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14 Dutch Books You Need To Read This Spring (2019)
Fancy a book by a Dutch or Flemish author? Here you'll find a selection of books that have recently been translated into English, with the support of the Dutch Foundation for Literature or Flanders Literature. Discover more translated books in this database.
FICTION
![Joost Joost](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/joost.jpeg)
![Wieringa Wieringa](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/wieringa.jpg)
![Onthebrightside Onthebrightside](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/onthebrightside.jpg)
The republic
Author: Joost de Vries
Translator: Jane Hedley-Prole
Publisher: Other Press
Original title: De republiek (Prometheus, 2013)
The death of Murat Idrissi
Author: Tommy Wieringa
Translator: Sam Garrett
Publisher: Scribe
Original title: De dood van Murat Idrissi (De Bezige Bij, 2017)
On the bright side, The new secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 years old
Author: Hendrik Groen
Translator: Michael Joseph
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Original title: Zolang er leven is (J.M. Meulenhoff, 2016)
![HEMMERECHTS_The Woman Who Fed The Dogs HEMMERECHTS_The Woman Who Fed The Dogs](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/HEMMERECHTS_TheWomanWhoFedTheDogs.jpg)
![Max_Havelaar_2048x2048 Max_Havelaar_2048x2048](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/Max_Havelaar_2048x2048.jpg)
![Thecomingofjoachim_orig Thecomingofjoachim_orig](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/thecomingofjoachim_orig.jpg)
The woman who fed the dogs
Author: Kristien Hemmerechts
Translator: Paul Vincent
Publisher: WorldEditions LLC
Original title: De vrouw die de honden eten gaf (De Geus, 2014)
Max Havelaar, Or, the coffee auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Author: Multatuli
Translator: David McKay, Ina Rilke
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Original title: Max Havelaar of De koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (De Ruyter, 1860)
The coming of Joachim Stiller
Author: Hubert Lampo
Translator: Paul Vincent
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Original title: De komst van Joachim Stiller (J.M. Meulenhoff, 1960)
POETRY
![Scan Scan](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/scan.png)
![Nothing Nothing](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/nothing.jpg)
The following scan will last five minutes
Author: Lieke Marsman
Translator: Sophie Collins
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Original title: De volgende scan duurt vijf minute (Pluim, 2018)
Nothing chronic (except love)
Author: Maya Wuytack
Translator: Judith Wilkinson
Publisher: WA Poets Inc – Poetry d’Amour
Original title: Ontbreekbaarheid (Berghmans, 2016)
CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH LITERATURE
![Miffy Miffy](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/miffy.jpg)
![Hey-there-earth-dweller-9781582706566_lg Hey-there-earth-dweller-9781582706566_lg](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/hey-there-earth-dweller-9781582706566_lg.jpg)
Miffy x Rembrandt
Author: Dick Bruna
Illustrator: Dick Bruna
Translator: Richard de Nooy
Publisher: Mercis
Original title: Nijntje x Rembrandt (Mercis/Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2019)
Hey there, earth dweller! Dive into this world we call earth
Author: Marc ter Horst
Illustrator: Wendy Panders
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
Original title: Hé aardbewoner! (Gottmer, 2014)
NONFICTION
![Attention Front Attention Front](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/AttentionFront.jpg)
![Heineken-in-Africa-Hurst-RBG Heineken-in-Africa-Hurst-RBG](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/Heineken-in-Africa-Hurst-RBG.jpeg)
![Animal Animal](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/animal.jpg)
![Luuk Luuk](https://the-low-countries.com/uploads/_detail900/luuk.jpg)
How attention works
Author: Stefan van der Stigchel
Translator: Danny Guinan
Publisher: The MIT Press
Original title: Zo werkt aandacht (Maven Publishing, 2016)
Heineken in Africa
Author: Olivier van Beemen
Translator: Bram Posthumus
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Original title: Bier voor Afrika (Prometheus, 2018)
The evolving animal orchestra, In search of what makes us musical
Author: Henkjan Honing
Translator: Sherry Macdonald
Publisher: The MIT Press
Original title: Aap slaat maat (Nieuw Amsterdam, 2018)
Alarums and excursions, Improvising politics on the European stage
Author: Luuk van Middelaar
Translator: Liz Waters
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Original title: De nieuwe politiek van Europa (Historische Uitgeverij, 2017)
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