Who should read my books.

By Dirk Biesinger • December 4, 2025

And who should not.

Let me begin by explaining what a book means to me.

Because I grew up in a place, a culture and at a time that views books vastly different from today's world.

When growing up, a book was a world. Captured between the covers in the front and the back. A book for me is synonym for a hardcover. Paperbacks were a budget version with the same content, usually considered to be lighter and more compact, for traveling.

Each book explored a world. Or a mystery. Or a life. Each author for each book had their way of telling the story. As befitted the story an message to be told and conveyed.

In contrast, today, paperbacks are the norm, books are expected to adhere a certain schema to be approachable and simply fall into what can be expected. (If you're interested in wading deeper into this pool. I can suggest this video: https://youtu.be/_BBrDhgGz1k?si=DoDwGG0upNOZs9Ff )
It's like going from a completely home cooked meal to a microwaved store bought meal. Or fast food.

It took me a while to understand this (weird, right?). I was told that my books are daring, that I'm taking a huge risk, that they don't feel like twenty-twentieth books. I did not understand for some time. Until it dawned on me. I'm not following the "established" and "expected" pattern. My books are not a microwaved store bought meal. They are home cooked, made from scratch. Uncontained. Not prescribed. They are free.

And now, as we have this out of the way,

it becomes easy and clear as to who should read my books: Somebody who wants to be mentally stimulated. Somebody who expects to think about the story, the details, wonder where this is going next. Somebody willing to read the books, re-read them and re-read them again. Because I can promise you that details that are overlooked the first few times will become apparent on re-reads. And make sense, fall into place, especially with the later books being available. Somebody being open to exploring the books, the message, somebody trying to understand why I'm writing certain things the way I'm writing them, why I'm making choices, taking liberties. And why I'm choosing the words I'm choosing.

I'm taking liberties in many things and deliberately keep things the same, or simple. Each choice the one way or the other is made consciously and with purpose. You can rely on that. There is only one detail I compromised on. Not because I agree with it. No, the data suggests something different. No, I compromised because I can make it work this way and it is not worth the drama.

If you expect another warmed up version with slight variations of any of the more recent books, you will not enjoy my books. If you expect the physical traits of the characters to be introduced right away, served up easily, you are missing one of the core messages: It is more important who a person is than how a person looks. You will not enjoy my books, probably DNF them if religious believes determine how far your mind can wander. You will not enjoy my books if you try to understand them from within the social, economical, religious constructs.

My books do not fit within these, as they explore -first and foremost- how it could be different.

In short (TL;DR):

If you expect to be mentally stimulated, step out of the known, don't shy away from a heavy load of details and information, you will enjoy my books.
If you expect another variation of the known with a slight twist and to be passively entertained, I suggest to check out other authors' work.