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Book review: Tender is the Flesh

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, 'special meat' - human meat - is legal. Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one [...]

Lilia2025-07-29T13:19:18+02:00Tags: Agustina Bazterrica, Dystopian, Horror, Matty, Staff Choices, Sywert|

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 [...]

Lilia2025-07-24T11:30:21+02:00Tags: Autism, Autism Acceptance Month, Helen Hoang, Lília, Romance|

Book review: Raybearer

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. [...]

Lilia2025-04-03T16:29:33+02:00Tags: African Mythology inspired Fantasy, Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Jordan Ifueko, Mike|

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 [...]

Lilia2025-04-03T16:48:27+02:00Tags: ABC interview, Dungeon Master, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Keith Lowe, Marcus Pfister, Meghan Hunter, Mike, Patrick Rothfuss, Picture Books, Plays, Self-Help, Sheldon Kopp, William Shakespeare|

Book review: The Killing Moon

The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin The first book of the Dreamblood Duology by NYT bestselling and three-time Hugo-Award winning author N. K. Jemisin. The city burned beneath the Dreaming Moon. In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh, peace is the only law. Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of [...]

Lilia2025-04-03T16:31:04+02:00Tags: African Mythology inspired Fantasy, Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Mike, N.K. Jemisin|

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 [...]

Damla2025-06-04T21:18:26+02:00Tags: ABC, Birthday books, Children's Fiction, Damla, Fantasy, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Topical Tips, YA, YA fiction|

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, [...]

Naomi2025-04-04T15:51:22+02:00Tags: Alice Oseman, Bea Fitzgerald, C.G. Drews, International Asexuality Day, Iris, Naomi, Wendy Zhao, YA|

ABC Bestsellers – March 2025

By Lília March brought with it the sun, and we are all invested in enjoying it reading as many books as possible. We can see that by all the different titles that you, our customers, choose to buy. Our bestsellers this month include many different genres, from serious issues to some [...]

Lilia2025-04-03T18:26:53+02:00Tags: A.T. Qureshi, Abby Jimenez, ABC Bestsellers, ABC Bestsellers 2025, ABC Favorites, Ali Hazelwood, Autobiography, Biography, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Classics, Creativity, Current Affairs, Dav Pilkey, Dungeons & Dragons, Eiichiro Oda, Fantasy, Fiction, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Games, Gege Akutami, General Fiction, George Orwell, Han Kang, Health, History, Jacqueline Harpman, James Clear, Japanese Fiction, John Green, Julia Cameron, Junko Takase, Kaveh Akbar, Kids, Kids 5-8, Lauren Roberts, Laurie Gilmore, Lília, Manga, Maria Lima, Mel Robbins, Nobel Prize Winner, Political Science, Psychology, Rebecca F. Kuang, Rebecca Yarros, Robert E. Howard, Romance, Romantasy, Samantha Harvey, Sarah Wynn-Williams, Self-Help, Social Science, Staff Choices, Suzanne Collins, Timothy Snyder, Translated Fiction, Writing, Young Adult|

’tism the season: recommendations for Autism Acceptance Month

By Naomi & Iris April is Autism Acceptance Month! This is the perfect moment to highlight some fiction titles featuring neurodivergent characters and autistic authors. If you're looking for some non-fiction books to better understand yourself, a loved one, or just learn more about autism, check out this blogpost. [...]

Naomi2025-04-04T15:03:48+02:00Tags: Alice Franklin, Autism, Autism Acceptance Month, General Fiction, India Holton, IrisW, Malka Older, Martha Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Naomi, Romantasy, Sayaka Murata, Science Fiction, Sophie|

Bookbits for 1 April 2025

Written by Sophie Happy (?) April Fool's Day! Our Jouke's favorite day of the year, so good luck to everyone who has to work in the The Hague store today... - One of the biggest literary news stories to break over the past month was The Atlantic's article about Meta's pirating [...]

Sophie2025-04-01T11:54:02+02:00Tags: Awards, Banned Books, Bookbits, Damla, Interviews, Jane Austen, Jouke, lists, literary villains, podcast, Simone, Sophie|

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