An experiment by Otherland

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your five?

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Imajica
Imajica
Clive Barker
Five worlds, one of them ours. Big, strange, unforgettable.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
A winter planet and a question nobody had asked like this before.
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer
William Gibson
Where cyberspace got its name.
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The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
The quietest horror novel, and the one that stays.
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The Way of Kings
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
A door into a very long, very good story.
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The books that made you the reader you are, plus what you are reading now. No photo, no profile text.

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People who share your books may have a few you haven’t read yet.

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Every book has a room. Read along, or join in when you feel like it.

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Die Horde im Gegenwind
Die Horde im Gegenwind
Alain Damasio · 2024
On 5 shelves here.
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on 5 shelves
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974
On 4 shelves here.
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on 4 shelves
Hyperion Cantos
Hyperion Cantos
Dan Simmons · 1990
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on 4 shelves
Wayfarers Series 4 Books Collection Set by Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, Record of a Spaceborn Few & To Be Taught, If Fortunate)
Wayfarers Series 4 Books Collection Set by Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, Record of a Spaceborn Few & To Be Taught, If Fortunate)
Becky Chambers · 2020
On 3 shelves here.
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Counting heads
Counting heads
David Marusek · 2005
On 2 shelves here.
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Neongrau Game over im Neurosubstrat
Neongrau Game over im Neurosubstrat
Aiki Mira · 2022
On 2 shelves here.
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on 2 shelves
It
It
Stephen King · 1986
On 2 shelves here.
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on 2 shelves
The Earthsea quartet
The Earthsea quartet
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1977
On 2 shelves here.
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on 2 shelves
3 Body Problem, Band 6
3 Body Problem, Band 6
Cixin Liu · 2026
On 2 shelves here.
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1999 Meter über dem Meer
1999 Meter über dem Meer
Caroline Wahl · 2026
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[Neuromancer] [by: William Gibson]
[Neuromancer] [by: William Gibson]
William Gibson · 2003
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on 2 shelves
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954
On 1 shelf here.
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on 1 shelf

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Otherland

Otherland is Berlin’s bookshop for SF, fantasy and horror. date-a-book is their experiment: a quiet place where readers find each other through their books. It started on a long drive, with five books and an old memory of Napster. How it started Bergmannstraße 25 · 10961 Berlin · otherland-berlin.de

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