Erich Maria Remarque. Famous but still underrated in my opinion. Everyone knows "Im Westen nichts Neues" but also read "Zeit zu Leben, Zeit zu Sterben" or "Der Funke Hoffnung"
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Terry Pratchett.
No one, absolutely no one was able to master so many different styles, from theologist essays (smaller gods) to thriller novel (all the guards trilogy) . And in all of them you can find many quotes that could be at the same level as some of the best philosophers in the old continent.
His novel defended the igualitary access to almost everything (equal rites, witches) , decompose social classes (almost in every book) ,speaks about slavism (the golem set of books) and how the things interact to each other in order to create the society we know. And more important, it also show how difficult is to change it.
I addition you could find great explanation of the most important secrets of the universe, and last but not least, in some books he show an exquisite sense of humor.
I understand that his style is not for everybody, and first time it could even generate a rejection. But which genius of its area didn't create such feeling??
It is time to start recognizing him as the genius and master he is.
For me it's Friedrich Dürrenmatt. I love his tragic comedies and writting pholosophy: a piece is only complete, when the worst case has happened.
One of the few books we were forced to read in school that I actually enjoyed was his "Es geschah am hellichten Tag". There's also a movie with Jack Nicholson based on the book.
There are too many to list, but one that comes to mind:
- Pyotr Kropotkin. I've read his Conquest of Bread and although sometimes harder to read, it's been highly enlightening for how an anarchocommunist society could self-organise.