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Reading List
The Night Tiger - Yangsze Choo (schon im USA Amazon.com cart)
Im Wilden Westen: Eine Künstlerfahrt durch die Prärien und Felsengebirge der Union - Rudolf Cronau (ziemlich teuer)
Reise einer Wienerin in das Heilige Land - Ida Pfeiffer
Hitlers Wien: Lehrjahre eines Diktators - Brigitte Hamann
Die Eroberung Amerikas - Franzobel
A Dangerous Business - Jane Smiley (in USA bestellen)
Schussfahrt - Nicola Förg
Scheunenfest - Nicola Förg
Der Tod greift nicht daneben - Jörg Maurer
Felsenfest - Jörg Maurer
Montecristo - Martin Suter
Das Leben adeliger Frauen - Martina Winkelhofer
Der Alltag des Kaisers - Martina Winkelhofer
Der Wanderer - Luca D'Andrea (spanisches Original fuer Mutti)
2024
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones - Persian history from the beginnings to Alexander, with lots of Persian sources - fascinating
Blue Skies - TC Boyle - German, parallel stories of clima change impact on a family in Florida and California
Das Leben adeliger Frauen - Martina Winkelhofer - gute Beschreibung des Alltags in der Monarchie
Der Alltag des Kaisers - Martina Winkelhofer - gute Beschreibung des Alltags in der Monarchie
2023
Die Frau zwischen den Welten - Hera Lind - Geschichte einer Sudetendeutschen vom Ende des Weltkrieges bis zur Wiedervereinigung - etwas schmalzit aber wegen der Geschichte interessant
Conquistator - Buddy Levy - Amazing story of Cortez' conquest of the Mexico, took 2-3 years and many Spanish soldiers - excellent book
The Wager - David Grann
The Coming Wave - Mustafa Suleyman
Mitten im August - Luca Ventura
Rudolf - Brigitte Hamann
The Fifth Child - Doris Lessing
Die Seitensprünge der Habsburger - Robert Seydel
Maximilian Kaiser von Mexiko - Wladimir Aichelburg
Die Meister-Erzaehlungen - Machado De Assis
Olympia - Volker Kutscher
Am ersten Tag des Endes - Walther Menhardt
Die hellen und die finsteren Zeiten - Hilde Spiel
Brasilianische Reisen - Robert Wagner
Das Leben des Heiligen Severin - Eugippius
2022
Whispers of the Dead - Simon Beckett
Constanze Mozart - Renate Welsh
Berlin, 14. Juni 1922 - Thomas Hüetlin
Die Kapuzinergruft - Joseph Roth
Rothschild - Roman Sandgruber
Der Tod von Dresden - Axel Rodenberger
Der Prinze Europas: Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne - Philip Mansel
Maria Theresia - Gertrud Fussenegger
Das Weite Land - Arthur Schnitzler
Erzherzog Johann - Hans Magenschab
The judge's list - John Grisham
Dark Star Safari, Overland from Cairo to Capetown - Paul Theroux
The Chemistry of Death - Simon Beckett
Prinz Eugen - Hanne Egghardt
The last train to Zona Verde - Paul Theroux
The Bomber Mafia - Malcolm Gladwell
Fanny Arnstein oder Die Emanzipation - Hilde Spiel
Tod in Baden - Ernestine Kirch und Anton Böck
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder
Wenn Affen von Affern lernen - Mario Herger
In the Shadow of the Empress - Nancy Goldstone
Totenfang - Simon Beckett
Falsche Bilder Echtes Geld - Stefan Koldehoff & Tobias Timm
Die rote Frau - Alex Beer
Totenfang - Simon Beckett
2021
Side Country - John Branch
Rehragout-Rendezvous - Rita Falk
Achtsam Morden - Karsten Dusse
Das Kind in mir will achtsam Morden - Karsten Dusse
Achtsam Morden am Rande der Welt - Karsten Dusse
Leila Slimani - All das zu verlieren
Ghosted - Rosie Walsh
The Appeal - John Grisham
A Children's Bible - Lydia Millet
Der Todesalgorithmus - Roberto Simanowski
Marlow (Gereon Rath #7) - Volker Kutscher
The woman in the window - A.J. Finn
Leave the World Behind - Rumaan Alam
A promised land - Barack Obama
2020
Tagebuch meines Verschwindens - Camila Grebe
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull - Thomas Mann
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge
Gefährliche Geliebte - Haruki Murakami
Sternstunden der Menschheit - Stefan Zweig
A short history of drunkeness - Mark Forsyth
