(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.data-privacy-src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-26967246-1', 'auto'); ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true); ga('send', 'pageview');

News & Trending

Wondering what’s happening in the vast and dynamic world of ABC? Well, worry no more because we got you covered with the latest on books, trends, stories, and much more.

African Mythology Inspired Fantasy

By Else There are so many subgenres within the Science Fiction Fantasy world that I would lose the plot if I were to have to divide my section into them all. But some genres do not get the attention they deserve, so I am going to highlight a couple of subgenres [...]

Author Spotlight: Helen Hoang

By Lília Helen Hoang is best known for her debut romance novel The Kiss Quotient, where the female main character was openly autistic for the first time. The author herself was diagnosed as an adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The reason for such late diagnosis is that autism manifests differently in [...]

2025-07-24T11:30:21+02:00Tags: , , , , |

ABC Interview: Mike

As a new colleague Mike didn’t have the chance to take part in our Q&A game last year. He was very interested in doing it anyway, so we asked him the same bookish questions and he answered them all. Mike is our Dungeon Master extraordinaire and part of the D&D initiative [...]

Topical Tips: Happy Birthday ABC!

by Damla This year, we have the pleasure of celebrating our 53 years of bookselling and being a part of the book community in the Netherlands. As we celebrate our long legacy as a fiercely independent bookstore this weekend with events featuring local authors and a specially curated ABC’s top 100 [...]

YA Fiction with Ace Representation

By Naomi Happy Cake Day! April 6th is International Asexuality Day, an effort to recognize the asexual community and promote the spectrum of asexuality. The asexual or ace spectrum includes asexuality, where a person doesn’t experience sexual attraction; graysexuality, which is when someone experiences little to no sexual attraction; and demisexuality, [...]

Go to Top