What are some books or poems that were originally written in German?

[riley823]

...besides Grimms fairytales, what are some that are known worldwide that were originally in German?

 

[braennvin2]

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
The Parent Trap (see Lindsay Lohan movie) by Erich Kästner.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri.
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann.

 

[Steve]

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler

The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels

 

[Eibhlinn]

The Elective Affinities by Goethe
The Sandman by E.T.A Hoffman
The Marquise of O by Heinrich von Kleist
Faust by Goethe
Iphigenia in Tauris by Goethe
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig