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# What is this?
This is a list of all the books I've read since 2020. Some books from before are listed, but the list is not complete.

The titles are in the language I read them. If I still have them, I will also provide the ISBN of that edition. The order is:

- Alphabetical by author, from A-Z.
- Alphabetical by series/book, from A-Z
- Chronological order of the (main books of the) series if present
- For spin-offs, by release date, oldest to newest.

This page is only updated when I finish a series of books or a single book (if it is not part of a series).

Sometimes, I'll write some notes on them on this page as well, but not always. They'll be indented in the unordered list.

# Books from before 2020
## C.S Lewis
- Das Wunder von Narnia (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)
- Der König von Narnia (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)
- Der Ritt nach Narnia (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)
- Prinz Kaspian von Narnia (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)
- Die Reise auf der Morgenröte (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)
- Der silberne Sessel (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)
  - By far my favourite in the series, especially if you're familiar with Plato's "Cave Allegory"
- Der letzte Kampf (ISBN: **978-3-8000-5584-5**)

## Geroge R.R. Martin
- Game of Thrones 1: Der Winter Naht (ISBN: **978-3-7645-3152-2**)
  - Literally the entire book is sex and fighting, there was almost no nuance to it

## J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen
- Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens
- Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
- Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch
- Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix
- Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz
- Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes
  - I hate the entire series, it's a snoozefest and I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy
- Harry Potter und das Verwunschene Kind
  - I gave it another chance with this one, but it's also ass

## J.R.R. Tolkien
- Der Kleine Hobbit (ISBN: **3-7903-0133-7**)
- Der Herr der Ringe (the red 2001 edition from Klett-Cotta, can't find the ISBN)

## Michael Ende
- Die Unendliche Geschichte
  - Don't watch the movies if you want to keep your version of the characters you made up while reading. They suck

## Ransom Riggs
- Die Insel der Besonderen Kinder (ISBN: **978-3-426-51057-5**)
  - This book was fucking scary, but very worth the read
  - The photographs made the book a lot better than it already would have been

## Suzanne Collins
- Die Tribute von Panem – Tödliche Spiele
- Die Tribute von Panem – Gefährliche Liebe
- Die Tribute von Panem – Flammender Zorn

# Books since 2020
## Barney White-Spunner
- Berlin – The Story of a City (ISBN: **978-1-7411-8156-6**)
  - Too much stuff happening in too few pages
  - Very interesting read, but write notes, and take breaks. It's quite overwhelming IMO

## Bruce Dickinson
- What Does This Button Do? (ISBN: **978-0-00-817243-5**)
  - Interesting perspective, but don't expect much "Iron Maiden lore" to come out of it

## Clifford Stoll
- Kuckucksei
  - As a sys-admin whose parents were small children in the 80's, it's a really fascinating story. Well written too
  - I especially appreciate buying time by rubbing the cable with metallic keys, that's brilliant

## Colson Whitehead
- The Underground Railroad (ISBN: **978-0-7088-9840-6**)
  - Lots of swearing and slurs, but wouldn't be nearly as accurate without them
  - Would only recommend for mature readers

## C.S. Lewis
- The Magician's Nephew (ISBN: **978-0-06-447110-7**)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (ISBN: **978-0-06-447104-6**)
- The Horse and His Boy (ISBN: **978-0-06-447106-0**)
- Prince Caspian (ISBN: **978-0-06-447105-3**)
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (ISBN: **978-0-06-447107-7**)
- The Silver Chair (ISBN: **978-0-06-447109-1**)
  - Favourite of the series, and even better in the original language
  - Please read it if you enjoy fantasy
- The Last Battle (ISBN: **978-0-06-447108-4**)

## Derek Landy
- Skulduggery Pleasant 1 (ISBN: **978-0-00-724162-0**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 2 – Playing With Fire (ISBN: **978-0-00-725705-8**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 3 – The Faceless Ones (ISBN: **978-0-00-730216-1**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 4 – Dark Days (ISBN: **978-0-00-732597-9**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 5 – Mortal Coil (ISBN: **978-0-00-732601-3**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 6 – Death Bringer (ISBN: **978-0-00-732603-7**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 7 – Kingdom of the Wicked (ISBN: **978-0-00-748021-0**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 8 – Last Stand of Dead Men (ISBN: **978-0-00-748923-7**)
  - Favourite of the series
- Skulduggery Pleasant 9 – The Dying of the Light (ISBN: **978-0-00-748928-2**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 10 – Resurrection (ISBN: **978-0-00-821960-4**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 11 – Midnight (ISBN: **978-0-00-828459-6**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 12 – Bedlam (ISBN: **978-0-00-829568-4**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 13 – Seasons of War (ISBN: **978-0-00-939624-5**)
  - Best part of phase 2 for me
- Skulduggery Pleasant 14 – Dead or Alive (ISBN: **978-0-00-842001-7**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 15 – Until the End (ISBN: **978-0-00-838636-8**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant 16 – A Mind Full Of Murder (ISBN: **978-0-00-858582-2**)
  - Feels very fast-paced and, in a way, short, when compared to the rest of phase 2
  - Still a great book
- From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant – Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven (ISBN: **978-0-00-753194-3**)
  - She's so cool
- Skulduggery Pleasant – Armageddon Outta Here (ISBN: **978-0-00-755952-7**)
- Skulduggery Pleasant – Apocalypse Kings (ISBN: **978-0-00-846374-8**)
- The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire  (ISBN: **978-0-00-847241-2**)
  - I love SP but this book is useless if you read the other ones
- From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant – Hell Breaks Loose (ISBN: **978-0-00-858573-0**)

## Frank Herbert
- Dune (ISBN: **9780340960196**)
  - Cool story but not much action
- Dune Messiah (ISBN: **978-1-473-65532-4**)

## J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Lord of the Rings
  - My all-time favourite piece of writing
  - Don't talk with me about fantasy books without having read it first
  - No, the audio books and movies don't count

## Marc Elsberg
- Blackout – Morgen ist es zu spät (ISBN: **978-3-442-38029-9**)
  - I put it off for too long because I was too into English reading, but it's amazing
  - Especially after the whole Covid-19 pandemic, it feels eerily realistic in a way that I struggle to describe
  - Some of the latter scenes gave me chills (and still do if I think about them)

## Michael Ende
- The Neverending Story (ISN: **978-014-038633-2**)
  - Please read the German one if you can, so much gets lost in translation

## Ransom Riggs
- Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (ISBN: **978-1-59474-603-1**)
  - Yep, it was still creepy, even like 10 years later and in English

## Rick Riordan
- Percy Jackson I – The Lightning Thief (ISBN: **978-0-7868-3865-3**)
- Percy Jackson II – The Sea of Monsters (ISBN: **978-1-4231-0334-9**)
- Percy Jackson III – The Titan's Curse (ISBN: **978-1-4231-0148-2**)
- Percy Jackson IV – The Battle of the Labyrinth (ISBN: **978-1-4231-0149-9**)
- Percy Jackson V – The Last Olympian (ISBN: **978-1-4231-0150-5**)
- The Heroes of the Olympus I – The Lost Hero (ISBN: **978-136805143-9**)
- The Heroes of the Olympus II – The Son of Neptune (ISBN: **978-136805144-6**)
- The Heroes of the Olympus III – The Mark of Athena (ISBN: **978-136805142-2**)
- The Heroes of the Olympus IV – The House of Hades (ISBN: **978-136805171-2**)
- The Heroes of the Olympus V – The Blood of Olympus (ISBN: **978-136805170-5**)

## Robin Hobb
- The Farseer Trilogy 1 ‐ Assassin's Apprentice (ISBN: **978-0-00-648009-9**)
- The Farseer Trilogy 2 ‐ Royal Assassin (ISBN: **978-0-553-57341-1**)
  - Became one of my favourites after less than 100 pages
- The Farseer Trilogy 3 ‐ Assassin's Quest (ISBN: **978-0-553-56569-0**)
  - Incredible character growth but the ending left a bitter taste in my mouth
  - Maybe I was just too attached to a certain character and wished for a different ending, the book is still amazing
- The Tawny Man Trilogy 1 – Fool's Errand (ISBN: **978-0-553-58244-4**)
- The Tawny Man Trilogy 2 – Golden Fool (ISBN: **978-0-553-58245-1**)
- The Tawny Man Trilogy 3 – Fool's Fate (ISBN: **978-0-553-58246-8**)

## U. Poznanski
- EREBOS (ISBN: **978-3-7855-7361-7**)