Europe
Switzerland
4 authors in the ranking·5 rated books·3 books set here
Swiss authors in the reader ranking include Johanna Spyri and Hermann Hesse, who was born in Germany, took Swiss citizenship in the 1920s and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Among the books set in Switzerland are Spyri’s “Heidi” (1880–81), about a girl raised by her grandfather in the Alps, and Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain” (1924), set in a sanatorium in Davos.
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Authors 4
- Hermann Hesse2 ranked booksSiddhartha8.0
- Johanna Spyri1 ranked bookHeidi7.8
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt1 ranked bookThe Visit7.5
- Nelio Biedermann1 ranked bookLázár7.6
The story is set here 3
Books whose story is set in this country, according to Wikidata and our own additions.
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