A year in books

Posted on December 31st 2025

This year I read 27 books covering a total of 9.237 pages.. Well, as far as the administration goes anyway. I'm missing a few months where my book application didn't exist yet.

The best books were the ones by Wolfgang Faust. They are incredibly immersive. The worst books were the Willful Child series. The writing is a bit too much all over the place for me.

Regardless, here's a list of all the documented books I read this year. Feel free to check them out, they all have my reviews added to them.

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Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster - Michael Mueller Finished on 29th of December. I gave the book 5 stars.
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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 - Brian Fagan Finished on 22nd of December. I gave the book 5 stars.
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Quantum Computing - Arthur Tech Finished on 13th of December. I gave the book 1 stars.
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De hoogste ambtenaar - Roel Bekker Finished on 12th of December. I gave the book 3 stars.
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The Spartans - Paul Cartledge Finished on 4th of December. I gave the book 4 stars.
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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Michael Lewis Finished on 25th of November. I gave the book 5 stars.
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Revenant Gun - Yoon Ha Lee Finished on 23rd of November. I gave the book 4 stars.
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China's War with Japan, 1937-1945 - Rana Mitter Finished on 12th of November. I gave the book 4 stars.
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The Art & Science of Metawar: How to Coexist With AI-Driven Reality Distortion, Disinformation, & Addiction in the Metaverse - Winn Schwartau Finished on 6th of November. I gave the book 3 stars.
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Raven Stratagem - Yoon Ha Lee Finished on 8th of October. I gave the book 3 stars.
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Als je kind (g)een Einstein is - Tessa Kieboom Finished on 7th of October. I gave the book 3 stars.
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Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee Finished on 11th of September. I gave the book 5 stars.
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Willful Child: The Search for Spark - Steven Erikson Finished on 24th of August. I gave the book 3 stars.
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 - Max Hastings Finished on 17th of August. I gave the book 5 stars.
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Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy and the Future of the EU - Tom Theuns Finished on 12th of August. I gave the book 4 stars.
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Rhodesia: A Complete History 1890-1980 - Peter Baxter Finished on 8th of August. I gave the book 4 stars.
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Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World - Anne Applebaum Finished on 8th of August. I gave the book 4 stars.
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Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis - Robert D. Kaplan Finished on 7th of August. I gave the book 4 stars.
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Selous Scouts - Top Secret War - R.F. Reid-Daly Finished on 4th of August. I gave the book 5 stars.
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Willem V De laatste stadhouder van Nederland (1748-1806) - Olaf van Nimwegen Finished on 17th of July. I gave the book 4 stars.
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Willful Child: Wrath of Betty - Steven Erikson Finished on 16th of July. I gave the book 3 stars.
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Willful Child - Steven Erikson Finished on 27th of June. I gave the book 3 stars.
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The Last Panther - The Halbe Kessel 1945 - Wolfgang Faust Finished on 20th of June. I gave the book 5 stars.
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Tiger Tracks - The Classic Panzer Memoir - Wolfgang Faust Finished on 15th of June. I gave the book 5 stars.
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The Thirty-Six Stratagems - Peter Taylor Finished on 7th of June. I gave the book 4 stars.
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The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley - Marietje Schaake Finished on 26th of May. I gave the book 2 stars.
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Als Rusland wint: een scenario - Carlo Masala Finished on 19th of May. I gave the book 2 stars.