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Jurgen works in our Amsterdam store and keeps the Favorites shelves filled; organizes the D&D Nights with his group of Dungeon Masters, the Dobbelgangers; helps out with keeping the windows pretty (we have some of the most beautiful window displays of the city, if we may say so ourselves); and works at special events like the Dungeon Crawler Carl book launch, Halloween Party, and any other excuse to dress up.

Next to his bookselling life, he buys in shows and performances for Theater de Verbeelding.

He loves boardgames, graphic novels, fantasy, mythology and books on history and science. He’s also a feverish collector of beautiful books to add to his library full of cabinets of curiosities.

What we’re reading, watching, and listening to

by Damla Take a look at the best of what our booksellers at the ABC have been reading, watching, and listening to this month. No gatekeeping here! Iris Reading: I finished Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne, which was very cute and enjoyable, and just picked up [...]

Damla2026-09-21T14:55:09+02:00Tags: ABC Staff, Damla, Else, Iris, IrisM, Júlia, Jurgen, Lília, Martijn, Naomi, Read/Watch/Listen, Renata, Sophie, Tiemen, Yannis|

Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl – part II

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. Only a few [...]

Damla2026-09-07T15:23:56+02:00Tags: ABC Events, Book review, Book Reviews, Humor, Jurgen, Martijn, Matt Dinniman, Science Fiction, Tiemen|

Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl – part I

by Jurgen DISCLAIMER: Don't start reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series if you're sensitive to addictive substances; it's literary crack cocaine. If you do want to dive in, make sure you have the next month off and have enough money in your bank account. You'll be wanting to read the next [...]

Naomi2026-04-24T12:45:59+02:00Tags: ABC Events, Book review, Humor, Jurgen, Matt Dinniman, Science Fiction|

Staff Top 5s of 2025: Jurgen, Jilles, Simone, and Renata

Hooray! It's time for our favorite reads of the year! We love putting these posts together, so grab a hot beverage of your choice, find a comfy couch or chair or nook to settle into, and be ready to explode your TBR with all these scrumptious personal recommendations. These are the best [...]

Sophie2026-09-07T15:27:38+02:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2025, Comics, Consciousness, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Films, Graphic Novels, Horror, Jilles, Jurgen, LitRPG, Our Top 5, Political Science, Recommendations, Renata, Science Fiction, Simone, Staff Top 5 2025, Thrillers, YA, Young Adult|

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 [...]

Sophie2026-09-07T15:34:27+02:00Tags: ABC Staff, Bella, Damla, Else, Iris, Jilles, Jurgen, Klaartje, Lynn, Read/Watch/Listen, Renata, Sigrid, Sophie, Steven, Tiemen|

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 4

by Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 4: McCarthy – Reid 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 [...]

Sophie2026-09-07T15:28:47+02:00Tags: ABC Birthday, ABC Staff Choice, ABC's 100 Top Tips, Autobiography, Comics, Damla, Economics, Else, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Humor, Iris, Jitse, Juno, Jurgen, Matty, Poetry, Renata, Science, Shirley, Simone, Sophie, Tiemen|

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