Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove has been voted the No. 1 book club pick for May by 120.000 book club readers and 39.000 book clubs in the US. That places A Man Called Ove firmly at No. 1 on Shelf Awareness’ Top Book Club Picks in May. Fredrik Backman’s second novel, My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, is also listed as a Rising Star.

A Man Called Ove continues to place in the top also on The New York Times Best Seller List, coming in at No. 3 in its 23rd consecutive week on the list. My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She’s Sorry follows closely behind at No. 6, having featured on the list for 7 consecutive weeks. On the combined print and eBook list, A Man Called Ove is No. 13.

Roslund & Hellström’s seventh novel about Ewert Grens, Three Minutes, was published yesterday on June 1st in Sweden. Here is the thrilling book trailer made for the novel by Roslund & Hellström’s Swedish publisher Piratförlaget.

Translation of the text in the trailer:

Both sides demand his loyalty
Both sides sentence him to death
The difference between life and death is three minutes
A stand-alone continuation of the worldwide success that was THREE SECONDS
Roslund & Hellström are back

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry rises to No. 4 in its sixth week on The New York Times Best Seller List. A Man Called Ove remains a steady No. 2 in its 22nd consecutive week on the list, and No. 10 on the combined print and ebook list.

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s children’s book turned international phenomenon continues to wow parents and guardians across the globe. Today on June 1st, Amazon Japan and Oricon, the largest sales ranking company in Japan, announced that The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep became the No. 1 most sold book in Japan during the first half of 2016, across all categories. This is the first time ever that a non-Japanese author has claimed the No. 1 position, as is it the first time ever that a children’s book has done so.

Bobbie Peers’ William Wenton and the Luridium Thief has been crowned the winner of 2016’s Book of the Year award in Norway. All together 7000 children from 69 school classes around Stavanger have participated in the vote for their favorite novels and authors. Bobbie Peers and William Wenton won in the category Grade 5-7, and will meet one of the participating school classes at an event in September, during Stavanger's international literary festival, Kapittel.

Kristina Ohlsson and her Glass Children Trilogy and Zombie Fever have been shortlisted for the first ever Crimetime Specsavers Award in the category ‘Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year’. The award will be handed out in connection with the Crimetime festival in Gotland, Sweden, on August 20th. The authors shortlisted have all contributed to increasing children’s interest in reading by writing suspense or crime fiction for ages 6-12.

Jake Gyllenhaal is reteaming with Sicario director Denis Villeneuve to bring Jo Nesbø’s crime novel The Son to the big screen. This will mark the third collaboration for Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve, following Prisoners and Enemy. Nine Stories’ producers Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker and Bold Film’s Michel Litvak are behind this project; Bold’s Gary Michael Walters is executive producing with Jo Nesbo and Niclas Salomonsson.

“Denis is one of the most inspiring filmmakers working today, and partnering with him on The Son represents everything that Jake and I strived for when we launched the company. Provocative and edgy material in collaboration with a visionary storyteller,” Marker said Thursday in announcing the project.

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry comes in at No. 6 in its fifth week on The New York Times Best Seller List. Backman’s debut novel A Man Called Ove rises to No. 2 once more in its 21st consecutive week on the list.