General Fiction Archives

The Safekeep

An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, Sarah Waters and Ian McEwan's Atonement. It's 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is well and truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel's life is as it should be: led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel's doorstep-as a guest, there to stay for the season . . .

Lilia2025-02-12T17:28:18+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Dutch Fiction, General Fiction, Molly Quell, Yael van der Wouden|

ABC Bestsellers – September 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

ABC Interview: Martijn

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Martijn, one [...]

Lilia2024-09-30T15:16:08+02:00Tags: ABC interview, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, General Fiction, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jim Butcher, Martijn, Neil Gaiman|

ABC Interview: Lauren

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Lauren, [...]

Lilia2024-09-17T11:02:13+02:00Tags: Amor Towles, Arundhati Roy, Caleb Carr, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Crime Fiction, David Liss, General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Graham Greene, Günter Grass, Howard Zinn, Lauren, Lewis Carroll, Marcel Proust, Michael Chabon, Salman Rushdie, Sara Paretsky, Thomas Mann, Tolstoy, V.I. Warshawski|

ABC Bestsellers – August 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

Reading classics with BookTok

By Lauren At ABC, we love anything that gets people reading, including introducing the next generation of booklovers to the classics. And as a mother of young adults, I can attest it’s not always easy. This is where BookTok comes in. It is a dedicated community of readers and reviewers whose [...]

Lilia2024-09-01T12:34:42+02:00Tags: BookTok, BookTok classics, Classics for teachers, General Fiction, Lauren|

ABC Bestsellers – July 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, too, [...]

ABC Interview: Matty

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Matty, [...]

Lilia2024-07-15T12:04:20+02:00Tags: China Mieville, Cormac McCarthy, Diana Wynne Jones, Dystopian, Fiction, General Fiction, Graphic Novel, Katherin Dunn, Matty, Rohinton Mistry, Science Fiction, Thomas Pynchon, Ursula K. Le Guin, Young Adult|

ABC Bestsellers – June 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

ABC Interview: Carla

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk with Carla, [...]

Lilia2024-06-23T12:50:38+02:00Tags: Aslan, C.S. Lewis, Carla, Fantasy, Fiction, Gabriel García Márquez, General Fiction, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Narnia, Paulo Coelho, Romantasy, Rubén Darío, Sarah J. Maas, Young Adult|

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