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ABC Bestsellers – January 2026

by Lília January was a remarkable month, with three titles by Rachel Reid making it into our bestsellers: Heated Rivalry, Game Changer and The Long Game. Part of the Game Changer series of books, they were already a big success among romance readers around the world, but became an even greater [...]

Lilia2026-02-11T18:36:25+01:00Tags: Art, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, General Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Lília, Literary Collection, Manga, Novelization, Prize winners, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult|

Bookbits for February 2026

by Damla and Sophie Congratulations everyone! We made it through January, which, as Damla likes to say, is three months dressed up in a trench coat. And while the wind is cold, daylight is returning and the signs of spring are everywhere if you take a closer look at the [...]

Damla2026-02-11T17:37:25+01:00Tags: Awards, Black History Month, book clubs, Book to Screen, Bookbits, bookstreaming, Damla, favorite books, Interviews, lists, Sophie, under the covers|

Book Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, unite to defeat a deadly menace to London and all Britons! Then, one month later, the skies over England are [...]

Damla2026-01-12T16:37:57+01:00Tags: Book review, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Mike|

New genre watch: Crimance

by Naomi Watch out, kids! There's a new genre in town. It's a combination of crime fiction and romantic fiction, called 'crimance.' I didn't invent this name, I promise. I first came across it in the description of A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by R.L. Killmore. (The name has to be a nom [...]

Naomi2026-02-11T18:36:26+01:00Tags: Cozy Crime, Naomi, New Genre, Romantic Fiction, Thriller|

Minnesotans in Literature

Minnesota madness: authors (and habits) from the prairie Originally from Minnesota, ABC's owner Lynn wrote about this now-topical subject and gives us a roundup of some of the beloved authors who hail from her home state. By Lynn If you've been watching the courageous, caring people of Minnesota these past weeks, [...]

Lilia2026-02-11T18:36:26+01:00Tags: Crime Fiction, General Fiction, Lynn, Minnesota, Minnesotan authors, Nobel Prize Winner, Prize winners, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Social Science|

Goodbye to Betty and María

by Sophie In 2010, the ABC acquired two Espresso Book Machines that promised to print books on the spot. And print they did! Our María, who up until then had worked in the Amsterdam store as stock buyer for the Western Philosophy and Cookbooks sections (among many other duties), soon [...]

Sophie2026-02-13T10:36:08+01:00Tags: betty the book machine, goodbye, Maria, self-publishing|

Book Review: The Incandescent

The Incandescent - Emily Tesh Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood Academy and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, teaching A-Level Invocation to four talented, chaotic sixth formers, more meetings, and securing the school's boundaries from demonic incursions. Walden is [...]

Damla2026-01-07T22:03:04+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Dark Academia, Emily Tesh, Fantasy, Iris, Iris W.|

Bookseller life: inventory edition

by Iris As booksellers at ABC, certain days of the year are more important than others. Thanksgiving is one of those days, and the last Saturday before Christmas. And then there's the first Monday of February: inventory day! Inventory checking, also known as stocktaking, is "the physical verification of the [...]

Iris2026-01-23T20:43:26+01:00Tags: bookseller life, inventory, Iris, life as a bookseller, stocktake|

Book Review: The Invention of Amsterdam

The Invention of Amsterdam by Ben Coates Join Coates as he meanders past beautiful townhouses and glittering canals, dances at Pride celebrations, witnesses the King’s apology at Keti Koti, attends a WW2 memorial, gets high at a coffee shop, walks through the red-light district, and gazes in awe at Rembrandt [...]

Damla2026-01-04T13:08:23+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Colleen Geske, Molly Quell, Non-Fiction, The Netherlands|

Upcoming book-to-screen adaptations

By Naomi There are, once again, lots of books being adapted into movies or TV series this year. Below is a selection of what's coming to a screen near you in the first half of the year! People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry This is the first [...]

Naomi2026-02-23T12:16:44+01:00Tags: Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Naomi|

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