Britta Böhler | Yes! Another BookHaul! @brittabohlerthesecondshelf | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Let's chat about the books I bought in September!

I had a bit of a rough week with first my computer breaking down then the dishwasher dying on me plus my back giving me grief, so I needed new books...

1 Iris Murdoch, The Good Apprentice (1985): goodreads.com/book/show/52202469-the-good-apprentice
#Buddyread

2 Joy Sorman, Life Sciences, translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud (2021 / 2017): goodreads.com/book/show/58674315-life-sciences
#Buddyread #SmallPresses

3 Mary Ann Sieghart, The Authority Gap (2021): goodreads.com/book/show/55367515-the-authority-gap
#Buddyread

4 Gail Crowther, Three Martinis in the Afternoon (2021): goodreads.com/book/show/58438517-three-martini-afternoons-at-the-ritz

5 Anne Sexton, Mercies / Selected Poems (1988): goodreads.com/book/show/50353992-mercies
#1001Women

6 Noor Naga, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English (2022): goodreads.com/book/show/57693584-if-an-egyptian-cannot-speak-english
#SmallPresses #GlobalSouth

7 Vahni Capildeao, Measures of Expatriation (2016): goodreads.com/book/show/27248135-measures-of-expatriation
#SmallPresses #GlobalSouth

Channels and people mentioned:
Kathleen @KathleenAnnBooks
Adam on IG: instagram.com/mementomoriadam/?hl=en

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/