Seven of the best contemporary Irish authors joined forces to write episodes about Finbar's hotel. Apart from providing a good read, there is also a bonus for literature buffs in terms of a mystery to solve: who wrote which part?

Perhaps the internationally best-known novel dealing with hotels. Arthur Hailey tells the story of Conrad Hilton and the development of his hotel imperium in this novel. Not worthy of a nobel prize in literature, but entertaining...

Unter den Linden 1 - this is where the most famous German hotel used to be between 1907 and 1945. By reconstructing the building, the myth was also revived - even though the property is not visited by royalty as much as it used to be.

Inside the extravagance of a luxury five star hotel. The ultimate service industry: freaks and Japanese business travellers, married couples, wedding guests, prostitutes, lonely old ladies and celebrities of the international show-world.

Paul Theroux is one of the greatest living authors and famous for his travel books (master piece: The Old Patagonian Express). After a private crisis he moved to Hawaii where he produces honey and - hopefully - further fascinating literature!

The hotel is called hell, the beds were arranged by means of a divining rod and also the whole story seems a bit strange...

Mari and her mother operate a small hotel in a spa resort at the coast. One evening she witnesses an intense conflict between two guests, an old men and a prostitute. A tangent personality profile of two people, who are alone.

Hotel of the Saints combines eleven straightforward and pleasantly narrated short stories by the American author Ursula Hegi.

Peter Mayle, mainly known for his autobiographically influenced tales about the Provence (A Year In Provence) wrote a detective novel in this case. Not exactly intellectually demanding, but entertaining literature...

Twelve award-winning authors of thrillers invite you to experience the real exciting hotel life. You will not find recreation in this hotel of enamored people, angels, dead persons, frauds and killers.

"A night of love in a hotel room - oh, how will I ever be able to find the words to describe your attraction." The stimuli of hotels to which famous authors have succumbed are brought back to life in this appropriately narrated and illustrated book.

How (not) to cope with the trickeries of Chinese bureaucracy, lack of oxygen and other obstacles as a so-called expatriate hotel manager is narrated by Alec Le Sueur in his entertaining report from Tibet.

John Fawlty is the living nightmare of any hotel owner: as manager, he combines conceitedness, guest contempt and incompetence. The book about the British cult TV series (see DVD). Our favourite highlight is the episode The Germans ("Don't mention the war!").

Three hotels that are all named New Hampshire (one of which is located in Vienna), one real and one fake bear, one dwarfish author, incest und Austrian anarchists - does this sound abstruse? Do not worry, it is, but it still makes sense! (see also DVD)