Stefan SchweizerAUTHOR · BOOKS · PERSPECTIVES

YOUR PHONE IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

You are not
an upgrade.

Stop selling yourself short.

Your phone works. So does your jacket. Why does your life still feel like it needs something new?

Normal ist das neue Radikal takes apart the tricks that turn your everyday life into an endless shopping cart. Time to change the defaults.

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This book might stop your next purchase.
This one excepted.

STEFAN SCHWEIZER / BREAK THE BUYING REFLEXNormal ist das neue Radikal — Stefan Schweizer

YOUR THUMB. YOUR CHOICE.

More. Newer. Better.

Flip the switch. Change the default.

MY FASTEST-SELLING BOOK ON AMAZON RIGHT NOW

HORROR OBERPFALZ

The village is friendly.
You should still leave.

Your name is on a memorial board. Your death is dated seven days from now. The forest can wait.

Enter the world behind the book: three chronicles, sinister places and an opening chapter that starts with an innocent assignment. How bad could four quiet weeks possibly be?

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Free sample · Three dark chronicles · The story behind the book
For readers of folk horror and explicit horror fiction. · Companion site in German

Oberpfalz Horror — Stefan SchweizerTHE DOOR IS OPEN. ↗

LAKE CHIEMSEE · FOLK HORROR · YOUR LAST CROSSING

DER SEE VERGISST NICHT

The lake is quiet.
That means nothing.

A black boat. An island full of friendly people. A golden cauldron that should have stayed hidden.

Know Lake Chiemsee from the postcards? Meet its other side. Three stories of buried guilt, old rules and a lake that never forgets. Read the opening. Or step into the boat yourself: in “The Last Crossing”, your choices decide what you bring back to shore.

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Step into the boat: The Last Crossing →
Original reading sample · Three stories · One game, three possible endings
For readers who like their scenic lakes with something lurking beneath. · Book and companion site in German

Der See vergisst nicht — Stefan SchweizerTHE BOAT IS WAITING. ↗

A BOOK. AND A WHOLE SPACE FOR YOU.

Ein wenig freier

What would you do
if you dared?

There is that wish you keep saving for later. What if you made a small beginning now?

The companion site goes beyond a reading sample. Try the Freedom Compass to explore where you want more room in your life. Discover seven Japanese perspectives and pick one of 14 small exercises. You might stay longer than you planned.

01 / READ02 / REFLECT03 / TRY SOMETHING
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Reading samples · Freedom Compass · 14 everyday exercises
Your pace. Your next step. Companion site in German.

Ein wenig freier — Stefan SchweizerMAKE A LITTLE ROOM. ↗

17 BOOKS. FIVE WORLDS.

Find the book
that stays with you.

Said yes once too often? Exhausted by self-improvement? Or just after a story that wrecks your bedtime? Follow whatever grabs you. These books have opinions, heart and, occasionally, very dark intentions.

01 / NEW PERSPECTIVES

Think for yourself. Someone else is happy to do it.

For anyone ready to question “That’s just how things are.” Other people’s expectations, expensive habits, AI and the little dictator next door all get a closer look.

NEIN ist auch ein Satz

German edition

NEIN ist auch ein Satz

Everyone can count on you. Can you?

Your calendar is full of other people’s priorities. Time for a two-letter intervention. Explore how to protect your time, set boundaries and make your relationships more honest. Give your next yes a little more meaning.

For the person who always says “Sure, I’ll do it.”

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Das Ende der Wissensökonomie – Das Kompendium

German edition

Das Ende der Wissensökonomie – Das Kompendium

AI has the answer. Does your child have the right questions?

We are still cramming for exams while the rules change. This compendium takes a hard look at education and knowledge work, exploring the abilities Generation Alpha needs next. Creativity, judgment, empathy: discover what matters when knowing the facts is no longer enough.

For parents, educators and anyone rethinking the future.

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Das Verstummte Säugetier

German edition

Das Verstummte Säugetier

Your most awkward moment does not need an audience.

A bad dance. A clumsy flirt. Once forgotten; now potentially viral. This polemic takes on smartphones, dating apps and the business of public shame. A provocative invitation to be imperfect in the company of other people again.

For anyone tired of living for the camera.

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Normal ist das neue Radikal

German edition

Normal ist das neue Radikal

Your shopping cart has big plans for you.

Another upgrade. Another subscription. Another reward you did not need yesterday. From advertising psychology to dark patterns, discover what makes buying so effortless and how to choose more deliberately. This book may seriously disrupt your next impulse purchase.

For anyone who wants to be harder to sell to.

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Das Klemmbrett-Syndrom

German edition

Das Klemmbrett-Syndrom

Give Werner a hi-vis vest. Watch him annex the car park.

Sabine is on version seven of the minutes. Jochen regulates coffee-cup levels. Fifteen affectionate, sharp-edged studies of ordinary people getting spectacularly carried away with a little authority. Someone will come to mind. With any bad luck, it will be you.

For office survivors, committee veterans and lovers of sharp humour.

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02 / THE JAPANESE ART OF LIVING

Less striving. More living.

Your time off does not need to become another performance review. These three books make room to breathe, think and try something small. Choose what you need right now.

CHISOKU

German edition

CHISOKU

You have achieved so much. Why does it still feel insufficient?

The next goal is already waiting. CHISOKU invites you to sit this one out. Five Japanese perspectives bring cultural history and psychology to the question of when more becomes enough. Reading for an evening when improving yourself can wait.

