Recs if you like The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old...

I think more books should be about old people getting into shenanigans. There is this small part of the book space with the stories of people who find the meaning of their life or mess others up because they don't care anymore. These are their stories , hilarious, emotional, heartwarming and heartbreaking, each unique...

Hope they make you feel alive!

the best of the low lands. learn about life in slavery under dutch colony rule or the big flood in 1953, when the water bursts through the dikes, or get entangled in the eccentricities of connie palmens seven men. personal recommendation is the song of stork and dromedary by anjet daanje, a gothic and philosophical novel about a character based on daanjes favorite writer: emily brönte.

all translated from dutch, except for ‘the safekeep’ (original written in english by yael van der wouden)

Any book that made me laugh out loud, giggle or just entertain me