Jo Nesbø and Jørn Lier Horst are the two most sold Norwegian authorships during 2022. Jo Nesbø is the No. 1 best selling author with his Killing Moon, the thirteenth Harry Hole novel. Jørn Lier Horst is No. 2 with The Traitor, the sixteenth novel about William Wisting.

Jørn Lier Horst’s The Traitor bounces back up to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for ebooks in Norway this week. The Traitor is the sixteenth volume in the series about William Wisting.

The Search for the Magical Christmas Village, the latest activity book in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’s Detective Agency No. 2 series, is No. 2 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s books.

Detective Agency No. 2 are tasked with finding a very unique snow globe and bringing it home before Christmas. Alongside Grandpa Franz they set course northwards. They ready the sleigh and head out on a thrilling journey – that you as the reader get to come along for. On every page there’s a challenge that needs to be solved in order for the search to continue. The reader get to help out in finding tracks, crack codes and solve tasks along the way. Keep your eyes peeled. The solutions are hidden in the text and images – and on the next page.

The Search for the Magical Christmas Village is the tenth activity book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.

Jørn Lier Horst’s The Traitor comes in at No. 1 on the fiction and e-books bestseller lists for the third week in a row, while Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle makes another appearance at No. 2 in paperback.

Jørn Lier Horst’s The Traitor, the sixteenth novel about detective William Wisting, stays put at No. 1 also this week on the official Norwegian bestseller lists for fiction and e-books.

The bestseller lists for week 39 in Norway are in, and Jørn Lier Horst’s just published The Traitor goes straight to the top, claiming the No. 1 spot in the fiction category. Jo Nesbø comes in at No. 2 on the same list with Killing Moon, and Matias Faldbakken climbs to No. 3 with Poor Thing. On the paperback list, Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle jumps to No. 2.

Following weeks of heavy rain, the earth comes crumbling down on one of Larvik’s residential areas, burying tens of houses. Wisting joins the rescue operation. By sunrise the next day, all residents have been accounted for and it stands clear that the landslide has claimed no victims. And yet, twenty-four hours later a dead body is found in the masses. The coroner sets the time of death to forty-eight hours prior to the landslide. The investigation into the man’s death turns out to have ties to several other ongoing cases and Wisting is recruited to head a separate investigation team. Soon, however, signs begin to point to there being a traitor in the group…

The Traitor is the sixteenth installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s William Wisting series.

Operation Gold Tooth, the twenty-third installment in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, goes straight to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway.

In the twenty-third Detective Agency No. 2 title, Operation Gold Tooth, Oliver goes to see Tiril at their detective office, having discovered something suspicious. The padlock on the boom in front of the old mill is a fake! It doesn’t get any less mysterious when they find a gold tooth in the gravel. Who could the tooth have belonged to? And how did it end up here? The old sailor Captain Krogh is the only one Tiril and Oliver remember who had a gold tooth, but he died many, many years ago. There is no doubt that Detective Agency No. 2 must investigate this case further!

Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series is crime fiction for the youngest – clever, engaging, and full of thrills! Join our heroes Tiril, Oliver and their dog Ocho as they solve mysteries that have even the adults of Riverton scratching their heads.

Stefan Ahnhem’s The Final Nail is the No. 1 most sold paperback novel of summer 2022 in Norway, closely followed by Jo Nesbø’s The Jealousy Man and Other Stories at No. 2.

The children’s books bestseller list is topped by Jørn Lier horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ The Search for the Camping King, the ninth activity book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.

The lead trio of Jørn Lier Horst and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ immensely popular Detective Agency No. 2-series – Tiril, Oliver and Ocho – have now been crowned the best Norwegian children’s book characters of all time. Throughout the summer, readers have been able to cast their votes for their favourites from a longlist comprised of the 50 most beloved and iconic characters throughout the ages, via book platform Bok365.