@chrispowers

My first love is history books. But I always try for a good mix of fiction (Murakami is my favourite). Also trying to read more in French & German.

⭐ Favorites ⭐

All the Light We Cannot See

The Man in the High Castle

Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - For Fans

Men Without Women: Stories

The Plot Against America

@chrispowers

My first love is history books. But I always try for a good mix of fiction (Murakami is my favourite). Also trying to read more in French & German.

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Books

49

This Year

⭐ Favorites ⭐

All the Light We Cannot See

The Man in the High Castle

Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - For Fans

Men Without Women: Stories

The Plot Against America

⭐ Favorites ⭐

All the Light We Cannot See

The Man in the High Castle

Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - For Fans

Men Without Women: Stories

The Plot Against America

Mainly reads nonfiction books that are reflective, informative, and challenging. Typically chooses medium-paced books that are <300 pages long.

Currently Reading (37)

Cuba: A History
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Hugh Thomas

The Anglo-Saxon bias: two centuries of British and American elites
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Ton Munnich

To-Read Pile (68)

Currently reading (37)

Good Change: The Rise and Fall of Poland's Illiberal Revolution by Stanley Bill, Ben Stanley

Das Deutsche Demokratische Reich: Wie die extreme Rechte Geschichte und Demokratie zerstört by Volker Weiß

Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker

The European Parliament by Michael Shackleton, Francis Jacobs, Richard Corbett

Mainly reads nonfiction books that are reflective, informative, and challenging.

Typically chooses medium-paced books that are <300 pages long.

Read recently

The Death of Stalin by Sheila Fitzpatrick

Le chœur des femmes by Martin Winckler

The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life by Lowry Pressly

The Shortest History of Scandinavia: From Vikings to the Cold War and the New Nordic Movement - a Retelling for Our Times by Mart Kuldepp

To-Read Pile

From Emperor To Citizen: The Autobiography Of Aisin Gioro Pu Yi

Pu Yi, Henry Pu Yi
The Brain at Rest: How Doing Nothing Can Change Your Life

Joseph Jebelli
Die Seefahrer: Eine Reise durch Portugals vergangenes Weltreich

Erika Fatland

5 starreads

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder

The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young

Days of Awe by A.M. Homes

2025 Reading Goals

chrispowers has read 49 books this year.

Books

49/40 books

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49/40 books

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Five-Star Reads

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