Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. The name Holland is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands.

Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
The Dinner
The Safekeep
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
Infidel
The Fault in Our Stars
The Golden Tulip
The Coffee Trader
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
Midnight Blue
Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

Most Read This Week

Our Narrow Hiding Places
Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1)
Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel
Untrue till Death (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #2)
The Boy in the Attic (Wartime Holland, #3)
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Com... by MultatuliDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Discovery of Heaven by Harry MulischNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik Hermans
Dutch Literary Canon
126 books — 93 voters
Fanny Hill by John ClelandHet geluk  by Ivar Lo-JohanssonArlene  by Doug du PerraultEen man en een maagd  by AnonymousHarriet Marwood, gouvernante  by John Glassco
Rode boekjes reeks
15 books — 1 voter

Nooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansHersenschimmen by J. BernlefThe Discovery of Heaven by Harry MulischEline Vere by Louis Couperus
Great Dutch Books
348 books — 131 voters
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry MulischDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansHersenschimmen by J. BernlefThe Assault by Harry Mulisch
The best Dutch literature
415 books — 386 voters

Slaap! by Annelies VerbekeMarcel by Erwin MortierNachtboek van een slapeloze by Patricia De MartelaereWoesten by Kris Van SteenbergeHoe heette de hoedenmaker? by Loekie Zvonik
Vlaamse Debuutprijs nominaties
12 books — 3 voters
Being “Dutch” in the Indies by Ulbe BosmaThe Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949 by Jan A. KrancherAmerican Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia by Frances GoudaThe Jakarta Method by Vincent BevinsThe British Occupation of Indonesia, 1945-1946 by Richard D. McMillan
Indo, Indische, Dutch East Indies
103 books — 5 voters


Hank Bracker
We both enjoyed dinner at a local restaurant and talked until after midnight, leaving only when the staff made it clear that they wanted to close.The next day after breakfast and a reluctant goodbye, I caught the morning train to Hamburg, Germany. Amsterdam had been bombed by the Nazis at the very beginning of the war, destroying about a square kilometer in the central section of the city. The surrounding infrastructure had also been bombed and getting from place to place was not easy. Many brid ...more
Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One"

Sneha Subramanian Kanta
and pause to record the width of sullen in this empty night how autumn needs dark to layer thick blankets of foliage
Sneha Subramanian Kanta

More quotes...
Testgroep Een groep om uit te proberen hoe het beheren van een groep werkt.
5 members, last active 2 years ago
Q&A with Rhiannon van der Munnik In celebration of the release of her debut novel, Tulip Days, Rhiannon van der Munnik will be av…more
1 member, last active 16 years ago
De Boekendoos Voor alle mensen die in Nederland of België wonen of de taal spreken en hun lees-ervaringen will…more
544 members, last active 3 years ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
25,624 members, last active an hour ago