BookWyrm.World

A world of books

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A generic Bookworm instance for everyone to use.

Join other bookwyrms in recommending books to eachother & sharing your reading list and read list. Or, if you just want to have a place to manage the books you are reading, then this is also the place for you! Either way, everyone is welcome!


We are also a part of the Fedihosting Foundation together with other sites such as Mastodon.world, Lemmy.world and mstd.social

Need help? Contact the admins at info@bookwyrm.world or send a dm to @sigvie@bookwyrm.world here on the local instance!

Request an Invitation

We've decided to turn off open registrations due to spam accounts. This means that you'll have to ask us for an invite. You can do that by filling out the form below. When your request has been accepted, you'll receive an email from us. It can appear in your spam folder, so remember to check that in the next days. If you have any questions, then feel free to reach out to us via email: info@bookwyrm.world, or on Mastodon: @bookwyrmworld@mastodon.world

Recent Books

Hans J. Massaquoi: „Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!“ (Hardcover, German language, 1999, Fretz und Wasmuth)

„Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!“

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1926 in Hamburg: Als Sohn einer weißen Mutter und eines schwarzen Vaters wächst Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi zunächst in großbürgerlichen Verhältnissen auf. Der Großvater, ehemaliger König der Vais, ist liberianischer Generalkonsul in Hamburg. Die Dienstboten sind Weiße. Doch dann verläßt die liberianische Familie das Land. Massaquoi und seine Mutter bleiben zurück und …

Andrea Wulf: En Busca de Venus / Chasing Venus (Spanish language, 2020, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial) No rating

En Busca de Venus / Chasing Venus

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El 6 de junio de 1761 cientos de científicos de países europeos y de las colonias norteamericanas fueron enviados a los rincones más remotos de nuestro planeta para observar el raro encuentro celestial entre la Tierra, Venus y el Sol, que permitiría calcular el tamaño del sistema solar trás más …