Britta Böhler | November BookHaul @brittabohlerthesecondshelf | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Let’s chat about the books I bought this month.

1 Olga Ravn, The Employees, transl. from the Danish by Martin Aitken (2022 / 2018): goodreads.com/book/show/58470819-the-employees
#Buddyread #scifi #translatedfiction

2 Angela Carter, The Passion of Eve (1977): goodreads.com/book/show/581720.The_Passion_of_New_Eve
#1001 Women

3 Morowa Yejidé, Creatures of Passage (2021): goodreads.com/book/show/39314725-creatures-of-passage
#1001Women #WomensPrize2022

4 Peng Sheperd, The Cartographers (2022): goodreads.com/book/show/55004093-the-cartographers
#CloakAndDaggerChristmas2022 #CrimeFiction

5 Elizabeth George, For the Sake of Elena / Inspector Lynley #5 (1992): goodreads.com/book/show/772711.For_the_Sake_of_Elena
#CloakAndDaggerChristmas2022 #CrimeFiction

6 Riku Onda, The Aosawa Murders, transl. from the Japanese by Alison Watts (2020 / 2005): goodreads.com/book/show/51054767-the-aosawa-murders
#CloakAndDaggerChristmas2022 #CrimeFiction #TranslatedFiction

7 Sarah Schmidt, See What I Have Done (2017): goodreads.com/book/show/34209826-see-what-i-have-done
#CloakAndDaggerChristmas2022 #CrimeFiction #Debut

Ursula le Guin Prize for Fiction: ursulakleguin.com/prize

#CloakAndDaggerChristmas2022 Readathon:
Mel’s announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=LWUQhiNidTI&t=168s

Hosts:
Mel @Melanie Martin
Kate @katehowereads
Janelle@TooFondofBooksJH
Kate @TheNovelNomad
Carolyn @CarolynsReadingRamblings

Other channels and people mentioned:
Adam on IG: instagram.com/mementomoriadam/?hl=en
Heidi @myreadinglife8816

Connect with me:
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler

The name of the channel (‘The Second Shelf’) was inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's book, 'The Second Sex'. And it was the title of an article by Meg Wolitzer in the New York Times: nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1

I also wrote some books:
Fiction: De juiste houding (2021) / only available in Dutch: https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php

Nonfiction: De goede advocaat (2017) / nonfiction / only available in Dutch: http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php

Fiction: The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
In the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01
also available in Dutch, French, Italian, Danish, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish

Nonfiction: Crisis in de rechtstaat (2004) / only available in Dutch: https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/crisis-in-de-rechtstaat/

Nonfiction: De zwerftocht van een leider (2000) / only available in Dutch: https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/de-zwerftocht-van-een-leider/

Crime fiction, as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt)
The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW

also available in German:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt

and in Dutch:
- Heldhaftig (2012)
- Vastberaden (2014)
- Barmhartig (2016)
https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/auteur/britta-bolt/