Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s A Higher Justice is No. 5 on the Dutch hardcover bestseller list for crime fiction this week.
A whimsically illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about baby animals and their parents, from the author of The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts.
Who doesn’t love baby animals? Amazing Facts About Baby Animals is an adorable celebration of all kinds of fuzzy, fluffy, scaly, and feathery animal babies and their parents. This charming collection by beloved Swedish artist Maja Säfström is full of interesting, weird, and funny facts about animals before they are born (elephants are pregnant for 22 months!), when they are born (whales are born tail-first so they don’t drown!), and life as babies (parrots give their offspring names! Baby macaques have snowball fights!). Perfect for art- and nature-loving kids and adults, this sweet book makes a wonderful gift and conversation starter for the whole family.
Stefan Ahnhem’s Motive X brings home the silver on the latest weekly betseller list for paperbacks. Not far after his No. 2 placement comes Stina Jackson and The Silver Road, which places No. 5 in paperback, and No. 3 in e-book. On the hardcover list Lars Kepler comes in at No. 4 with their long-running bestseller Lazarus.
Week 16 (April 15-21) sees Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger occupy both No. 1 on the e-book list and No. 2 on the paperback list with Death Deserved. Jørn Lier Horst also appears together with Hans Jørgen Sandnes on the hardcover list, where their Operation Sable Forest is No. 3. Anne Holt nabs the No. 4 spot on the e-book list with A Grave For Two.
2017 saw Selma Vilhunen’s documentary Hobbyhorse Revolution premiere at the Tampere Film Festival and win the Risto Jarva Main Prize in a national competition. The documentary also won the title of ‘Best Documentary’ at the 2018 Jussi Awards.
The hobbyhorse phenomenon has now reached the US. The New York Times interviews Vilhunen about the fascinating subculture, praising the way her documentary “captured its subjects in long spells of raucous joy.”
To read the article in the New York Times, click “Read more” below.
Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code has been shortlisted for the Petrona Award 2019 for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year’.
The judges praise the novel, calling it a “finely plotted thriller with a strong sense of unresolved justice.” They also give the following glowing review of Horst’s novels about William Wisting: “Horst’s ‘William Wisting’ novels are distinguished by their excellent characterisation and strong plots.”
The Petrona Award’s winner will be announced on May 11th during the annual international crime fiction convention CrimeFest, held in Bristol.
Fredrik Backman is back with this year’s rowdiest novel.
Anxious People is an unreasonably riotous comedy about a hostage drama during an open house. A failed bank robber locks themselves in with an over-enthusiastic real estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a damn rabbit. In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is…empty.
In a series of dysfunctional testimonies afterwards, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened, whereupon a classic puzzle mystery develops around the questions: How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And: What is WRONG with people these days?
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s A Higher Justice is No. 4 on the Dutch hardcover bestseller list for crime fiction this week.
Sofia Lundberg’s second novel, the heartwarming and moving A Question Mark Is Half a Heart, has been nominated for the Feel Good Festival’s Feel Good Novel of the Year Award. The award will be handed out in connection with the festival, which will take place on August 10th in Mariefred, Sweden.
Readers will be able to vote for their favorite until June 1st, when a jury will choose between the a shortlist comprised of four titles. To vote for your favorite title, click “Read more” below.
Stina Jackson and Jonas Gardell have both been shortlisted for Bonnier’s Book Clubs’ Book of the Year Award. Jackson for her internationally bestselling debut The Silver Road, and Gardell for his In Memory of an Unconditional Love, the most sold literary novel in Sweden last year.
Bonnier’s Book Clubs is the home of five Swedish book clubs, among them the biggest one in Sweden. The winning book and author will be announced during the Gothenburg Book Fair. To see the list of the nominees and vote for your favorite, click “Read more” below.
North Macedonia, Antolog
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
North Macedonia, Antolog
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
China, Beijing ST
Closed by Emma Granberg
Arab World, Al Arabi
Closed by Emma Granberg
Spain, Duomo
Closed by Linda Andersson
UK, Bloomsbury
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Rydell makes the universal power of music evident in an impressive way.
– De Vrijdagavond
A gripping tale of the universal power of music. Don’t miss this!
– Stretto
Stolen Music is easy to read and offers a captivating introduction to the subject matter.
– FARO
[The Hills] is a darkly comic examination of service industry dynamics, social hierarchies, and the psychological cost of deference.
– Times Now
I absolutely love Anders de la Motte’s ongoing Leo Asker series, and in the fourth installment, The Night Hunter, he outdoes himself. /…/ This is an insanely good series.
– Kapprakt
Diamonds and Rust is a story about wounds that never heal, about envy, betrayal and revenge, and about a crime so well and thoroughly thought out that it may never be solved. Not unless Hanne Wilhelmsen gets a chance to try.