Erich Kästner's best-known books
The top 3 according to 8 votes from people: Emil and the Detectives · Lottie and Lisa · The Flying Classroom. (Updated Sep 1, 2024.)
From Emil and the Detectives to Fabian: Kästner's children's classics and his books for adults.
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 14
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Emil and the Detectives
1929. His first and most successful children's book, translated into 59 languages.
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Lottie and Lisa
1949. Twin sisters swap places.
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The Flying Classroom
1933. Christmas at a boarding school.
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Dot and Anton
1931. A rich girl and a poor boy become friends.
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Emil and the Three Twins
1934. The sequel by the Baltic Sea.
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6
Doctor Erich Kästner's Lyrical Medicine Chest
1936. Poems as medicine for every situation.
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Till Eulenspiegel
1938. The trickster's pranks, retold for children.
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The Animals' Conference
1949. The animals take peace into their own hands.
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Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
1931. Berlin at the end of the Weimar Republic; burned by the Nazis.
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The 35th of May
1931. A ride to the South Seas on a talking horse.
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11
Three Men in the Snow
1934. A mistaken-identity comedy in a grand hotel.
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12
When I Was a Little Boy
1957. Memories of his childhood in Dresden.
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13
Herz auf Taille
1928. His first collection of poems.
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14
The Little Man
1963. The smallest circus performer in the world.
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