Daniël van der Winden

A voracious reader myself, I started this website and newsletter late 2022, as an exercise to write briefly about the books I love reading.

Amsterdam, NL

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Faith, Hope and Carnage

By Nick Cave and Sean O'Hagan

A generous and incredibly articulate conversation.

By Natalia Ginzburg

A compact book, brilliantly subdued in its anger.

By Mieko Kawakami

A calm and gentle treasure.

By Ed Yong

A monumental book, bound to leave its readers flabbergasted by nature.

By Claire Wilcox

An endearing collection of brief essays on the objects that made her who she is.

By Andrey Kurkov

An account of war that is at once chilling and warm-hearted.

By Benjamin Moser

A landmark biography.