Lília Archives

Lília was born in Brazil, worked there as a translator and moved to the Netherlands for love. It was her love for books that brought her to the ABC in July 2000. First buying Romance novels, then Children’s and YA books, then back to Romance and into new adventures about Fashion, Sewing, Psychology and all the magazines.

In the Netherlands she also found love for sewing, is a certified seamstress. She makes bookmarks and booksleeves that are sold at the ABC under Lília’s Atelier brand.

She still loves reading and Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy and books about Fashion and Sewing are always on her TBR list.

Staff Top 5s of 2025: Damla, Lília, IrisW, Naomi, and Sophie

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 [...]

Sophie2025-12-07T10:55:46+01:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, ABC Top 5, Damla, Dark Romance, dice, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, History, Iris, IrisW, Lília, Naomi, Novellas, Our Top 5, out of print merchandise, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Staff Top 5 2025|

Dutch Kids Books in Translation

by Lília At ABC we have many customers asking for kids books in translation from the original Dutch, especially expats with smaller kids that just moved in or grandparents wanting to take their culture back to English-language grandchildren living abroad. We thought it would be a good idea to put some [...]

Lilia2025-12-01T19:48:14+01:00Tags: Annie M.G. Schmidt, Dick Bruna, Dutch authors, Dutch Fiction, Dutch stories, flodder, frog, jip en janneke, Kids, Kids Books, kikker, Lília, Max Velthuijs, miffy, nijntje, Phyllis Krasilovsky, pluk van de petteflet, Toon Tellegen, tow truck pluck, Translated Fiction, Translated Works|

Go Green for Earth Day

by Damla With the sea levels rising higher and the devastating natural disasters we face in all corners of the world with increasing frequency, the future of our world (and our place in it) becomes a more pressing and relevant question each passing year. That being said, don’t worry; I am [...]

Damla2025-04-20T12:21:46+02:00Tags: Cooking, Damla, Earth Day, ecology, Isabelle, Lília, Nature, Social Science, sustainability, Travel|

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|

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 5

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 5: Robinson - Zusak 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 [...]

Sophie2025-04-07T20:49:32+02:00Tags: ABC's 100 Top Tips, Art, Autobiography, Bruna, Carla, Comics, Damla, Else, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Isabelle, Jilles, Jouke, Lília, living, Manga, Martijn, Matty, Music, Nature, Nicki, Philosophy, Psychology, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie, Staff Choices, Tiemen, YA fiction, Young Adult|

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 2

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 2: Eggers- Jemisin 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 25 [...]

Sophie2025-04-07T14:40:59+02:00Tags: ABC's 100 Top Tips, Bruna, Cookbooks, Crime Fiction, Current Affairs, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Jonna, Lília, Lynn, Manga, Martijn, Matty, memoir, Mythology, Psychology, Romance, Science Fiction, Shirley, Sophie, Staff Choices, 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|

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|

5 Books on Women’s Sexuality

By Lília We talk a lot about equality for women, equal pay, ownership of our own bodies, but we tend to keep sexuality apart. Maybe because in many cultures people don't discuss it in any form. But mostly because if women take over their own sexuality, they can and will ask [...]

Lilia2025-03-11T16:27:17+01:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, Anonymous, Dossie Easton, Emily Nagoski, Female Sexuality, Gillian Anderson, Janet W. Hardy, Lília, Margot Anand, Nancy Friday, Sexuality, Women's History Month|

Celebrating International Women’s Day

By Lília “International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8, honors the achievements of women across all aspects of life—social, economic, cultural, and political—while also advocating for gender equality.” International Women’s Day (IWD), declared as a holiday by Russian leader Vladimir Lenin in 1922, has been celebrated in one form [...]

Lilia2025-03-08T17:11:03+01:00Tags: Feminism, Feminist Writing, International Women's Day, Lília, Women's History Month|

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