Molly Quell is a journalist who covers international justice for Courthouse News Service and is a contributing editor at Dutch News, including writing the site’s book reviews.
She spends pretty much all of the money she makes on books at the ABC. She enjoys reading those books on the couch with her dog.
The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah Welcome to the house of the mosque . . . Iran, 1950. Spring has arrived, and as the women prepare the festivities, Sadiq waits for a suitor to knock on the door. Her uncle Nosrat returns from Tehran with a glamorous woman, [...]
Amsterdam: The Making of a City 1980 - today by Marcel van Engelen Amsterdam in the late 1970s and early 1980s seemed to have lost its way. Scarred by decay, addiction, and widespread squatting, the city faced rising unemployment, an exodus of residents, and offices abandoning the historic center. Few [...]
by Molly Quell Are you getting ready for your summer holidays and trying to decide which book to take to read on the beach? We’ve got some suggestions for you. Summer House with a Swimming Pool by Herman Koch Not to be too on the nose, but the book [...]
Becoming Janice by Ragini Werner Relatable lesbian fiction, a captivating coming-of-age story that follows Janice in her search for love and personal growth in London and Amsterdam. The story begins with Janice, newly arrived in London from Auckland, seeking to fill the void left by her first lesbian lover. When [...]
Dutch Treats: Crime Fiction from Dutch and Flemish Authors edited by Josh Pachter Josh Pachter collects 21 of his favorite translations by a who's who of contemporary Dutch-language crime writers, including such luminaries as René Appel, Michael Berg, Dominique Biebau, Bram Dehouck, Loes den Hollander, Bavo Dhooge, Ingrid Oonincx, Christine [...]
We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets Kayleigh is broke. Out of options, she takes a job as a content moderator, reviewing horrors and hate online and deciding which posts needs to be removed. Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a group [...]
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how [...]
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic [...]
The Invention of Amsterdam by Ben Coates Join Coates as he meanders past beautiful townhouses and glittering canals, dances at Pride celebrations, witnesses the King’s apology at Keti Koti, attends a WW2 memorial, gets high at a coffee shop, walks through the red-light district, and gazes in awe at Rembrandt [...]
Stuff Dutch People Hate by Colleen Geske You've all heard what the Dutch love: stroopwafels, bicycles and of course, gezelligheid. But what about the things that make their blood boil? While the title of this book may sound negative, you'll see that the Dutch are defined just as much by [...]
