Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Collini Case | 2011 | Ferdinand von Schirach | Buy |
| 2 | The Girl Who Wasn’t There | 2013 | Ferdinand von Schirach | Buy |
| 3 | Punishment | 2018 | Ferdinand von Schirach | Buy |
Ferdinand von Schirach’s standalone novels span seven years, from The Collini Case in 2011 to Punishment in 2018. The three books are independent of each other — no shared characters or continuing storylines — so readers can pick them up in any order depending on which premise appeals most.
The Collini Case is the earliest and serves as a reasonable starting point if you want to read chronologically. The Girl Who Wasn’t There followed in 2013, and Punishment arrived five years later in 2018. All three sit in the fiction genre, consistent with the legal and moral themes that run through Schirach’s broader body of work.