Library

Diverse. Informative. Digital

The library of the Goethe-Institut Pakistan offers media to read and learn. In addition, we offer a wide range of books, magazines, films, music, and games (both board and digital/VR) in German. Our English-translated titles also provide non-German readers with the opportunity to explore Germany’s literature, culture, society, politics, and current events.

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BibToGo

BibToGo is the Goethe-Institut library app.

BibToGo is the Goethe-Institut library app. It is also your personal library account. It gives you access to our media and services whenever you need them.

It is also your personal library account. It gives you access to our media and services whenever you need them.

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How it works:

BibToGo is the library App of the Goethe-Institut and your personal library account. With BibToGo you can reserve media, manage your borrowed media online, and much more. BibToGo also serves as your library card when visiting any library branch of the Goethe-Insitut worldwide.

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Reading lists for German teachers and learners

In our digital library “Onleihe” you'll find hundreds of media for free — audios, magazines, movies and more — which support your learning of the German language. For more, take a look in our library catalogue in Karachi

Deutsche Sprache

Deutsch in der Schule

Deutsch als Fremdsprache

Cherrypicker

Literature Blog

The literature blog “Cherrypicker” presents selected novels and non-fiction, graphic novels and stories, audio books and literature for children and teenagers. And it gathers concise voices from the world of literature. Every week a new recommendation, every week the chance to discover remarkable texts, images and opinions.

The perfect body as the purpose of life

A gym as the setting for midlife crises and personality disorders – plus a few serious lies in a team where everyone means well with the protagonist: can that work?

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Playful Seriousness

Leif Randt’s new novel “Let’s Talk About Feelings” once again explores the emotional lives of millennials. Set in a saturated present without major conflicts, it still leaves room for minor crises and love. But how do these moments actually feel in such a world?

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Challenges of youth

Several recent young adult novels feature protagonists facing difficult circumstances: dealing with a father suffering from dementia, the divorce of their parents, the familial consequences of East German espionage, or struggling with their gambling addiction.

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