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien - Luis Trenker (zum zweiten Mal)
The Family Fang - Kevin Wilson
Der Ueberlaeufer - Siegfried Lenz
Die Red-Bull-Story - Wolfgang Fürweger
Saint-Germain and Trianon 1919-1920 - Arnold Suppan
Zuadraht - Werner Kopacka und Thomas Schrems
Camilla - Madeleine L'Engle
2019
21 Lessions for the 21st Century - Yuval Hariri
Alice Princess Andrew of Greece - Hugo Vickers
Der Fall Collini - Ferdinand von Schirach
A perfect little world - Kevin Wilson
Kingdom of The Blind - Louise Penny
My Dear Hamilton - Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu
The Dawn Watch - Josph Conrad in a Global World - Maya Jasanoff
The Women - TC Boyle
Tod an der Wien - Ernestine Kirch und Anton Böck
The Barbarous Years - Bernard Bailyn (partial)
The Spy and The Traitor - Ben Macintyre
Eine Engländerin in Wien/An Englishwoman in Vienna - Andreas Weigl, Manfred Draudt
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance - Jim Al-Khalili
Education - Tara Westover
The Rooster Bar - John Grisham
2018
Monte Verita - Stefan Bollman
The Power - Naomi Alderman
DNA - Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Der Zweite Reiter - Alex Beer
Lunapark - Volker Kutscher
Wolfsschlucht - Andreas Föhr
Where Men Win Glory - John Krakauer
The Rooster Bar - John Grisham
Sapiens - Yuval Harari
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
Nutshell - Ian McEwan
Bad Blood - John Carreyrou
The Blue Zones - Dan Buettner
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Camino Island - John Grisham
The Blind Assasin - Margaret Atwood
Aluigis Abbild - Alois Brandstetter.... did not finish
Ordeal by Hunger - George Stewart
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Mijn Generatie - Han Lorzing
The Last Black Unicorn - Tiffany Haddish
2017
The Indigo Sun - Rupa Bhullar
The California Trail - George Stewart
Barbarian Days - A Surfing Life - William Finnegan
Traurigkeit der Erde - Éric Vuillard
Die Hauptstadt - Robert Menasse
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
David Edmonds and John Eidinow - Wittgenstein's Poker
Maria Theresia: Die Macht der Frau - Elisabeth Badinter
Falling Angels - Tracy Chevalier
The Whistler - John Grisham
A brief history of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
in a Dark, Dark Wood - Ruth Ware
Der Auftrag - Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Sahara Unveiled - William Langewiesche
Return of a King - William Dalrymple
The Demon of Dakar - Kjell Eriksson
The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
Player Piano - Kurt Vonnegut
A Civil Action - Jonathan Harr
The Day is Dark - Yrsa Sigurdardottir
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
2016
Chain of Custody (Gowda) - Anita Nair
Grimmbart (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
The Children Act - Ian McEwan
Schweinskopf Al Dente - Rita Falk
Solar - Ian McEwan
Sweet Tooth - Ian McEwan
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Alphabet Soup for Lovers - Anita Nair
Wild Swans - Jung Chang
Mrs Funnybones - Twinkle Khannar
Ladies Coupe - Anita Nair
Der nasse Fisch - Volker Kutscher
Der stumme Tod - Volker Kutscher
2015
Florentinerpakt - Pierre Emme
No Ordinary Time - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Goldstein - Volker Kutscher
Cut Like Wound - Anita Nair
Märzgefallene - Volker Kutscher
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (only half)
Once Upon a Star - Gajra Kottary (only half)
Blue Shoes and Happiness - Alexander McCall Smith
The Rosie Project - Grame Simsion
The Accidental Empress - Allison Pataki
The Moor's last sigh - Salman Rushdie
Die Akte Vaterland - Volker Kutscher
Flood of Fire - Amitav Gosh
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark - Gerald S Snyder
Zwetschgen-Datschi-Komplott - Rita Falk
Joseph Anton - Salman Rushdie
The Volcano Lover - Susan Sonntag (only half!)
