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Damla

Architect turned bookseller, Damla has worked at the ABC in the Hague and Leidschendam stores since June 2024. She is the buyer for the New York Times Bestsellers, Prizewinners, Staff Recommendations, the Foreign Languages, and Business sections.

Her love of reading started at a very young age with sneaky peeks at her sister’s diary, and since then has evolved into more of an obsession rather than a hobby. She has been known to happily read anything and everything she can get her hands on regardless of the genre.

When forced to disconnect from whichever book-world she is currently engrossed in, she enjoys traveling, learning languages, petting dogs, drinking too much coffee, gaming, introducing herself in the third person and trying to pronounce the Dutch G sound (still working on this last one).

She also has a book-related Instagram account where she posts all things bookish. (https://www.instagram.com/travelling_bookworm/)

ABC Bestsellers – September 2025

by Damla September was a month for big and exciting names when it comes to publishing. Dan Brown's latest book in the thrilling Robert Langdon series, The Secret of Secrets, has hit the shelves after a long hiatus. Ian McEwan has also released a new book this month, called What [...]

Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist

by Damla The shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prizes has been announced this week, highlighting six books among an impressive collection. This year's selection revolves around themes of family: what can bring them together, and what can break them apart. Among the many critically acclaimed nominees is a previous Booker Prize [...]

Book Review: Katabasis

Alice Law has sacrificed everything to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and [...]

2025-09-12T17:30:29+02:00Tags: , , , , , |

A Journey to the Underworld

by Damla and Iris Ever needed a job recommendation so bad that you would walk through hell to get it? Alice Law has. Literally. R.F. Kuang’s greatly anticipated new book hits the shelves this coming Tuesday, on the 26th of August. Merging myth and magic, ambition and rivalry, the early reviews [...]

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 [...]

Book Review: Orbital

In Orbital, six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the earth. They are there to collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through [...]

D&D Evening in The Hague

by Damla Roll for initiative! Last Thursday, our store in the Hague hosted its first Dungeons and Dragons game night in collaboration with Dobbelgangers, a group of Dungeon Masters dedicated to bring the magic to wherever they go. For those who are new to the role playing games scene, Dungeons and [...]

2025-07-24T13:32:50+02:00Tags: , , , , , |
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