Mohr's narrative history of East German punk rock and the role the movement played in bringing down the Berlin Wall and in forming the culture of 21st century Berlin was published in German by Heyne[18] in March 2017 as Stirb nicht im Warteraum der Zukunft: Die ostdeutschen Punks und der Fall der Mauer and in English by Algonquin Books on 11 September 2018 as Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall.[19][20][11][21][22][23][24][25][26]Vogue magazine said the book was "a joy in the way it brings back punk's fury and high stakes",[27] while the Wall Street Journal wrote, "Mr. Mohr has written an important work of Cold War cultural history."[28]Rolling Stone called Burning Down the Haus "a thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world,"[29] and named it a book of the year.[30] It was also listed as a book of the year by
Rough Trade,[31]NPR music staff,[32] Longreads,[33] Bookpage,[34]Amazon,[35] and the Chicago Public Library;[36] the book was also long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.[37]
As a literary translator, he has translated the German novels Guantanamo, by
Dorothea Dieckmann (published in the U.S. by
Soft Skull and in the U.K. by Duckworth), Wetlands and Wrecked by
Charlotte Roche (both published in the U.S. by
Grove/Atlantic and in the U.K. by 4th Estate), Broken Glass Park,The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine,[38]Just Call Me Superhero, Baba Dunja's Last Love, and My Grandmother's Braid by
Alina Bronsky[39] (all published worldwide by Europa Editions), Tiger Milk by Stefanie de Velasco, The Second Rider, by Alex Beer,[40] and two novels by
Wolfgang Herrndorf: Tschick, published in English as Why We Took the Car, and Sand.[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][11]
A project Mohr was working on with
Hunter S. Thompson at the time Thompson's death was published as the writer's final interview[53][54][55] in Playboy's May 2005 issue and later included in the book Ancient Gonzo Wisdom,[13] published by
Da Capo.
Mohr collaborated[56] with original
Guns N' Roses and
Velvet Revolver bassist
Duff McKagan on It's So Easy (and other lies), McKagan's memoir,[57] published in October, 2011. The Los Angeles Public Library included It's So Easy on its list of the best books of the year,[58] and the book was also named one of
Amazon.com's "Best Books of 2011: Entertainment Section".[59] Mohr also edited[60][61][62]Gil Scott-Heron's posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, which was published in January 2012.
In June, 2021, Nonbinary, the memoir by
Genesis P-Orridge, which Mohr collaborated on during P-Orridge's final years of life, was published a year after the death of the industrial music icon and cultural provocateur.[64][65][66]