The Circle - Dave Eggers
Sauerkraut Koma - Rita Falk
Pasta Mortale - Pierre Emme
Totensonntag - Andreas Föhr
2014
Where Or When - Anita Shreve
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith
The Weight of Water - Anita Shreve
A Search in Secret India - Paul Brunton
Martin Dressler - Steven Milhauser
Heading Out to Wonderful - Robert Goolrick
Stella Bain - Anita Shreve
Carribean - James A. Michener
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi - Mitchell Zuckoff
The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling - Stephen Cope
Adam's Erbe - Astrid Rosenfeld
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - Mark Haddon
Sycamore Row - John Grisham
Borkmann's Point - Hakan Nesser
The Mangan Inheritance - Brian Moore
The Bankster - Ravi Subramanian
The Indian Bride - Karin Fossum
2013
Schwarze Piste - Andreas Föhr
Karwoche - Andreas Föhr
Hundsleben - Nicola Förg
Tso and La - Vikramajit Ram
Schafkopf - Andreas Föhr
Nachtpfade - Nicola Förg
Der Prinzessinnenmörder - Andreas Föhr
Herzblut (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Mord im Bergwald - Nicola Förg
Eisenherz - Nicola Förg
Gottesfurcht - Nicola Förg
Asterix, die ganze Wahrheit - Rene van Royen, Sunnyva van der Vegt
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Guilty Wives - James Patterson
Heurigenpassion - Pierre Emme
Schnitzelfarce - Pierre Emme
A Wedding in December - Anita Shreve
A Change in Altitude - Anita Shreve
The Racketeer - John Grisham
Testimony - Anita Shreve
All He Ever Wanted - Anita Shreve
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
Sea Glass - Anita Shreve
Pargfrider - Stefan Heym
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
A Map of the World - Jane Hamilton
The Voyage - Philip Caputo
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
The Last Time They Met - Anita Shreve
2012
Nagasaki, ca. 1642 - Christine Wunnicke
Der missverstandene Koran - Barbara Koester
10lb Penalty - Dick Francis
River of Smoke - Amitav Gosh
Spartan Gold - Clive Cussler
India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West - Nirmalaya Kumar (partially read/skimmed)
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Gosh
The Creation of Wealth (Tatas) - R.M. Lala (partially read/skimmed)
Shadow Lines - Amitav Gosh
From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation - Rishikesha Krishnan (partially read/skimmed)
Who Says Elephant's Can't Dance? - Louis Gerstner (partially read/skimmed)
The Hungry Tide - Amtiav Gosh
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 - Willam Dalrymple
Die Landkarte der Zeit - Felix J. Palma
Föhnlage - Jörg Maurer
De Kraai - Kader Abdolah
Die Glut - Sándor Márai
Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi - Leonie Swann
Dampfnudelblues - Rita Falk
Winter-Kartoffel-Knödel - Rita Falk
Niedertracht - Jörg Maurer
Leaving India - Minal Hajratwala
Oberwasser - Jörg Maurer
The Sword of Tipy Sultan - Bhagwan S Gidwani
Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit - Sten Nadolny
Onmacht - Charles Den Tex
Copenhagen - Michael Frayn
Grießnockerlaffäre - Rita Falk
White Mughals - Willam Dalrymple
Taj - Timeri Murari
2011
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull - Thomas Mann
Uhling - Walther Menhardt
2 states - Chetan Bhagat
Milchgeld (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Erntedank (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Seegrund (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Laienspiel (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Rauhnacht (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Schutzpatron (Kluftinger) - Volker Kluepfel / Michael Kobr
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
Batmans Schoenheit - Heinrich Steinfest
Funkensonntag - Nicola Foerg
A reliable wife - Robert Goolrick
Wir bleiben Kaiser - Rudi Roubinek
The double comfort Safari Club (No 1 Ladies Detective Agency) - Alexander McCall Smith
Almost single - Advaita Kala
Other losses - James Bacque
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie
The Dogs of Riga - Henning Mankell
Depths (partial :-() - Henning Mankell
The Inscrutable Americans - Anurag Mathur
The Shadow Lines - Amitav Ghosh
Zwischen Idylle und Revolution - Friedrich Weissensteiner
Final Jeopardy - Linda Fairstein
The Innocent - Ian McEwan
2006
Rudolf - Brigitte Hamann
Sissi - Brigitte Hamann
Shadow Divers - scuba divers find wreck of German U-boat
Barbara Tuchman - the guns of August, first month of WW I
Christopher Columbus - Bordbuch
2005
Last Juror - Grisham; +/-
Caliban's Shores - shipwreck on South African shore; +++
State of Fear - Crichton; questions global warming ++
Tuscan Countess - Mathilda of Canossa; excellent historical account +++
Caramba - telenovella in print; lots of spanish/english mix +
Into the darkest jungle: Darien Expedition - in search for canal location in Panama; +++
Survive! My fight for life in the high sierras - plane crash in sierra, one walks out +++
Bloody Falls of the Coppermine - two eskimos kill two priests in earlie 1900's +++
Rule of four - story around 500 yr old book (Savonarola) +/-
Flyboys -history of WW II in pacific, in particula Chichi Jima +++
A Watery Grave - Joan Druett; mystery set on American Pacific expedition, hero: Wiki (American Maori) +++
The one thing - biz book....
The Coiners' Quarrel - Simon Beaufort, crusader knight in 1100 in England
Skinny Dip - husband throws wife overboard on carribean cruise
Murder in the Holy City - Simon Beaufort
The retreat - Napoleon to Moscow, and back
Zero Break - surf stories, great !
Shanghai Station - Bartle Bull, Russian emigrants in Shanghai, 1919
2004
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Drowning.... ??
Tulipmania - story of tulip bubble in Holland; ++
Krakatau - story of Krakatau explosion, and much more; +++
The Kitchen Boy (the last tsar) - story of last weeks of Russian Tsar; ++
Parting the Desert (Suez Canal) - story of Suez Canal; - (didn't finish it)
The Girl with the Pearl Earring - Vermeer's maid and subject; +++
The Birth of Venus - female painter in Florence of Savonarola; +++
Mapmaker's wife - she follows her husband 20 years later from Peru to Guyana; +++