For restless achievers and the self-improvement weary.

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Der stille Weg

German edition

Der stille Weg

Even ancient wisdom should be able to take a few questions.

Eight Japanese concepts, old stories and a tired tradesman in Munich. Where do the teachings come from? What survives scrutiny? What helps in an ordinary life? Explore a quieter way of living while keeping your critical faculties very much awake.

For Japan-curious readers with a healthy sceptical streak.

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Ein wenig freier

German edition

Ein wenig freier

You hold everything together. Where do you fit in?

The invitation you never send. The wish you keep shrinking. The beginning you keep postponing. Seven Japanese perspectives, stories and two small exercises per chapter make room for your next brave step. Choose a freedom. Try it on.

For people carrying everyone else’s world as well as their own.

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03 / NOVELS & STORIES

Just one more chapter.

Near futures, dark lakes and unsettling places: choose the story you want to disappear into tonight.

Geschichten aus einer nahen Zukunft

German edition

Geschichten aus einer nahen Zukunft

2027 is closer than you think. So are the possibilities.

An AI goes on strike. People discover what they can really offer. Set between 2027 and 2035, these stories explore work, purpose and human imperfection. Step inside a possible future and meet the people trying to make a life there.

For curious minds, young adults and parents asking what comes next.

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Der See Vergisst Nicht

German edition

Der See Vergisst Nicht

The last pleasure boat has docked. Now the lake gets interesting.

A black wreck. An impossible discovery on an island. A gold vessel with a debt still unpaid. Three Chiemgau stories uncover what waits behind the postcard views. Regional folk horror for readers who like their dread slow, atmospheric and uncomfortably close.

For lovers of local legends, island secrets and creeping dread.

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Oberpfalz Horror

German edition

Oberpfalz Horror

Your name is on the memorial board. The date is next week.

The road is blocked. The phone is dead. The village remains friendly. Three novellas descend into forests, sealed chambers and the rock beneath Amberg, where old bargains still demand payment. Bring a comforting blanket. It may not do much.

For folk-horror readers who like it dark and visceral.

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04 / GODS & OTHER REALITIES

What if everything is different?

For readers drawn to big mysteries. MOON stands alone; read Das digitale Exil der Götter first, followed by 8 Milliarden Götter.

MOON: Das ewige Gewebe

German edition

MOON: Das ewige Gewebe

The Moon is losing its pull. Earth is running out of time.

NASA measures the impossible. The Pentagon readies nuclear missiles. But Kaya Lomakema’s search leads to an Arizona cave and an ancient song. Science, Hopi heritage and Vatican ambition collide as a global ice age looms. Clear your evening.

For science-thriller readers with a taste for mythological mysteries.

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Das digitale Exil der Götter

German edition · Book 1

Das digitale Exil der Götter

What if your feed is already writing your reality?

Aria Vance finds ancient symbols buried in a tech giant’s code. Its algorithm creates the future. In 21 days, a neural interface is due to complete its grip on human perception. Mesopotamian gods meet cyberpunk, with human attention as the prize.

For tech-thriller fans, mythology lovers and suspicious scrollers.

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8 Milliarden Götter

German edition · Book 2

8 Milliarden Götter

Finally free. Everyone would like their instructions back.

Three years after the global feed collapses, an unseen authority is making people’s decisions again. It works frighteningly well. Aria faces a brutal dilemma: obedience breeds dependence; stopping could cost millions of lives. Book two takes freedom to its uncomfortable consequences.

For returning readers and fans of morally challenging science fiction.

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05 / THE AMERICAN BOOKS

Good advice? Great stories.

Three books written in English: about old maps, new beginnings and the art of loving another person.

Wrong on purpose

English original

Wrong on purpose

Your parents’ career advice missed an update.

Work hard. Stay loyal. Eventually it pays off. What happens when that deal expires? Twenty principles explore how to take deliberate risks and keep mistakes affordable. For the moment when following someone else’s route starts to feel like the bigger gamble.

For career changers, thoughtful risk-takers and people starting over.

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7: The Train Home

English original

7: The Train Home

The man opposite is 107. He seems less rushed than you.

Daniel Carr has taken the same commuter train for years. Then he meets Elias. Seven evenings later, his life looks much the same from outside and feels different within. A warm novel about attention, the present we keep missing and finding your way back to yourself.

For busy minds, commuters and lovers of quiet, human stories.

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8: A novel about how to love a person across a lifetime

English original · Continue after 7

8: A novel about how to love a person across a lifetime

Falling in love is the opening. Staying is the story.

Daniel loves Naomi. Yet there is a craft that falling in love has not taught him. Over eight Sundays at a chess table, Elias shares what sustains love through ordinary days. The sequel to 7: warm, grown-up and close to real life.

For couples, seasoned romantics and everyone who loved 7.

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Stefan Schweizer
Stefan SchweizerAuthor · Curious about life

THE PERSON BEHIND THE BOOKS

I write about what
we cannot let go.

Why do we always want more? What makes us freer? And what stories lie beneath familiar places? Questions like these keep me writing.

My books bring together doubt, curiosity and the urge to look more closely. Sometimes that becomes a polemic, sometimes a Japanese perspective, sometimes a story that makes you keep the light on a little longer.

Choose the question that speaks to you.
I have written a book for it.

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GET TO KNOW MY WRITING

An entire book.
For you.

Das verstummte Säugetier

Read my polemic on digital surveillance, shame and human closeness for free, in German. No sign-up. When you are ready for more, your next read is waiting above.

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