7 books were added to my reading list in week 45 (November 2, 2026 to November 8, 2026). Here they are at a glance; the full review is on each book’s own page.
03 Nov 2026 – Was ich noch sagen wollte
Strictly speaking, I should hardly have any memories of Helmut Schmidt as chancellor – and I don’t really have any significant memories of my own, apart from snippets of the Tagesschau, Germany’s main evening news. Even back then I was …
04 Nov 2026 – Trisolaris – Die Trilogie
I want to get around to some heavier literature on my reading list. What a doorstopper. It’s the Three-Body trilogy – “Trisolaris” in German – in a single volume: 1,740 pages. The book weighs quite a bit. This was the book that ultimately …
05 Nov 2026 – Es
It is the Stephen King book I’ve owned the longest: “It”. Hmm. That sounds kind of strange. “It” – that works twice over here as well – is also the book that, when I picked it up again, showed me most clearly that I urgently need to buy …
06 Nov 2026 – Populismus für Anfänger
We all live in our own bubble, somehow. As far as I know, there’s nobody among my acquaintances who sympathises with the AfD (Alternative for Germany). At least nobody shows it openly. That may be because an acquaintance or friendship with …
07 Nov 2026 – Die wahre Geschichte des Ah Q
In my piece on the Three-Body trilogy, I mentioned that my reading map has some sizeable blank spots when it comes to Asia and Africa. So I simply googled what you absolutely have to have read in Chinese literature. One name and one title …
08 Nov 2026 – Ich bin dann mal weg
I don’t really like audiobooks. I read faster than the narrator speaks. And when I’m driving, I dislike that strange effect where you’ve covered 100 kilometres and somehow don’t quite know how you got there, because your attention was …
08 Nov 2026 – Wie ich lernte, das Fliegen zu hassen
I’ve mentioned this book before: anyone who has read my piece about how I lost my fear of flying will already know it. It’s an important book to me. Not because it’s good – for the most part, it’s nothing special, not even particularly …
