The bestseller lists for week 2 see Kristina Ohlsson keep a steady hold of the No. 1 spot on the children's book list. Her recently published standalone children's novel The Mystery of the Haunted Fortress shot to the top of the list last week.

The official Norwegian bestseller lists for the second week of 2020 see Hjorth & Rosenfeldt appear at No. 5 on the e-book list. The title is A Higher Justice, the sixth Sebastian Bergman novel.

Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Morbius, starring Jared Leto and directed by Daniel Espinosa.

This origin story follows the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius, a biochemist suffering from a rare blood disorder. In search of a cure, Morbius injects himself with an experimental serum. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease itself.

Morbius is set to premiere in theatres on July 31, 2020.

Niklas Natt och Dag and the second installment in his Cardell & Winge series, 1794, claim the No. 2 spot on the official monthly list for most sold hardcovers in Sweden. The novel is also No. 5 on the monthly e-book list.

The last and first bestseller lists of 2019 vs 2020 have been published in Norway, and on week 52’s hardcover lists we find Jørn Lier Horst’s Ill Will coming in at No. 4. The novel also features at No. 4 on the e-book list. Death Deserved, the first book in Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Blix & Ramm series, comes in at No. 4 in paperback.

Week 1 meanwhile sees Stefan Ahnhem claim the No. 4 spot on the hardcover list, appearing with his X Ways to Die.

The official Icelandic bestseller lists for 2019 have just been published, and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is one of the names among the top spots. Sigurðardóttir’s latest installment in the Freyja and Huldar series, The Fallout, was published just last month in December, yet managed to find its way to the No. 3 position on the bestseller list for all categories, and the No. 2 spot in the fiction category.

Jo Nesbø meanwhile comes in at No. 2 on the translated fiction list, appearing with the latest Harry Hole novel, Knife. At No. 3 on the same list is Liza Marklund’s Black Pearl Farm. The YA list sees Bobbie Peers grab the No. 7 spot with William Wenton and the Luridium Thief.

Witch Hunt, the latest TV-series creation from the renowned screenwriter duo Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anna Bache-Wiig, premiered January 9 on TV 2 Norway and has received outstanding reviews in the Norwegian press.

“Witch Hunt must be the most important Norwegian drama series of the year. /…/ The escalating conflict is topical, striking and has a pronounced nerve.”
–Dagbladet

“I would like to commend Bache-Wiig and Rajendram for creating the solid concept and form of this series. /…/ High quality through and through.”
–Filmfront

“Exciting and shocking. /…/ The creators Rajendram and Bache-Wiig have constructed a complex and believable story.”
–Stavanger Aftenblad

“A well-written and clever script. /…/ High quality craftsmanship.”
–NRK P3

“This is deliciously entertaining.”
–Verdens Gang

“Rarely has a Norwegian TV series introduced its themes and aesthetics in a more concise or elegant way. /…/ A clever drama thriller filled with connotations.”
–Morgenbladet

“Top quality.”
–730

“Meticulously and realistically portrayed.”
–Dagsavisen

“Siv Rajendram and Anna Bache-Wiig knows how to deliver quick twist and turns and blindside their heroes and villains.”
–Aftenposten