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  1. Ich las Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Aug 31, 2026 · original
    Faust, ein angesehener gelehrter, zieht Bilanz mit seinem Leben und hat das Gefühl, nicht weiter zu kommen. Verzweifelt und nahe am Suizid wendet er sich der Magie zu. Er schließt mit dem Teufel Mephisto einen Pakt und verspricht ihm seine Seele, sollte es Mephisto gelingen, ihn im jetzigen Leben alle Wünsche zu erfüllen. Ein Klassiker, den ich las weil ich mich durch die literarischen Grundwerke arbeite und sogleich als Vorbereitung für das Kieler Sommertheater, welches zur Zeit dieses Stück zeigt. Das Buch war ganz gut!
  2. Ich las Die Assistentin von Caroline Wahl
    Jul 29, 2026 · original
    Charlotte findet in der Zeitung eine Stellenanzeige für die Assistentin eines bekannten Verlegers in München. Assistentinnen werden schnell ausgewechselt und der Verleger ist ein narzistisches Arschloch–wie viel wird Sie für ihn aufs Spiel setzen, auch wenn er ihr mit seinem Zut! und Pauvre! immer wieder zu verstehen gibt, dass sie nie gut genug sein wird? Es war unterhaltsam, zum Teil lustig und, obwohl es für mich nicht an 22 Bahnen oder Windstärke 17 herankommt und ich die vielen Meta-Einschübe nicht verstehe, habe ich es gerne gehört. Chantal Busse liest ganz wunderbar.
  3. I read Unverdiente Ungleichheit by Martyna Linartas
    Jun 1, 2026 · original
    This books shows the shocking scale of the so-called “superrich”, in German she prefers to call them “Überreiche”, or “uber-rich”. Linartas shows that in Germany, wealth is given from generation to generation with little movement between the classes. A big part of this problem is the lack of proper taxing, something that is entirely solvable but often dismissed with absurd arguments. She also explains how the sheer existance of people having more wealth than the GDP of an entire country presents immense dangers to democraties and the environment. Incredible book, I loved the pseudonymized interviews of industry leaders that show how they think. She makes it plain and obvious that taxing the rich is something we can and we must do, and she goes even further talking about a basis inheritance for everyone.
  4. I read Platform Decay by Martha Wells
    May 14, 2026 · original
    Murderbot is on a stealth extraction mission on a torus. He works his way through the different (artificial) landscapes owned by various corporations, hacking their security systems and transport systems and hauler bots and everything else he needs to get the job done. And it wouldn’t be a Murderbot novel without them fighting aggressive corporations, of course. This book is less violent than the previous ones, maybe because Murderbot got a mental health module? Or maybe some of the people he’s rescuing are juveniles, with their own needs and problems. I loved it, a worthy successor of the series!
  5. I read 25 letzte Sommer by Stephan Schäfer
    May 9, 2026 · original
    The protagonist lives a stressful live with endless to-dos and little time away from screens. He mets Karl, a potato farmer who lives a simple, happy life. They talk about big questions–how many summers do you have left and how are you spending them? What are questions you wish you would’ve asked your parents? How can you achieve your dreams? It’s a short book and while it becomes fairly predictable, it does a good job in challenging you to think about the same questions.
  6. I read Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey
    May 6, 2026 · original
    The ninth and last book of the Expanse series. The crew around Jim Holden, Naomi Nagata with their crew on the salvaged Mars navy ship Rocinante . Space fights, galactic politics, aliens and even more scary aliens that do not follow the rules of physics and live outside of space-time. These series has some of the best sci-fi books I’ve ever read, I cannot recommend this enough.
  7. I read The Will to Change by Bell Hooks
    Apr 29, 2026 · original
    Bell Hooks writes about the impact of imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriachism on men. How they long for love and how they learn to shut off all feelings apart from anger. How they have to prove themselves to their peers, “man up” and not show any vulnerability. And how there are women who live by these patriachist standards and don’t want a man who shows weakness. The reality is that men are hurting and that the whole culture responds to them by saying, ‘Please do not tell us what you feel.’ … If we cannot heal what we cannot feel, by supporting patriarchal culture that socializes men to deny feelings, we doom them to live in states of emotional numbness. We construct a culture where male pain can have no voice, where male hurt cannot be named or healed. Great book, cannot recommend enough!
  8. I read Tiamat's Wrath by James S. A. Corey
    Apr 18, 2026 · original
    This is part 8 of the Expanse Series and it’s just as good as all previous parts. I’m skipping the summary, as it’s impossible to do without spoilers. Like the other books, it’s about space and space fights, politics and policy and the crew around the Rocinante , a salvaged MCRN corvette. While I miss the thrilling space fight scenes from the earlier books that had my heart racing, this is still a great book and I loved reading it, just as the others.
  9. I read Und alle so still by Mareike Fallwickl
    Apr 14, 2026 · original
    On a Sunday in June, Women silently protest by lying down on the ground. This turns into a country-wide movement, infrastructure fails, companies have to temporarily close, already-stretched hospitals are struggling to handle patients. Elin, Nuri and Ruth find their way into this, each with their own story, worldview and struggles. In constrast to her previous book, Die Wut, die bleibt , this one shows the side of resignation and peace, but keeps the theme of sisterhood. Fallwickl writes beautifully, I really liked it!
