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Netherlands
2 authors in the ranking·3 rated books·4 books set here
The reader ranking includes the Dutch-American primatologist Frans de Waal, and this page also lists the books set in the Netherlands. The “Diary of Anne Frank”, written in hiding in Amsterdam between 1942 and 1944, was first published in Dutch in 1947 as “Het Achterhuis”. Tracy Chevalier’s novel “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1999) is set in 17th-century Delft.
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- Anne Frank2 ranked booksDiary of Anne Frank8.3
- Frans de Waal1 ranked bookAre We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?8.1
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