The cult hit of 2024. In short: a semi-famous artist wants to drive from Los Angeles to New York, but decides to take a turn after only 20 minutes in the car and rent a room in a cheap motel. The time in the motel changes her life. This book is incredibly sexy (really. a lot. of. sex.), but also offers a surprising look at menopause.

All Fours

Especially in times when 'tradwives' are on the rise and the world seems to be becoming a bit more conservative, this is a must read. Journalist Doortje Smithuijsen uses her personal experiences and razor-sharp analyses to show that the choices you make as a woman are not as free as you think, but are driven by capitalism. Not only an important read for women by the way: men can also learn a lot from this.

Capitalism is sexism

Ah, Dolly, our all-time favorite. If you haven't read 'Everything I Know About Love' yet, do it very soon, but her new novel 'Good Material' is also a great read. How refreshing to read about a break-ups to be read from a male perspective. Spoiler alert: Andy had it coming. We won't say anything more: just start reading.

Good material

There is a good chance that if you take the test on the back of this book, you will be officially diagnosed as an 'oat milk elite', a term coined by Jonas Kooyman a few years ago and which has since taken on a life of its own. What is this new yuppie actually doing to the city and is that really such an improvement? Jonas does not spare himself or the reader (ouch), but that mirror is sometimes just what you need.

The oat milk elite

What do you do when your best friend cheats on you with your fiancé? The observant reader will have figured out after the first chapter that the best friend in question has been an insufferable bitch her entire life, so good riddance you might think (and also: did she really have to cheat on your husband to make you realize that?), but the revenge that the main character takes is so delicious.

Good friends

Irish author Sally Rooney writes one bestseller after another, and rightly so: few writers know how to portray the complexity that human relationships (in whatever form) entail so well. In 'Intermezzo' she hits the mark again. Two completely different brothers who enter a new phase in life due to the death of their father. Beautiful in its everydayness.

Intermezzo – Sally Rooney

If you are a fan of Where the Crawdads Sing, then Go Like a River should definitely be on your reading list. The book starts in 1948 and takes you through the life of Victoria, who grows up in the mountains of Colorado but leaves her hometown after a forbidden love and a tragic loss. Raw, beautiful, powerful. Not a light book, but one that will stay with you for a long time.

Go like a river

There is no book that we have not read yet by Liane Moriarty, because every book is a new hit. Often they are big tomes, but because they are so exciting, you have them within no time out. Also 'Apples Don't Fall', about the seemingly perfect Delaney family. Until mother Joy disappears without a trace. Nothing is what it seems, that's the only certainty. A real page turner!

Apples don't fall