Franz Kafka's most important works
The top 3 according to 28 votes from people: The Metamorphosis · The Castle · The Judgment. (Updated Jun 7, 2024.)
What to read by Kafka, from The Metamorphosis to Letter to His Father, according to reading guides and recommendations.
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 15
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The Metamorphosis
1915. Gregor Samsa wakes up as a giant insect.
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The Castle
1926. The land surveyor K. never gets where he is going.
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The Judgment
1913. Written in a single night; his most interpreted work.
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4
A Country Doctor
1918. A nightmarish night ride to a patient.
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Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk
1924. His last story.
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6
Letters to Milena
His letters to Milena Jesenská.
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Diaries
1910–1923. His diaries, published against his wishes.
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The Burrow
Late work. An animal forever defending its burrow.
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Amerika (The Man Who Disappeared)
1927. Karl Rossmann in America.
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10
In the Penal Colony
1919. An execution machine on an island.
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The Trial
1925. Josef K. is arrested without knowing why.
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12
Before the Law
1915. The doorkeeper parable, also in The Trial.
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13
Letter to His Father
Written in 1919. A letter that never reached his father.
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14
A Hunger Artist
1922. An artist who lives by starving.
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15
A Report to an Academy
1917. An ape tells how he became human.
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Comments (1)
Die Verwandlung haben wir in der Schule gelesen und ich fand es damals furchtbar. Heute eines meiner Lieblingsbücher