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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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

By Olga Tokarczuk

An eerie murder mystery, dark feminist comedy, and a refreshing take on vegetarianism, all packed into one.

By John Hersey

An incredibly raw retelling of the destruction and death visited upon a population almost eighty years ago.

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.