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Books set in the Netherlands:


Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Coffee Trader by David Liss
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
The Assault by Harry Mulisch
Rituals by Cees Nooteboom
Departure Time by Truus Matti
Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma
The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama
In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin
Brillant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football by David Winner
The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans
The Golden Tulip by Rosalind Laker
The Dinner Club by Saskia Noort
The Storm by Margriet de Moor
Rembrandt's Eyes by Simon Schama
Eline Vere by Louis Couperus
My 'Dam Life: Three Years in Holland by Sean Condon
Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
A Young Wife by Pam Lewis
Joe Speedboat by Tommy Wieringa
Anne Frank : The Biography by Melissa Müller
A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein
Bruises by Anke de Vries
The Happy Housewife by Heleen van Royen
I Am Rembrandt's Daughter by Lynn Cullen
Love Life by Ray Kluun
Back to the Coast by Saskia Noort
Close-Up by Esther Verhoef
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer
Outsider in Amsterdam by Janwillem van de Wetering (1st of series set in Netherlands)
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
Garden Where the Brass Band Played by Simon Vestdijk
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal by Mal Peet
The Book of Everything by Guus Kuijer
The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick
Winter in Wartime by Jan Terlouw
Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
The Journey Back by Johanna Reiss
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
Lust for Life by Irving Stone
God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
Signed, Mata Hari by Yannick Murphy
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
The Fall by Albert Camus
Maigret in Holland by Georges Simenon
Cut And Run by Carla Neggers
Landscape with Rowers: Poetry from the Netherlands by J.M. Coetzee
The Bride of Dreams by Frederik van Eeden
Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn
Tulipomania : The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower by Mike Dash
Shadow Sister by Simone van der Vlugt
The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum
The Winter Queen by Jane Stevenson
The Occupied Garden: A Family Memoir of War-Torn Holland by Kristen Den Hartog
Dekok and the Dead Harlequin by A.C. Baantjer (1st of series set in Netherlands)
Rembrandt's Whore by Sylvie Matton
Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh by Irving Stone
Winter Wedding by Betty Neels (Many of author's books take place in Holland)
By Pike And Dyke by G.A. Henty
The House of Windjammer by V.A. Richardson (1st in series set in Netherlands)
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory by Lisa Jardine
Dutch Painting by R.H. Fuchs
In the Dutch Mountains by Cees Nooteboom
Johanna by Claire Cooperstein
Rupert: A Confession by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez
A Worldly Art: The Dutch Republic, 1585-1718 by Mariet Westermann
The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806 by Jonathan I. Israel
A Hatred for Tulips by Richard Lourie
In a Dark Wood by Marcel Möring
Vermeer: A View of Delft by Anthony Bailey
Crusade in Jeans by Thea Beckman
The evenings by Gerard Reve
Camera Obscura by Hildebrand
Life Itself: Louis Paul Boon As Innovator of the Novel by A. M. A. Van Den Oever
The Quest by Frederik van Eeden
The Art of Disappearing: A Novel by Ivy Pochoda
The Green Face by Gustav Meyrink

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The Cave by Tim Krabbé

The Hidden Life of Otto Frank by Carol Ann Lee

The Twins by Tessa de Loo

The Darkroom Of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans

Mangoes and Quince by Carol Field

Some books I found on my Dutch shelf and which are also available in English:

Old People and the Things That Pass by Louis Couperus
Bitter Herbs: The Vivid Memories of a Fugitive Jewish Girl in Nazi Occupied Holland by Marga Minco
Repatriated by Adriaan van Dis

People might also want to take a look at the group Netherlands & Flanders Group and ask for suggestions there or browse their bookshelf.

Gimmick! by Joost Zwagerman

Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City by Russell Shorto

June by Gerbrand Bakker

Love's Perfumes: A Novel by Rita Rahman

The Dinner by Herman Koch

by Jennifer S. Alderson

Dear Mr M. by Herman Koch

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt

Tench by Inge Schilperoord

The Boat Runner by Devin Murphy

More books set in the Netherlands:


After the Silence by Jake Woodhouse (1st book in Amsterdam Quartet)
All Souls' Day by Cees Nooteboom
Alles over Tristan by Tommy Wieringa
Along Came a Dog by Meindert DeJong
Amsterdam Cops: Collected Stories by Janwillem van de Wetering
Amsterdam Stories by Nescio
Amulet by Simone van der Vlugt
The Anatomy Lesson by Nina Siegal
The Apothecary's House by Adrian Mathews
Appel Is Forever: A Child's Memoir by Suzanne Mehler Whitely
Arabesque of Daisies by Jennifer Hyde
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
The Art of Disappearing by Ivy Pochoda
Au Pair by Willem Frederik Hermans
Bad Boy by Abdelkader Benali
Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
The Blackberry Bush by David Housholder
Blauw water by Simone van der Vlugt
Blue Mondays by Arnon Grunberg
Bonita Avenue by Peter Buwalda
The Book of Doubt by Tessa de Loo
Boy by J. Bernlef
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan

More books set in the Netherlands:


The Corpse on the Dike by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Corpse with the Garnet Face by Cathy Ace (7th book in Cait Morgan series)
Corrie ten Boom's Prison Letters by Corrie ten Boom
Counterpoint by Anna Enquist
A Crime in Holland by Georges Simenon (8th book in Maigret series)
The Curtain: Witness and Memory in Wartime Holland by Henry G. Schogt
Dammed by L. G. Rivera
Death and the Dutch Uncle by Patricia Moyes (8th in Inspector Tibbett series)
Death By Water by Torkil Damhaug
Death of a Hawker by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue
DEF-CON CITY: The Amsterdam Chronicles by Brian Christopher
Delft Blues by Denis Henríquez
Dinky Toys by Willem Frederik Hermans
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity by Terrance Dicks
Double-Barrel by Nicolas Freeling
The Dream Room by Marcel Möring
Dutch Coffee Shop by Jay Scully
Dutch Me Deadly by Maddy Hunter (7th book in Passport to Peril series)

Why the Dutch are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

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