Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst and Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code are the No. 1 and No. 2 most sold crime novels by Norwegian authors in Norway during 2017.
Fredrik Backman’s international sensation A Man Called Ove was the No. 1 most sold trade paperback in the US in 2017. On the overall list for fiction – hardcover and paperback – the novel was the second most sold title of 2017.
The official Swedish bestseller lists for 2017 have just been released, and Lars Kepler’s The Rabbit Hunter can be found at No. 2 on the list for fiction, closely followed by Leif GW Persson’s Can One Die Twice? at No. 5. Anders de la Motte dominates the bestseller lists for audio books and e-books with End of Summer, coming in at No. 1 on both lists. On the e-book list we also find Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst, at No. 4.
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst jumps straight to No. 2 on the official Swedish list of the most sold paperback books of December 2017. Nesbø is joined by Anders de la Motte, who claims the No. 1 spot in two other categories – audio books and e-books – with his End of Summer. Niklas Natt och Dag’s lauded debut novel 1793 also appears on the ebook list, coming in at No. 3. On the children’s books list, Kristina Ohlsson continues to place in the top five with The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff, coming in at No. 5 this month.
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst is No. 1 on this week’s Sunday Times bestseller list for paperback fiction.
The official Norwegian bestseller lists for the last week of 2017 are in, and Stefan Ahnhem and Bobbie Peers continue to feature at the top. On the paperback list, Stefan Ahnhem’s Eighteen Below Zero climbs again, coming in at No. 3. Bobbie Peers’ William Wenton and the Orbulator Agent likewise climbs, taking the No. 4 spot on the hardcover list.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series makes a strong showing on the December 2017 bestseller list for children’s fiction, claiming five of the top 20 spots. Operation Mummy, the latest installment in the series, claims the highest position of the five, coming in at No. 3. It’s followed by a short activity booklet called The Search for the Abominable Snowman at No. 4, and a bit further down on the list comes the Detective’s Handbook, The Search for The Thief’s Thief, and Operation Pirate.
Bobbie Peers also makes a repeat appearance on the list, climbing to No. 5 with William Wenton and the Orbulator Agent, the third William Wenton book.
The Triangle Mystery is the twelfth and last installment in the CLUE series. This time it is the Devil’s Triangle – a triangular area out at sea, not far from the shores of Schooner Cove – that sparks a great new mystery for the CLUE gang to solve. During the past century, the Triangle has become infamous for the suspicious shipwrecks and airplane crashes that occur within it just a bit too often. As sunny May rolls around, two scientists arrive at Schooner Cove to study the phenomenon. Cecilia, Leo, Une, and Une’s dog Egon are meanwhile looking to recover some mysterious images from some suspicious characters. Triangles and patterns aren’t only showing up inside the Devil’s Triangle out at sea, as it would happen.
In The Triangle Mystery, the mystery of the priceless Bolette ring is at last solved as well, concluding the storyline that began in book nine of the CLUE series, The Wolfhound Mystery. The philosophical backdrop of the twelfth and final CLUE book is the teachings of Pythagoras: his famous theorem on right triangles and his belief that “all is number”.
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst, the eleventh novel about Harry Hole, is the most sold book of 2017 in Norway. It is closely followed by Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code at No. 4.
Kristina Ohlsson’s The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff stays at No. 5 on the official Swedish bestseller list for children’s books. Roslund & Hellström’s Three Minutes meanwhile claims the No. 5 spot on the list for paperback fiction. On the audio book and e-book bestseller lists, the No. 1 title is one and the same: Anders de la Motte’s End of Summer.
Denmark, Modtryk
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
The Netherlands, House of Books
Three-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
North Macedonia, Antolog
Closed by Emma Granberg
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
With impressive brilliance, Jørn Lier Horst ties together the two plot lines of a breathlessly thrilling criminal drama. It doesn’t get any better than this.
– Aftonbladet
A wonderful reunion with the crime hero. /…/ The playful language complements the great intrigue. (…) A crime novel that will excite many this summer. All of these will, just like the undersigned, be hoping for new sequel novels.
– Adresseavisen
A clever and engaging book, filled with warmth and spookiness.
– Smålandsposten
The Ghost Detectives and the Case of the Lost Treasure is an exciting adventure that won’t disappoint the loyal readers of The Ghost Detectives.
– BTJ
Beyond the Bridges may be a work of literary fiction and not a crime novel, but being the driven author she is, Kristina Ohlsson can’t resist crafting an intricate and gripping plot…
– DAST Magazine
‘Elizabeth the Third’ is a contemporary novel infused with suspense, delving into family relationships, the search for belonging, and a toxic friendship that changes everything.
