Tom Malmquist’s heart-rending In Every Moment We are Still Alive has been chosen by Amazon as a Best Books of the Month title in the category Literature and Fiction. In Every Moment We are Still Alive was published in the US at the end of January.
Oskar Söderlund’s new thriller drama series Greyzone, which premiered yesterday, February 22, has received outstanding reviews in the Swedish press. The series has among else been praised by the major newspapers and publications Aftonbladet, Expressen, Göteborgs-Posten and TVdags.
“It is a difficult and precarious topic that Oskar Söderlund and Morten Dragsted take on in Greyzone, but I’ll be damned if they haven’t succeeded in creating a drama about terrorism with both nerve and perceptiveness.”
–Aftonbladet
“C More’s new original series Greyzone deserves to become a success.”
–Expressen
“Brilliant acting and high aspirations that challenge our preconceptions. See it!”
–Göteborgs-Posten
Niklas Natt och Dag’s exceptional debut 1793 climbs to No. 2 on the Swedish bestseller list for hardcover fiction this week. This marks the novel’s sixth consecutive week on the list.
Jo Nesbø’s upcoming novel Macbeth is No. 1 on the comprehensive bestseller list of Saxo, one of Denmark’s biggest retailers. Macbeth is part of The Hogarth Shakespeare series and will be published simultaneously in most parts of the world in April.
Kristina Ohlsson’s Unwanted soars to No. 1 on the official Norwegian paperback bestseller list. This week marks the novel’s fourth consecutive week on the list.
Operation Shipwreck, the thirteenth installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series, claims the No. 3 spot on the list for hardcover fiction, all genres.
Photo: Agnete Brun
Today, the film U – July 22 has its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. It is written by Siv Rajendram Eliassen together with Anna Bache-Wiig and directed by Erik Poppe.
The story takes place on July 22, 2011, when a heavily armed right-wing extremist attacked a youth Labour summer camp on Utøya island outside Oslo. We get to follow 19-year-old Kaja in her desperate search for her sister. Filmed in a single take, the story unfolds as seen through the eyes of the victims.
U – July 22 premieres in Norway on March 9.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s thrilling debut 1793 stays on the Swedish bestseller lists during the first week of February. The novel is found at No. 4 on the hardcover fiction list as well as the e-book list.
Kristina Ohlsson’s Unwanted is No. 4 on the official Norwegian paperback list. Unwanted is the first installment in the thrilling Fredrika Bergman series.
The list of children’s books with the highest in-store sales in January is now official, and Jørn Lier Horst is the undeniable winner! A staggering 11 out of 15 books on the list are titles by Jørn Lier Horst, either from his CLUE series written by him alone, or his Detective Agency No. 2 series, in which he’s paired up with illustrator Hans Jørgen Sandnes.
Starting at No. 2, the titles featured on the January in-store sales list are: The Triangle Mystery (No. 2), Operation Ghost (No. 3), Operation Circus (No. 4), Operation Windblast (No. 5), Operation Sunset (No. 6), Operation Mummy (No. 7), Operation Shadowman (No. 8), Operation Plastic Bag (No. 10), Operation Thundercloud (No. 12), Operation Bronze Square (No. 13), and the short activity booklet The Search for the Abominable Snowman (No. 15).
Putting his own mark on the list is Bobbie Peers, who snatches two spots with his action-packed adventure series about William Wenton. The third and latest installment, William Wenton and the Orbulator Agent, claims the No. 9 spot, and the second book in the series, William Wenton and the Cryptoportal, the No. 11 spot.
Fredrik Backman’s compelling novel Beartown has made its first appearance on the New York Times Best Seller List for paperbacks, claiming the No. 5 spot. The paperback edition was published just last week.
Croatia, Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Brazil, Companhia das Letras
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Arab World, Al Arabi
Closed by Emma Granberg
Sri Lanka, Sunera Publishers
Closed by Emma Granberg
Spain, RBA
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Lithuania, Lectio Divinia
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Tango, a love of cinema, the charm of the everyday, the value of dreams, and the importance of shoes are all interwoven in this magical realism narrative by Danish writer Annette Bjergfeldt, a story that captivates you from the first page to the last.
– Clara
Nordic Noir at its best – tough, fast-paced and with an ice-cold plot in the middle of the summer heat.
– Dynamite
I loved The Isle of a Thousand Stars because it reached a deep, hidden part of my soul – a place where emotions need no name. /…/ As for a seventh-grader like me, The Isle of a Thousand Stars may simply be the saddest yet most beautiful dream I’ve ever experienced.
– VnExpress
Johana Gustawsson and the Norwegian Thomas Enger form a unique duo, delivering a successful thriller where the city of Oslo isn’t there for exoticism, but becomes, as the pages turn, a character in its own right—cold, silent, and terribly human.
– GAEL
[E]ven though it’s all very sad, reading this book is incredibly comforting.
– Bayern1 Radio
A serial killer plagues summertime Oslo, and Harry Hole is teamed up with his archenemy Tom Waaler to crack the case. The murders bring up questions of fidelity and betrayal, while Waaler enlists Harry in his clandestine band of police vigilantes, imposing their own brand of justice. Harry is forced to settle the score with Waaler once and for all, and at the same time solve the riddle of the devil’s star. In a breath-taking chase through Oslo, Harry manages to do both.