The nominees for the Swedish 2026 Adlibris Awards have just been unveiled. Adlibris, the leading book retailer in the Nordic region, established the award in 2019. While a jury of Adlibris employees selects the nominees, the winners are chosen through a public vote.

Beginning with the category “Best Crime Novel,” Lars Kepler, Anders & Anette de la Motte, and Pascal Engman have all been nominated. Lars Kepler vies for the title with Medusa, the de la Mottes with Rivals in Rome, and Engman with The Love.

In the running for “Best Fiction” are Kristina Ohlsson with Beyond the Bridges, Katarina & Niklas Ekstedt with Salted Pearls, and Moa Herngren with The Fallout.

Johanna Swanberg’s All is Well, Always competes in the “Best Feelgood & Romance” category.

Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain is a nominee for the “Best Nonfiction” award.

The “Best YA” category sees the August Prize-nominated Moa Backe Åstot receive yet another shortlisting for You’re the One I Write About.

And finally, the “Best Children’s Book, ages 6-12” category features Tina Mackic and Martin Widmark amongst its nominees. Mackic for her Watch Out for Gorm in the Playground, and Widmark for his The Kidnapping Mystery.

The winning titles will be announced on January 28, 2027.

To vote, click the “Read more” button below, and follow the link on Adlibris’ website.

The Love, the third installment in Pascal Engman’s the Clan trilogy, rockets to No. 1 on the official hardcover fiction bestseller list in Sweden. Kristina Ohlsson’s latest title debuts on the same list, placing at No. 5 with Midwinter Deeds, a Christmas novella in the August Strindberg series.

Kristina Ohlsson is back with Midwinter Deeds, a Christmas novella about August Strindberg’s first ever Christmas holiday as a new resident of Hovenäset.

Winter has the small community of Hovenäset in its icy grip and snow covers the rugged coastal landscape. August’s second-hand store has had a nice start and he himself is head-over-heels for police officer Maria Martinsson.

But then strange things start to happen. August discovers signs of a nighttime visitor who appears to have made their way into his store to flee the cold. Maria meanwhile is pulled into the investigation of the theft of a painting and a kidnapped son. Both she and her colleague Ray-Ray soon suspect that there’s something strange afoot. What actually happened to the missing son? The case transforms into a fight against the clock. And with each night that passes, the temperatures drop…

The Swedish bestseller lists for the second quarter of 2026 are out, and Kristina Ohlsson’s debut in literary fiction, Beyond the Bridges, is the No. 1 highest grossing book across all genres. Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain comes in at No. 1 in the nonfiction category, and is No. 7 across all genres.

Pascal Engman’s The War rockets to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction. The War is the second installment in the Clan Trilogy. Engman also features on the paperback list, where he comes in at No. 3 for the second week in a row with The Clan, the series’ first installment.

Also on the hardcover list is Anders & Anette de la Motte’s just published Rivals in Rome, which secures the No. 2 spot. Rivals in Rome is the third book in the Murders Under the Sun series.

Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter is No. 2 in paperback. Nightshifter is the fifth installment in the August Strindberg series.

Kristina Ohlsson’s debut in literary fiction, Beyond the Bridges, keeps its No. 1 spot on the official hardcover bestseller list also this week.

Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain jumps a placement, landing the No. 1 spot on the nonfiction list.

Kristina Ohlsson’s debut in literary fiction, Beyond the Bridges, rockets to No. 1 on the official bestseller list this week. Anne Holt’s Diamonds and Rust, the thirteenth Hanne Wilhelmsen novel, also jumps the list, to No. 5.

In non-fiction, Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain reprises last week’s feat and stays put at No. 2.

The just published latest titles from Anders Hansen and Kristina Ohlsson make an impact on the monthly bestseller list for April in Sweden. Hansen is No. 2 in non-fiction with The Achilles Heels of Your Brain, while Ohlsson claims the No. 5 spot on the fiction list with Beyond the Bridges.

Anders Hansen and Kristina Ohlsson both debut on the official Swedish bestseller lists this week. Hansen is No. 2 in non-fiction with The Achilles Heels of Your Brain, while Ohlsson claims the No. 5 spot on the fiction list with Beyond the Bridges, her debut in literary fiction.

Henrik Ekblom is one of the biggest names in Stockholm’s financial scene and is living the life of his dreams in the city’s picturesque Old Town. But in a matter of days, his entire world is turned on its head. A life-threatening disease and a wild infatuation make him question his life choices. Has he spent his time on the right things, the right people?

Henrik receives a strange message from an H.C. Andersen, asking questions about a dilapidated old property called “Paradise” outside of Helsingborg. The plot thickens as it becomes clear that its owner is Henrik’s elderly mother, who appears to nurse a great anxiety when it comes to the house. Something must have happened there, but she refuses to tell him what.

Henrik decides to help his mother find closure. How did Paradise become such a source of unease for her? And could there be more people like her, haunted by its existence?

With Beyond the Bridges, beloved crime fiction and children’s writer Kristina Ohlsson serves up a story of literary fiction for the very first time, and it’s all about change in the face of death.

The official Icelandic bestseller lists of 2026’s first quarter have been published, and Kristina Ohlsson and Jo Nesbø grab the two top spots on the crime fiction list. Kristina Ohlsson is No. 1 with Storm Watch, the first installment in the August Strindberg series. Jo Nesbø is No. 2 with the standalone Wolf Hour.