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Book Review

A list of my favorite books

Crime

Cover Book Serie Year Author Rating
Verblendung (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Millenium 2005 Stieg Larsson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Verdammnis (The Girl who played with Fire) Millenium 2006 Stieg Larsson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vergebung (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest) Millenium 2007 Stieg Larsson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Girl in the Spider's Web Millenium 2015 David Lagercrantz ⭐⭐⭐
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye Millenium 2017 David Lagercrantz ⭐⭐⭐
The Girl Who Lived Twice Millenium 2019 David Lagercrantz ⭐⭐⭐
Die Fährte Harry Hole 2010 Jo Nesbø ⭐⭐⭐
Headhunter 2008 Jo Nesbø ⭐⭐⭐
  Nicht tot genug  - 2012 Peter James ⭐⭐
  Stirb Ewig  - 2007 Peter James ⭐⭐
  Der Vogelmann  - 2002 Mo Hayder ⭐⭐
  Gier  - 2012  Arne Dahl ⭐⭐
Erlösung 2011 Adler Olsen ⭐⭐

Science-Fiction

Cover Book Serie Year Author Rating
Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde 1864 Jules Vernes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Von der Erde zum Mond 1865 Jules Vernes ⭐⭐⭐
20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer 1869 Jules Vernes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen 1873 Jules Vernes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Die geheimnisvolle Insel 1-3 1875 Jules Vernes ⭐⭐⭐
The Invisible Man 1897 H.G. Wells ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Time Machine 1895 H.G. Wells ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1984 1949 George Orwell ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dune 50th Anniversary Edition Dune 1965 Frank Herbert ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 1968 Philip K Dick ⭐⭐
 The Dig 1997 Alan Dean Foster ⭐⭐⭐
The Departure Owner trilogy 2011 Neal Asher ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jurassic Park 1990 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐
The Lost Word 1995 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐
Timeline 1999 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Enthüllung 2000 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐
Prey 2003 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
State of fear 2004 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐
Next 2006 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Gold - Pirate Latitudes 2009 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐
Micro 2011 Michael Crichton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
 Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1979 Douglas Adams ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Machs gut und Danke für den Fisch Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1984 Douglas Adams ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Restaurant am Ende des Universums Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1980 Douglas Adams ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Biography

Cover Book Year Author Rating
Leonardo Da Vinci 2015 Ashlee Vance ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Surely you're joking Mr Feynman 1985 Richard Feynman ⭐⭐⭐
Steve Jobs 2011 Walter Isaacson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hit Refesh 2018 Satya Nadella ⭐⭐
Edward Snowden - Permanent Record 2019 Edward Snowden ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Science

Cover Book Year Author Rating
Code The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software 2022 Charles Petzold ⭐⭐
What is ChatGPT Doing and Why does it work? 2022 Stephen Wolfram ⭐⭐
The Rust Programming Language 2021 Steve Klabnik ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rust for Rustaceans 2021 Jon Gjengset ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rust in Action 2021 Tim McNamara ⭐⭐⭐
Programming Rust 2021 Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff & Leaonora F.S. Tindall ⭐⭐
![](img(2019-john_meada-how_to_speak_machine.jpg){width="100px"} How to Speak Machine 2019 John Maeda ⭐

Psychology

Cover Book Year Author Rating
Supercommunicators 2024 Charles Duhigg ⭐⭐⭐
Atomic Habits 2018 James Clear ⭐⭐⭐
Talking to Strangers 2019 Malcolm Gladwell ⭐⭐
How to Win Friends and Influence People 1937 Dale Carnegie ⭐⭐⭐
A Mind for Numbers 2014 Barbara Oakley ⭐
Learn Like a Pro 2020 Barbara Oakley ⭐⭐
The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck 2016 Mark Manson ⭐⭐

Business

Cover Book Year Author Rating
![](img(2024-peter_thiel-zero_to_one.jpg){width="100px"} Zero to One 2014 Peter Thiel ⭐⭐⭐⭐