News & Trending Archives

Nina Siegal on Banned Books

Written by Lauren Author and New York Times culture writer Nina Siegal has written four books, three novels including The Anatomy Lesson, and most recently, the nonfiction The Diary Keepers, the story of World War II as told through the words of ordinary Dutch residents who lived through it. A native [...]

Lilia2025-07-24T11:51:44+02:00Tags: ABC, Banned Books, Interviews, Nina Siegal|

Book-to-screen adaptations: The nonfiction edition

Written by Lília I’m not the biggest nonfiction fan, but some stories are so compelling they expand my genre-reading. The following books, all which deal with pressing issues of our times, have been turned into some pretty incredible movies. Whether you prefer to read about them (like me), or see them [...]

Lilia2023-09-18T14:27:28+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Biography, Books to Movies, Lília, Nonfiction|

The King is back

And so is Holly! After playing a crucial second fiddle to Bill Hodges in the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and an impressive part in The Outsider, one of author Stephen King's favorite characters now has her very own book! Just released, the book takes place during Covid. When Penny Dahl calls [...]

Lilia2023-09-11T13:02:55+02:00Tags: Crime Fiction, New Title, Stephen King|

Romy’s Reviews September 2023: Our YA reviewers’ latest reads

My name is Romy, and I am 13 years old. Me in a bookstore is like a kid in a candy shop—I adore reading. (I might even want to become an author later on…) I’m really into dancing, fashion and playing the saxophone, and I love cats. My favorite genres [...]

Lilia2023-09-07T14:13:20+02:00Tags: Book Reviews, Fiction, Romantic Fiction, Romy|

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 3

Put together by Lília Written by Renata, Martijn, Lília, Jouke, Sophie, Simone, Jonna and Natalia In this Part 3 of our Staff Choices the titles below were chosen by one or more ABC colleagues, and everyone has their own reasons for loving them. Read on to see what they are. You [...]

Lilia2023-08-22T11:26:08+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, Fiction, Greek Mythology, Jonna, Jouke, Lília, Martijn, Mythology, Natalia, Renata, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie|

Book-to-screen adaptations: Young Adult (aka YA edition)

Written by Lília Young Adult (YA) books have been among the most adapted to screen over the past few years. While crime and romance novels have always been popular fodder for film adaptations, recent YA books have scored such success that more are popping up as films and series on all [...]

Lilia2023-08-22T12:22:12+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Lília, Young Adult|

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 2

Put together by Lília Written by Tiemen, EmmaV, IrisW, Juno, Jesmae and Maria Some of the titles below were chosen by one or more ABC colleagues, but everyone has their own reasons for loving them. Read on to see what they are. You might even find one or two new titles [...]

Lilia2023-08-17T14:50:20+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, EmmaV, Fantasy, Iris, Jesmae, Juno, Maria, Nature, Staff Choices, Tiemen|

ABC Staff Quotes – Sayings from your local ABC Store Part 3

Written by EmmaV As a bookseller, you see loads of books coming in and going out of the store every day. We can tell you with certainty: this is a good source for all kinds of contemplations and conversations! But also dealing with customers, or even plain equipment, has been inspirational for [...]

Lilia2023-07-21T17:54:08+02:00Tags: ABC, Anecdotes, EmmaV, Staff Quotes|

Cooking Around the World

Written by Natalia A list of mouth-watering cookbooks to whet your appetite! NORTH AMERICA Comida Mexicana by Rosa Cienfuegos Comida Mexicana is an excellent cookbook for those who want to taste authentic Mexican flavors. We have all tried Tex-Mex, but Mexican cuisine is about so much [...]

Lilia2023-07-21T21:01:18+02:00Tags: Around the World, Best of Lists, Cookbooks, Natalia|

Queer & Pride in Amsterdam

Written by Lauren With Amsterdam's legendary Canal Parade capping off the city's Pride festivities this weekend, our Natalia shares her thoughts on what Amsterdam gets right and where there's still room for improvement. Born and bred Amsterdammer Natalia Lloyd has been working at The American Book Center in [...]

Lilia2023-08-05T10:24:42+02:00Tags: ABC, Lauren, Natalia, Pride, Queer|

I agree to the tracking cookies

I agree to the third party tracking embeds