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The Booklover Tree

By Pleun While everyone was still tucked in bed, our delightful ABC elves, Shirley, Joost and Tiemen, worked their magic to create something truly enchanting: The Booklover Tree, located on the second floor of our store in Amsterdam! After days of careful preparation and the perfect selection of books, they've crafted [...]

Lilia2024-12-13T13:01:24+01:00Tags: ABC Booklover Tree, ABC Xmas Tree, Giveaway, Instagram post, Pleun|

ABC Bestsellers – November 2024

By Lília 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 [...]

XI: ABC TOP 5 2024: Naomi, Sophie and Lília

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-09T10:19:56+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Art, Autobiography, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, Fiction, General Fiction, Graphic Novels, Japanese Fiction, Lília, Naomi, Our Top 5, Psychology, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Translated Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult|

X: ABC TOP 5 2024: Romy, Jesmae, Bruna and Damla

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-02T20:36:33+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Autobiography, Bruna, Damla, Fiction, General Fiction, Graphic Novel, Greek Mythology, Horror, Japanese Fiction, Jesmae, Manga, Mythology, Our Top 5, Romy, Translated Fiction, Young Adult|

The Evenings

Twenty-three-year-old Frits – office worker, daydreamer, teller of inappropriate jokes – finds life absurd and inexplicable. He lives with his parents, who drive him mad. He has terrible, disturbing dreams of death and destruction. Sometimes he talks to a toy rabbit. This is the story of ten evenings in Frits’s life at the end of December, as he drinks, smokes, sees friends, aimlessly wanders the gloomy city streets and tries to make sense of the minutes, hours and days that stretch before him.

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:43+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Dutch author, Gerard Reve, Molly Quell, Post-War, Translated Fiction|

IX: ABC TOP 5 2024: Júlia, Jitse and Pleun

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-02T19:20:02+01:00Tags: 5 to 8 Years, 9 to 12 Years, ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Art, Cozy Crime, Fantasy, Fantasy Art, Fiction, Games, General Fiction, Graphic Novels, Horror, Jitse, Júlia, Kids, Kids Books, Mystery, Nature, Our Top 5, Pleun, Young Adult|

VIII: ABC Top 5 2024: Vika, Mike and Renata

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-02T18:20:00+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Calendars, Fantasy, Fiction, Games, General Fiction, Graphic Novels, History, Mike, Our Top 5, Renata, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Vika|

VII: ABC TOP 5 2024: Emma, Maarten and Juno

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-02T17:56:49+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Body Mind and Spirit, Crafts, Danish Fiction, Dutch author, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, Games, General Fiction, History, Juno, Maarten, New Age, Our Top 5, Science Fiction, Tarot Cards, Translated Fiction, True Crime|

VI: ABC Top 5 2024: Klaartje, Jouke and IrisW

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-09T10:15:15+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Booker Prize, Crime Fiction, Dutch author, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Iris, Iris W., IrisW, Jouke, Klaartje, Medical, Our Top 5, Prizewinning Books, Science Fiction, Thrillers|

V: ABC Top 5 2024: Matty, Jilles and Maria

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2025-01-13T12:55:26+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Body Mind and Soul, Consciousness, Crime Fiction, Dutch Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Jilles, Maria, Matty, Our Top 5, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Translated Fiction, Young Adult|

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