The third edition of Segebrecht's "Reading List" promotes reading in its revised and updated form. Whether as a contribution to canonization or a suggestion for reading, this "vademecum" for all aspiring or advanced Germanists provides a good guide and answers the question "What should Germanists read?" in many ways. "Those who compile reading lists today are often criticized. By colleagues in the field, from the cultural sections. Segebrecht organizes the (only German-speaking) authors chronologically since the Middle Ages. Naturally, the unannotated list is open to critique. But it takes courage, courage to leave gaps, because one knows what students want: order, order, order. Nothing is worse than not knowing what one should know. So what should Germanists read? - First, Segebrecht's book." The World "The Bamberg Germanist Wulf S.