books

I hope to read all books from this list: https://gutenberg.edu/academics/reading-list/

Books that help understand Trump's surprising win.

• Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
• Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank
• White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
• Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Sources:

We zijn begonnen na de Kerstvakantie, rond 1 januari 2016.

- Een trui voor de giraffe -- verhalen van Burny Bos etc. Favorieten van Nora: heksje Foeksia, Opa & Oma van marianne busser en ron schroder, Familie Gisteren
- Pim & Mien, derde deel. Nora vond het leuk. Aardige, huiselijke verhaaltjes.

For our Bulgarian-Dutch-American family, hunting for translated books is a fun past-time. I've been trying to find Dutch literature and children's books in Bulgarian.

Literature

• Simon Vestdijk's De Koperen Tuin is available for sale as Медната Градина.
• Славата на Холандия - Ян Де Харток, Holland's Glorie by Jan de Hartog
• Нещо Сладко - Ян Волкерс Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers
• Задната Къщата - Ане Франк Het achterhuis by Anne Frank
• Скитникът - Adriaan van Dis De Wandelaar

Райна Стефанова has translated several books into Bulgarian.

Children's books

• The Kikker books by Max Velthuis (Макс Велтхаюс). I ordered several of them through http://www.helikon.bg/
• In 2012 three Dick Bruna books were translated in Bulgarian. I was able to order them from the Utrechtse Kinderboek winkel, who have a dedicated page to translated Dutch children's books.
• In 1997 Annie MG Schmidt's Minoes was translated and published in Sofia as Минуш - момичето-котка. It is no longer available.
• In 2004 Annie MG Schimdt's Pluk van de petteflet was translated as Малкият Плюк от голямата къща. It is no longer available.

Books I'd like to read, from various lists:

• Gutenberg's Great Book list (started January 2020)
• Nederland Leest books (List updates every year. Read 6 out of 20)
• The NRC top 10 of Dutch books (completed in 2023)
• Understanding Trumpism (February 2017) (completed in 2017)
• Books by candidates for the 2016 Presidential Elections (completed in 2015)

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Individual books:

• Silk Road by Frankopan
• Bono Memoirs -- Surrender
• The Screwtape Letters
• Embarrassement of Riches, Schama
• The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
• A book by Neil deGrasse Tyson, not sure yet which one
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain
• History-Western-Philosophy-Bertrand-Russell

Books I've read to the kids: voorlezen.

Here's another list of Dutch books that I'd like to read:

• 2022: Yvonne Keuls, Mevrouw mijn moeder
• 2021: Adriaan van Dis, De wandelaar (January 2023)
• 2020: Judith Koelemeijer, Het zwijgen van Maria Zachea (January 2023)
• 2019: Jan Wolkers, Winterbloei
• 2018: Je bent wat je leest, verschillende schrijvers
• 2017: Isaac Asimov, I, Robot and De robot van de Machine is de mens - Ronald Giphart
• 2016: Morten - Anna Levander, Heer van de vliegen - William Golding, Liefde en schaduw - Isabel Allende

(February 2023)

• 2015: A.L. Snijders, Nederland leest de mooiste korte verhalen (February 2023)
• 2014: Maarten 't Hart, Een vlucht regenwulpen (in progress)
• 2013: Godfried Bomans, Erik of het klein insectenboek (September 2022)
• 2012: W.F. Hermans, De donkere kamer van Damokles (November 2012)
• 2011: Remco Campert, Het leven is vurrukkulluk (January 2023)
• 2010: Jacoba van Velde, De grote zaal (December 2012)
• 2009: Hella S. Haasse, Oeroeg (January 2023)
• 2008: Harry Mulisch, Twee vrouwen (December 2010)
• 2007: Theo Thijssen, De gelukkige klas (read in 2012, loved the book. Didn't write a book review)
• 2006: Frank Martinus Arion, Dubbelspel (January 2023)

In 2007 an internet-based poll resulted in a top 10 of most popular Dutch books "of all times". It gives a good snapshot of popular books and I decided to read all the books on the list.

On this page I maintain an overview of them, with a link to a short review for the ones that I've read.

1. Harry Mulisch, De ontdekking van de hemel (1992)
2. Kader Abdolah, Het huis van de moskee (2019)
3. Multatuli, Max Havelaar (didn't finish it)
4. J. Bernlef, Hersenschimmen (November 2012)
5. W.F. Hermans, De donkere kamer van Damokles (November 2012)
6. W.F. Hermans, Nooit meer slapen (December 2012)
7. J.J. Voskuil, Het bureau (November 2012)
8. Nescio, De uitvreter, Titaantjes, Dichtertje (July 2012)
9. Gerard Reve, De avonden (December 2012)
10. Thomas Rosenboom, Publieke werken (January 2023)