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Bookbits for 5 September 2025

By Sophie Happy September! The month that everything starts up again: work, school, and the book business, too - Katabasis hit our shelves a week and a bit ago, next week will see Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets, and further on in the month we'll have The Gingerbread Bakery, [...]

Sophie2025-09-16T16:40:27+02:00Tags: Awards, Bookbits, bookstore blitz, Interviews, lists, obama's summer reading, Sophie, substacks, tiny bookshop|

ABC Bestsellers – August 2025

By Sophie It will come as no surprise that the biggest bestseller of August, despite it going on sale only on 26 August, was Katabasis by R. F. Kuang. We have 4 editions in our assortment, but that U.S. deluxe limited edition is going fastest - and no wonder, with [...]

Sophie2025-09-16T16:40:51+02:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers, ABC Bestsellers 2025, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Matty, memoir, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Sywert, YA fiction|

Back to School: Student and Teacher discount

By Sophie The South of the country already has a week of school under their belts, and the Middle and North will follow shortly: it's Back to School season! Now, at ABC we've always had a soft spot for schools, libraries, and learning - not exactly surprising, right? Those [...]

Sophie2025-09-16T16:39:34+02:00Tags: back to school, school fairs, schools, Sophie, student discount, students discounts, teacher discount|

Book Review: The Guncle

Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. So when tragedy strikes and [...]

Damla2025-08-07T12:57:48+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Sophie, Steven Rowley|

What we’re reading, watching, and listening to

by Sophie Every so often we want to share what we're currently reading, watching, and/or listening to. We hope you'll enjoy our choices! Tiemen: Reading: I'm currently reading part 4 of The Dungeon Crawler Carl series to my wife. Every evening I read about half an hour of DCC before [...]

Sophie2025-08-11T13:24:57+02:00Tags: Bella, Damla, Else, Iris, Jilles, Jurgen, Klaartje, Lynn, Renata, Sigrid, Sophie, Steven, Tiemen, what we're listening to, what we're reading, what we're watching|

Bookbits for 6 August 2025

by Sophie - Awards! The Eisner Awards for best comics and graphic novels were announced at the San Diego Comic Con last month. There are approximately 12 million categories, but one to highlight is Best Single Issue, won by Joe Sacco for The War on Gaza. Another recently-awarded prize with a [...]

Sophie2025-08-11T13:25:51+02:00Tags: Awards, Bookbits, Booker Prize, brouhaha, clickbait, Comics, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Murderbot, Podcasts, Sophie, substacks, summer reads|

ABC Bestsellers – July 2025

by Sophie Welcome to the middle of the summer, up here in the Northern Hemisphere at least. Like last month, escapism reigns supreme, with lots of Romance, Romantasy, and Fantasy titles making a (re)appearance - local author Rachel Lynn Solomon's What Happens in Amsterdam is just flying off the shelf in [...]

Sophie2025-08-09T17:59:06+02:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers 2025, Autobiography, Bestsellers, Dark Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Manga, Politics, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie|

Booker Prize Longlist 2025

The Booker Prize 2025 longlist © Yuki Sugiura for Booker Prize Foundation by Sophie It's only 29 July, but autumn is surely around the corner because the Booker Prize just announced its longlist! The Booker Prize is one of the most influential prizes in the annual literary calendar, [...]

Sophie2025-08-04T13:48:46+02:00Tags: booker longlist, Booker Prize, Fiction, Sophie|

How’s Your ABC Summer Bingo Going?

by Sophie A few weeks ago we posted about our ABC Summer Bingo cards, and, curious booksellers that we are, we want to know: have you had a bingo yet? Are you still to start on your bingo quest? Are you going for a simple bingo or a full-on card black-out? [...]

Sophie2025-07-14T16:07:48+02:00Tags: ABC Summer Bingo, Matty, Sophie|

Book-to-screen: The Murderbot Diaries

by Sophie, Else & Iris The TV adaptation of Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries is nearing the end of its first season. Since so many of us at ABC have read and loved this series of science fiction novellas, we figured we'd remind you of our Staff Choice descriptions and let you [...]

Iris W2025-07-07T16:47:45+02:00Tags: Book to Screen, Else, Iris, Martha Wells, Murderbot Diaries, Sophie, TV adaptation|

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