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Welcome to Berlin Book Club
We have no shelf-control
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Cicero
Thank you for your interest in the Berlin Book Club!
We are a group of expats based in Berlin running an international book
club since 2014.
Reading is our passion and our secret escape for the cold and grey
Berlin winter.
The book club is open to all expats, who want to meet and hang out with
an international group of passionate readers.
We meet every 2nd Sunday each month to host a
discussion and share opinions on the book we are reading together.
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📖 WHERE?
We get together every month in a different location depending on the number of attendees
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📖 HOW?
We publish our reading list every 6 months, everybody is welcome to join our club anytime -
📖 WHO?
As an international group, we use English language to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome. Our monthly discussions are in English only
Do you want to join us for the next discussion?
Leave your contact below and we will get in touch with you soon!
Check our latest book selection:
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Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives.
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world. Read more -
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities — and also the faults and biases — of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior.
The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation — each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions. Read more -
The Knowledge Illusion:
The myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom
by Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach
Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don't even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little?
Cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach argue that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We're constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: in our bodies, our environment, our possessions, and the community with which we interact - and usually we don't even realize we're doing it. Read more