
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7
The Glass Bead Game
1943. His longest work, behind the 1946 Nobel Prize.
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8
Beneath the Wheel
1906. A gifted pupil broken by the school system.
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9
Peter Camenzind
1904. The debut novel that made his name.
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10
Rosshalde
1914. A painter's failing marriage.
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11
Klingsor's Last Summer
1920. A painter's last, blazing summer.
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12
Narcissus and Goldmund
1930. The monk and the wanderer, spirit and senses.
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