Reading List: Read in 2026
16 Books · 2026 · by reading date, oldest first
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March
Künstliche Intelligenz und der neue Faschismus
Reclam publishes a small but, in my opinion, very fine series of little books. The series is called “Was bedeutet das alles?” (“What does it all mean?”). The books are roughly the …
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April
Der dicke fette Pfannkuchen
At some point, I was standing in a bookshop looking for a present for my niece. And then I found it: a story I’ve known since childhood. It was in my reader back in primary …
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May
Large Language Kabbala
I don’t think many people really understand how LLMs work. Why they manage to come across as if they “know” things, even though they’re “just” a model of language, not of …
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June
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 …
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June
Über die Dummheit
When you sit in a doctor’s waiting room with a book, you almost feel like a snob already, while everyone around you stares into their phone, completely entangled in the net. If on …
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July
The Day the World Came to Town
Some days, you start to lose faith in humanity. On days like that, I’d recommend this book. It tells the story of how a small Canadian town opened its doors to the people stranded …
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October
Der Computer - Mein Lebenswerk: 100 Jahre Zuse
Konrad Zuse is one of the many giants on whose shoulders my industry stands. I still remember being a know-it-all teenager and pointing out to my English teacher, Mrs. W. (yes, …
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October
The life of Chuck
A few days ago, I watched The Life of Chuck. It’s a truly unusual film, especially considering it’s based on a Stephen King story. Tom Hiddleston’s dance scene may be what sticks …
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October
Snoopy für alle Lebenslagen
Really, there is only one important question in life for judging people: chocolate scoop or vanilla scoop on top?
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October
Wen rette ich - und wenn ja, wie viele?
No, this book was certainly not light Sunday-evening-tea-on-the-sofa fare. I recently picked it up as part of a stack of the Reclam books I mentioned before. These are often 200 …
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October
Arctic Meltdown: Die Neuvermessung der Welt
The newest book of Robert Habeck. Former Vice Chancellor of Germany. Member of the Green Party. Well, for a long time I was an SPD voter. Although I certainly had a certain …
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October
Das Grundgesetz - Verständlich erklärt
I admit it: I am a Grundgesetz ultra – a die-hard fan of the Basic Law, Germany’s constitution. Unreservedly. No, I don’t constantly insist on my fundamental rights, and I don’t …
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October
The Green Mile
When Stephen King gets really good, he usually ends up in prison. The novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”, on which “The Shawshank Redemption” is based, is really …
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November
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 …
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November
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 …
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November
Weiß die KI, dass sie nichts weiß?
I think there is a social bias: we hold people in particularly high regard who create, invent, found and develop things. And to a certain extent, that’s right. These people bring …
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