Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.

- Peter Camenzind 1904 novel en

- Beneath the Wheel 1906 novel en

- Gertrude 1910 novel en

- Rosshalde 1914 novel en

- Knulp 1915 novel en

- Demian 1919 novel en

- Klingsor's Last Summer 1919 novel en

- Strange News from Another Star 1919 novel en

- The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse 1919 short-stories en

- Pictor's Metamorphoses 1922 short-stories en

- Siddhartha 1922 novel en

- Steppenwolf 1927 novel en

- Narcissus and Goldmund 1930 novel en

- The Journey to the East 1932 novel en

- The Glass Bead Game 1943 novel en

- If the War Goes On... 1946 non-fiction en

- Hymn to Old Age 1952 poetry en

- Stories of Five Decades 1954 short-stories en

- Poems 1970 poetry en

- Crisis 1975 poetry en

- Soul of the Age 1987 non-fiction en

- The Seasons of the Soul 2011 poetry en