In the library you will find a selection of media in German and in translation: books, magazines, films, music and games. Get inspired, find out about current topics and trends, and get to know Germany.
Every week, we present a book from our collection that we find particulary interesting, exciting, educational, or otherwise worth reading. This week:
Uli Lust: "Die Frau als Mensch: Schamaninnen" (Reprodukt, 2026)
Die Frau als Mensch – Am Anfang der Geschichte (The woman as a Human Being—At the Beginning of History) was awarded the 2025 German Nonfiction Prize. Schamaninnen (Shamanesses) is the sequel to this wide-ranging exploration of the role of women in the history of human art and culture.
Ulli Lust guides readers through millennia of women’s influence and human creativity. In doing so, she explores a mythical continuum in which humanity’s search for meaning is reflected in ever-changing ways.
BookTube is a portemanteau of Book and YouTube and refers to book-related videos on the YouTube platform. Contemporary literature from our library, presented in an entertaining video format.
The literary scene in Germany is as diverse and colorful as the population. Be it groups of young writers or magazines in very small, self-published editions, find out more about exciting things from the German literary scene!
Reading promotes development, expands both language vocabulary and horizons, and stimulates the imagination. It helps to understand others and discover new worlds. On this page, we present great new publications for young readers from the German-speaking world.
