The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut novel, nabs the No. 9 spot on the Spanish bestseller list this week. This means the novel has now accomplished the feat of appearing in the country’s top ten for fifteen consecutive weeks.
Stina Jackson’s The Last Snow features at the top of the monthly bestseller lists for April, coming in at No. 1 in audio and e-book, and No. 2 in hardcover. Anders de la Motte appears right beside her, his Rites of Spring appearing at No. 2 in audio and e-book and at No. 3 in hardcover.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 meanwhile claims the No. 5 spot in hardcover, and Arne Dahl’s Freedom is No. 3 in audio and No. 4 in e-book. Katrine Engberg’s long-running bestseller The Tenant is No. 8 in paperback.
Jens Lapidus makes his debut on the monthly bestseller list for children’s books, coming in at No. 5 with The Dillsta Gang and the Art Heist.
The lists of week 18 see Stina Jackson claim multiple bestseller placements with her latest novel The Last Snow, coming in at No. 1 in e-book and No. 2 in hardback and audio respectively. Arne Dahl also makes several appearances, nabbing the No. 4 spot in e-book and No. 5 in audio with his recently published Freedom – the fourth installment in the Berger & Blom series.
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Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 claims the No. 10 spot on the official bestseller list for fiction in Finland for the month of April.
This week’s official lists from Norway see Jørn Lier Horst’s The Inner Darkness come in at No. 3 in hardcover and No. 2 in e-book. Sharing the No. 2 spot on the e-book list is Smoke Screen, the second collaborative novel from Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger. Smoke Screen is also No. 5 in paperback. Returning to the hardcover list, Jørn Lier Horst makes a second appearance at No. 6 with his and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ children’s book, Operation Sable Forest. Hedvig Montgomery meanwhile features at No. 6 on the nonfiction list with The Adolescent Years.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series continued to charm young readers during the month of April, claiming three spots in the top five of the children’s books bestseller list. First up is Operation Trickster at No. 3, followed by Operation Radius at No. 4, and Operation Sable Forest at No. 5.
Porcelain Dolls, the second installment in Erik Axl Sund’s Melancholia series, comes in at No. 8 on this week’s Der Spiegel bestseller list for trade paperbacks in Germany.
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On this week’s official Spanish bestseller list, Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut novel The Wolf and the Watchman nabs the No. 10 spot. The novel has now featured in the country’s top 10 for fourteen weeks in succession.
Jo Nesbø has been awarded the 2019 Riverton Prize for his twelfth installment in the Harry Hole series, Knife. The very prestigious crime writing award is annually given to the best Norwegian crime story. Nesbø has been the recipient of this award previously, in 1997, for the first novel in the Harry Hole series, The Bat.
“Knife is a dark, compelling and sorrowful novel with great solemnity and with a superb conduction of a complicated investigation. It is elegantly crafted with constant surprises and several twists and turns, and with many brilliant individual stories about past events.” said jury member Hans H. Skei during the award ceremony that took place outside the House of Literature in Oslo earlier today.
The television series and the feature film about the characters Eva and Adam became iconic works of popular culture in late 90s’ and early 2000s’ Sweden. Now, a new film about the young couple is in the making.
Adam is new to the class and Eva has made a no-boys pact with her best friend – boys are just too childish. But when a kissing party game brings Eva and Adam together, it’s simply too difficult to put a brake on their feelings. Perhaps even impossible.
Eva och Adam marks Caroline Cowan’s debut as a feature film director. Johan Unenge and Måns Gahrton are the writers, and Francy Suntinger will produce for Filmlance.
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Two-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Slovenia, HKZ
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, HarperCollins
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Italy, Mauri Spagnol / Tre60
Closed by Julia Angelin
Taiwan, Athena Press
Closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Emma Granberg
Romania, Publica
Closed by Emma Granberg
If part one (The Clan) in the trilogy is good, part 2 is even better. It’s a thrilling and unnerving read.
– Mariestads-Tidningen
[The Man Who Quit Dying] is a brutal, unpredictable, and very thrilling novel about a heist that could take any turn. Roslund’s prose is lively and effective.
– Expressen
Elizabeth the Third offers a powerful and nuanced portrayal of in-betweenness, as well as both overt and subtle forms of racism. /…/ The story carries both depth and a fresh perspective, while remaining engaging and entertaining.
– Västra Götalands bibliotek
When the Cranes Fly South is a global success and it’s well-deserved! (…) It’s [Ridzén’s] debut and I’m awestruck with admiration. /…/ It’s a truly heartrending, moving, intelligent novel. /…/ It’s very insightful. It genuinely is fantastic!
– Salut Bonjour TV
[The] book that’s making the whole planet cry right now.
– Radio-Canada
‘The Man Who Quit Dying’ is Anders Roslund’s first standalone novel. It is a breathless story of revenge and love; of putting it all on the line to protect what’s precious to you, and of choosing your own ending.
