by Lília

Here we are, with a new year beginning again. Time to look back at 2025 and see what our customers’ preferred books were. It’s interesting to see certain titles pop up as bestsellers across all three stores, but also the different ones each of them favor. Location and customer base make a real difference. So whereas in Amsterdam the big hits from a variety of sections generally did best, you can see some political titles being favored in The Hague. In Leidschendam, the influence of a younger audience is clearly visible.

I Who Have Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman and Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins were the two titles that were the absolute bestsellers in Amsterdam, The Hague and Leidschendam.

Our BBDs – Blind Book Dates – are the uncontested bestsellers in Leidschendam, but they are also silent bestsellers in the other two stores.

If you’re still curious about the December bestsellers after studying the year’s overview below, you can check those out here.

The bestsellers in Amsterdam:

  1. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
  2. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
  3. The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank’s Diary) by Anne Frank, translated by Susan Massotty
  4. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
  5. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
  6. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
  7. A Court Of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
  8. Normal People by Sally Rooney
  9. A Dictionary of Color Combinations by Sanzo Wada
  10. Amsterdam by Russell Shorto

Our bestellers in The Hague:

  1. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
  2. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
  3. White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Ronald Meyer
  4. A Dictionary of Color Combinations by Sanzo Wada
  5. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett
  6. Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemogly and James A. Robinson
  7. The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
  8. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
  9. Babel by R.F. Kuang
  10. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Our bestsellers in Leidschendam:

  1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  2. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
  3. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
  4. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
  5. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
  6. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
  7. The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
  8. Lights Out by Navessa Allen
  9. Powerless by Lauren Roberts
  10. Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton