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Summery Cookbooks for Your Delight

By Tom Summer is finally here, and we hope it will last for more than two weeks. To provide you with an even more summery atmosphere, we’ve asked Tom, our The Hague and Leidschendam expert in cookbooks—and also our expert in travel books and almost everything about the Netherlands!—to give us a [...]

2024-07-23T11:48:26+02:00Tags: , , |

ABC Bestsellers – May 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

ABC Staff Picks: The birthday edition

By Lília Continuing with the celebration of our 52 years of existence, ABC’s Iris and Luke asked colleagues their book choices for the occasion. Most of them revolved around the lives of normal people in somewhat exceptional settings (reminiscent of ABC!), with overcoming adversity a prominent theme. No one chose it, [...]

ABC Bestsellers – April 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

Bookbuzz Launch & Q&A

We are celebrating the launch of BookBuzz today! Friday, May 10th 17:00-18:30 ABC Amsterdam, Spui 12 1012XA Come join us and Stefaan, one of the brains behind BookBuzz, to get to know the app, ask questions, and talk books. During our birthday weekend, you might have [...]

2024-05-08T13:19:48+02:00Tags: , |

The Pulitzer Prizes 2024

By Lauren The 2024 winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes were announced earlier this week at New York’s Columbia University. Read on to see what they are and what the jurists had to say about them. Fiction Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips “A beautifully rendered [...]

ABC Staff Picks – Spring 2024

After a little time off to smell the spring flowers, we’re back with our staff picks! Luke and Iris love doing them. They get to ask our colleagues what they’re reading and loving and what our customers are enjoying. And of course, they get to talk about [...]

The International Booker Prize 2024: The Shortlist

Written by Lauren Always looking for good book recs, we at ABC love spring’s literary award season. Last week, the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist was announced in recognition of “the best works of literature originally written in languages other than English which have been translated and published in the UK [...]

ABC Bestsellers – February 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

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