I just got my son's summer reading book list. They are books in English. I assume the best way is to order over amazon.de under English books - this may sound like a stupid question:

Are the books written in English or are they books written by English speaking authors in German?

I tried searching this under English books, books written in English on this site and didn't find anything.

Thanks,
Fraueli

In the "english books" section on amazon.de you find books written in english.
You may want to check also play.com as a good source, prices are often lower than amazon and shipping is also free.

Another great site is bookdepository.co.uk, The prices are often discounted and there is no delivery charge for Switzerland.

Kate

Thanks so much for the information. I'll check both out.

I just order from Amazon.com but you can also try Amazon.co.uk.

It seems like anytime my DH has ordered from Amazon.de, he's been hit with duty and fees. Not sure why. I order all my books from Amazon.com, and I've never been charged any duty or fees.

Yep, I buy at least a dozen books a month through this one, and they've always arrived safely and pretty promptly. Would definitely recommend.

kodokan

Do you want to try us with the list? Someone here might have one or more of the books that they are happy to give/swap/sell you.

I've got a bag of books waiting to go to the Caritas shop on Birmensdorferstrasse where they have a small but decent selection on sale for 3CHF each. Other places with English books include the Neugasse Brockenhaus and Brocki-land on Steinstrasse.

Otherwise, I ordered from amazon.co.uk a couple of weeks ago, for novels it was far cheaper than bookdepository even taking shipping into consideration. I found Amazon.de had poor selection and high prices.

My amazon.co.uk order came very quickly I'm glad to report and no tax either.

You might also want to consider this one:
http://www.expatica.com/ch/survival/...ish-books.html

There you can find a list with online bookshops that deliver within Switzerland.

Hope that helps,
Sascha

Thanks for the offer Sascha112, but we're set. It turns out that the list had a couple of books already read. There isn't anything mandatory on the list as I first thought. Since we hadn't received the list before we came over, I did buy 2 books that were required reading for his school in the US and we're going to stick with those.

Thanks everybody for all the helpful tips. I know what to do next time.

Don't forget me at A Brew& A Browse in Adlisiwl, for new and 2nd hand english books !!!!!!! www.brew-and-browse.ch

Why not just order from play.com

Free delivery, they stock nearly every book at discount prices...