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Bookseller, stock buyer, display maker & Girl Friday at ABC The Hague & ABC Leidschendam. Has been at ABC since almost the last millennium. Current sections under her care are YA, Politics & Current Affairs, Sports, Prizewinners, and Staff Choices. Loves any book that makes her think, learn, and look at life from a new angle, whatever genre. Cat person, feminist, easily bribed with Nutella, preferred state of being = barefoot in the garden.

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 [...]

Damla2025-10-06T14:02:53+02:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers, ABC Bestsellers 2025, Art, Bruna, Crime Fiction, Damla, Else, Fantasy, Fiction, Júlia, Matty, memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Tiemen|

Banned Books Week

By Sophie This week, 20-28 September, is the first ever Week van het verboden boek in The Netherlands, and next week, 5-11 October, is Banned Books Week in the U.S. We're paying attention to it, not just because it is almost an epidemic by now over there, but because it [...]

Sophie2025-09-17T14:04:17+02:00Tags: Banned Books, banned books week, Graphic Novels, LGBTQIA+, Sophie, YA fiction|

Bookbits for 5 September 2025

By Sophie Happy September! The month that everything starts up again: work, school, and the book business, too - Katabasis hit our shelves a week and a bit ago, next week will see Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets, and further on in the month we'll have The Gingerbread Bakery, [...]

Sophie2025-09-16T16:40:27+02:00Tags: Awards, Bookbits, bookstore blitz, Interviews, lists, obama's summer reading, Sophie, substacks, tiny bookshop|

ABC Bestsellers – August 2025

By Sophie It will come as no surprise that the biggest bestseller of August, despite it going on sale only on 26 August, was Katabasis by R. F. Kuang. We have 4 editions in our assortment, but that U.S. deluxe limited edition is going fastest - and no wonder, with [...]

Sophie2025-09-16T16:40:51+02:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers, ABC Bestsellers 2025, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Matty, memoir, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Sywert, YA fiction|

Back to School: Student and Teacher discount

By Sophie The South of the country already has a week of school under their belts, and the Middle and North will follow shortly: it's Back to School season! Now, at ABC we've always had a soft spot for schools, libraries, and learning - not exactly surprising, right? Those [...]

Sophie2025-09-16T16:39:34+02:00Tags: back to school, school fairs, schools, Sophie, student discount, students discounts, teacher discount|

Book Review: The Guncle

Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. So when tragedy strikes and [...]

Damla2025-08-07T12:57:48+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Sophie, Steven Rowley|

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 [...]

Sophie2025-08-11T13:24:57+02:00Tags: Bella, Damla, Else, Iris, Jilles, Jurgen, Klaartje, Lynn, Renata, Sigrid, Sophie, Steven, Tiemen, what we're listening to, what we're reading, what we're watching|

Bookbits for 6 August 2025

by Sophie - Awards! The Eisner Awards for best comics and graphic novels were announced at the San Diego Comic Con last month. There are approximately 12 million categories, but one to highlight is Best Single Issue, won by Joe Sacco for The War on Gaza. Another recently-awarded prize with a [...]

Sophie2025-08-11T13:25:51+02:00Tags: Awards, Bookbits, Booker Prize, brouhaha, clickbait, Comics, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Murderbot, Podcasts, Sophie, substacks, summer reads|

ABC Bestsellers – July 2025

by Sophie Welcome to the middle of the summer, up here in the Northern Hemisphere at least. Like last month, escapism reigns supreme, with lots of Romance, Romantasy, and Fantasy titles making a (re)appearance - local author Rachel Lynn Solomon's What Happens in Amsterdam is just flying off the shelf in [...]

Sophie2025-08-09T17:59:06+02:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers 2025, Autobiography, Bestsellers, Dark Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Manga, Politics, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie|

Booker Prize Longlist 2025

The Booker Prize 2025 longlist © Yuki Sugiura for Booker Prize Foundation by Sophie It's only 29 July, but autumn is surely around the corner because the Booker Prize just announced its longlist! The Booker Prize is one of the most influential prizes in the annual literary calendar, [...]

Sophie2025-08-04T13:48:46+02:00Tags: booker longlist, Booker Prize, Fiction, Sophie|

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