  10. I read Die Känguru-Rebellion by Marc-Uwe Kling
    Apr 13, 2026 · original
    The kangaroo is back! This is part five of an absolute classic series (part one came out in 2009 and part four in 2018) where the author lives with a communist kangaroo. It’s entertaining, highly political and really funny. A good continuation of the series. Kling also narrates the audiobook and I can recommend that over the written book–the voices are just perfect.
  11. I read What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
    Apr 11, 2026 · original
    In 2014 a great poem is read aloud at a birthday party of the poet’s wife–and never heard or read again. Over a hundred years later, the UK has been mostly submerged by rising seas due to the climate crisis and nuclear incidents, travel is hard and resources are rare. Tom Metcalfe is fascinated with the freedom and possibilities of the start of the milennial and becomes obsessed with finding the poem. There were parts that I enjoyed and most of it is beautifully written with lots of layers, but as a whole, I couldn’t get into it and had to push through to finish the book.
  12. I read Die Wut, die bleibt by Mareike Fallwickl
    Apr 3, 2026 · original
    Lola is 15 when her mother, Helene, gets up from the dinner table and, without any warning, jumps from the balcony. Helenes best friend, Sarah, steps in temporarily and gets to experience the full force of what’s taken for granted from the woman in a family. Lola and her friend Sunny get jumped by three boys, and they decide to get strong and defend themselves. Then they fight back. You can feel the sadness and the loss—and you can feel the female rage. You get a glimpse on what real gender equality could look like. I loved the book.
  13. I read The Daily Feminist by Evelyn Höllrigl Tschaikner
    Mar 31, 2026 · original
    This book has 199 acts of microfeminism in different life contexts. Reclaim your space against men who take it for granted—use the arm rest, speak up against Manspreading . Don’t stand in the background in meetings, in photos, anywhere. Stop following the Male gaze idea of beauity. Get your voice heard, be loud. And 194 more. While this book is directed at women and other people marginalized by the patriarchy, which I am not, it was super insightful to read and made me more sensitive for these everyday situations.
  14. I read Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
    Mar 30, 2026 · original
    Breq is on a remote, icy planet and close to completing her quest for revenge. Many years ago she was Justice of Thoren , a ship AI with Ancillaries , captured humans who are heavily augmented and had their identity overwritten to be useful for the AI. One really interesting concept in this book is that the Radchaii are not distinguishing people by gender and don’t even have words for it. Because of that, Leckie is using she/her pronouns for everybody and even Breq has trouble choosing the correct pronouns for languages and cultures that to differentiate. This felt a bit weird in the beginning, as it messes with how you imagine a character, but I started appreciating how it challenges exactly that. The other concept I found fascinating is that of Ancillaries and the general technology of owning multiple (sometimes up to thousands of) bodies and the difficulties of that. I enjoyed reading
  15. I read Liebe Jorinde by Mareike Fallwickl
    Mar 16, 2026 · original
    It’s not enough for mothers to raise their kids anti-patriarchal. While young women are more and more feminist, young men are more and more misogynic. Fallwickl argues that everyone has to be on board to make a change, and explains how toxic masculinity can be dangerous to men as well. How can we as a society work together, towards a better future? This is a short book, the audiobook version is 90 minutes and I listened to it twice on consecutive days. It’s really good.
  16. I read The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
    Mar 4, 2026 · original
    A young man and a philosopher have a discussion. The philosopher explains Adlerian psychology and philosophy while the youth challenges it with a Freudian view. I was initially put off by the format of the book; the back-and-forth between the two people feels constructed, but once I got into it it, I noticed it doesn’t matter. The goal of this book is not to be a literary masterpiece but to convey the gist of Adlerian psychology, and it does that wonderfully. Questions that rose up after reading the philosopher’s words were often asked by the youth. There are many moments in this book that made me rethink how I view life and interpersonal relationships. Great book if this interests you even the slightest.
  17. I read Die Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
    Feb 11, 2026 · original
    Newton, Einstein & Möbius are three physicists in a psychiatric hospital. When each of them strangles their nurse in a short timeframe, things escalate. Are they just acting insane to shield humanity of their dangerous scientific research? And what does King Salomo have to do with any of this? A German classic, written in 1962. Fun and tragic short story with an absurd turn.
  18. I read The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
    Feb 4, 2026 · original
    Linus Baker is a case worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth (DICOMY). He oversees orphanages with magical beings to ensure they’re up to code. Until one day he’s summoned by Extremely Upper Management for a highly classified assignment, visit a top-secret orphanage for a month and write detailed reports. He takes his cat and takes the train until the end of the line and opens his documents, only to discover that, among other children, the literal six year old Antichrist is on the island. In the beginning it felt like many other fiction books, but the Antichrist angle—and other relevations that would be spoilers—made it interesting. I liked this book.
  19. I read Wackelkontakt by Wolf Haas
    Jan 20, 2026 · original
    Franz Escher is waiting for an electrician. While waiting, he picks up a book about a Mafia witness called Elio Russo. Elio is in jail and reads a book about Franz Escher, who is waiting for an electrician. This book is two books, intertwined with sometimes awkward intersections. It‘s experimental and fun to read. I liked it!
  20. I read Slow Horses by Mick Herron
    Jan 16, 2026 · original
    Jackson Lamb is the king of the Slough House, a division (can you even call it division?) of MI5 with employees who messed up but weren’t fired for one reason or another. The Slow Horses don’t get real cases, they’re given miserable busywork, up until something big happens and they find themselves right in the middle. I’ve watched the TV show and it’s rare how close the show is to the book and how well the characters are cast. The book is thrilling, well written and fun to read, recommend—even more if you’ve watched the show!

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