Bella Archives

Bella is one of our booksellers at our Amsterdam store. Besides being a bookseller, she’s also a buyer for the Reference and Foreign Languages section. She’s trilingual and aspires to be a polyglot; which makes her sections the perfect fit for her. When she’s not busy selling books, you can find her studying languages, playing videogames, working out and of course, reading. Why does she love reading? Reading allows her to travel to countless destinations, meet interesting characters, gain insight and explore new concepts and ideas.

What we’re reading, watching, and listening to

by Sophie Every so often we want to share what we're currently reading, watching, and/or listening to. We hope you'll enjoy our choices! Tiemen: Reading: I'm currently reading part 4 of The Dungeon Crawler Carl series to my wife. Every evening I read about half an hour of DCC before [...]

Sophie2025-08-11T13:24:57+02:00Tags: Bella, Damla, Else, Iris, Jilles, Jurgen, Klaartje, Lynn, Renata, Sigrid, Sophie, Steven, Tiemen, what we're listening to, what we're reading, what we're watching|

Coffee bar, dead cat, happy end: our Bella interviewed for NRC

On Saturday 5 July, Dutch newspaper NRC published an article on Cozy and Healing Fiction (Koffiebar, dode kat, happy end)(please note, article in Dutch and may be behind a paywall), in which they interviewed our Bella (with a cameo by Tiemen)! We're posting an English translation of the part of the article [...]

Sophie2025-07-08T19:33:49+02:00Tags: Bella, Cozy Fantasy, cozy fiction, cozy games, Healing Fiction, newspaper article, nrc, Tiemen|

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 1

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 1: Abercrombie - Dunstall To celebrate our birthday this year (officially on 21 April but we're celebrating it on the weekend of 12 and 13 April) we decided to ask all of the ABC staff what their most memorable books were of the past [...]

Sophie2025-04-07T21:04:51+02:00Tags: ABC's 100 Top Tips, Bella, Comics, Else, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, History, Horror, Iris, IrisW, Jilles, Jonna, Juno, Lília, Martijn, Matty, Science Fiction, Simone, Social Science, Sophie, Staff Choices, Sywert, Tiemen, YA fiction, Young Adult|

The Book of Humans

"The Book of Humans" tells the story of how we became the creatures we are today, bestowed with the unique ability to investigate what makes us who we are. Illuminated by the latest scientific discoveries, it is a thrilling compendium of what unequivocally fixes us as animals, and reveals how we are extraordinary among them.

Lilia2025-02-12T17:41:24+01:00Tags: Adam Rutherford, Bella, Book review, Book Reviews, Science, Staff Choices|

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles ? based on her shoe size or her birthday ? and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper than memory.

Lilia2025-02-12T17:41:34+01:00Tags: Bella, Book review, Book Reviews, Chiara, General Fiction, Japanese Fiction, Simone, Sophie, Staff Choices, Yoki Ogawa|

VI: ABC Top 5 2023 Edition: Emma V, Iris M and Bella

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2023! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be five or six suggestions, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. This year we’re presenting [...]

Lilia2024-11-29T15:09:16+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2023, Bella, Best of Lists, Crafts, Crime Fiction, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, IrisM, Our Top 5, Science Fiction, Young Adult|

Staff Picks: Summer 2023 Edition

Written by Lília In our summer edition of the ABC Staff Picks, the last of this season, Luke and Bella are back highlighting many different genres, including quite a few translated works. We also have crime, romance, horror, memoirs, fantasy, general fiction, art and more! Read on! Crime [...]

Lilia2023-07-07T12:36:26+02:00Tags: ABC, Art, Bella, Best of Lists, Bob, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Iris M., Jilles, Jonna, Lília, Luke, Lynn, Max W., Memoirs, Natalia, Romantic Fiction, Staff Picks, Sywert|

ABC Staff Picks

Luke and Iris W. are back with our first ABC Staff Picks of 2023. Think cozy titles, biographies, science fiction novellas, a YA horror title and much more…. As the books buyer for Amsterdam’s film section, Luke chose two quite different memoirs from two famous authors. Both have similar themes about [...]

Sophie2023-04-06T12:02:20+02:00Tags: Bella, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Iris, Jouke, Luke, MariaS, Reinoud, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie, Sports, Staff Picks, Tiemen, Young Adult|

ABC Top 5: 2022 Edition

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2022. We try very hard to keep to 5, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be 5 or 6, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. We hope you enjoy it and [...]

Sophie2024-11-29T15:14:53+01:00Tags: Bella, Best of Lists, Board Games, Bob, Crime Fiction, EmmaS, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, Japanese Fiction, Jelle, Jitse, Jonna, Jouke, Klaartje, Lauren, Lília, Lynn, Maarten, MariaS, Martijn, Natalia, Nature, Non-Fiction, Our Top 5, Philosophy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sigrid, Simone, Sol, Sophie, Steven, Sywert, Tiemen, Young Adult|

ABC Staff Picks Gift Edition

The Gift Season is finally here, so for this month’s Staff Picks we’re picking…you guessed it…gifts! From games to tarot sets and even a few books, prepare yourself for some top tips and a stellar list. Games Steven is our special orders guy, and besides reading tons, [...]

Sophie2023-04-06T12:02:22+02:00Tags: Bella, Best of Lists, Iris, Maarten, Maria, Max M., Natalia, Reinoud, Simone, Staff Picks, Steven, Tom|

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