Johanna Holmström’s women’s epic Island of Souls has been shortlisted for the Runeberg Award 2018. Holmström has with this novel “created an accomplished novel with a solid structure, thereby bringing the storytelling to an absolute top level,” according to the jury. The award will be handed out on the Runeberg Day, February 5th.
Pajtim Statovci’s internationally acclaimed My Cat Yugoslavia has been named one of the best books of 2017 by The Boston Globe. The American daily newspaper lauds the novel, likening it to Mikhail Bulgakov’s 20th century masterpiece, The Master and Margarita.
“Like a ‘Master and Margarita’ of exile, this marvelous and frequently hilarious debut novel conjures a talking cat who soothes the soul of a lonely gay man in Helsinki and also possesses the secret for how he can go home to his ancestral Kosovo and find out what happened to his family in the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.”
-Kent Worcester, The Boston Globe
The official Swedish bestseller lists for November are out, and Leif GW Persson’s Can One Die Twice? comes in at No. 2 in the paperback category. Not far behind is Roslund & Hellström’s Three Minutes at No. 5.
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove, the international bestseller about the loveable curmudgeon Ove, appears on the New York Times Best Seller List for paperbacks once again, claiming the No. 10 spot this week. This makes the total number of weeks the novel has appeared on the list 85.
Jo Nesbø’s fifth Doctor Proctor book, Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas?, is November’s most sold Norwegian children’s book in bookstores. Right after it comes Bobbie Peers at No. 2 with William Wenton and the Luridium Thief. In fact, the entire William Wenton series makes an appearance on the list, claiming the No. 6 (William Wenton and the Orbulator Agent) and No. 11 (William Wenton and the Cryptoportal) spots as well.
It is now official that Anonymous Content has optioned Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna Series, and will start with both a film adaptation of The Sandman which Kepler and Niclas Salomonsson will executive produce, and a TV series adaptation of The Hypnotist that Anonymous Content has set at Paramount Television through the company’s first look deal. Anonymous Content’s Kerry Kohansky-Roberts and Steve Golin (The Revenant, Spotlight, True Detective) will executive produce the series, and they will produce the feature film.
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Roslund & Hellström’s Three Minutes doesn’t budge from its No. 2 spot on the official Swedish bestseller list for paperback fiction this week. Three Minutes is the gripping second installment in the series about the successful infiltrator Piet Hoffman.
Tom Malmquist’s haunting and powerful In Every Moment We Are Still Alive has been voted a Loan Stars January 2018 Top Ten title by library staff all across Canada. The Loan Stars Top Ten list is a curated list of the titles that will be published that month, carefully selected by library staff who wish to share their top picks with readers.
Stefan Ahnhem’s Eighteen Below Zero claims a spot on the official Norwegian bestseller this week as well, coming in at No. 3 on the list for paperback fiction.
Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code likewise continues to feature on the hardcover list, claiming the No. 5 spot this week.
The official November bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway has been released, and Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes come in at No. 2 with their Operation Mummy, the twelfth installment in the Detective Agency No. 2 series. Bobbie Peers’ third William Wenton book, William Wenton and the Orbulator Agent, claims the No. 5 spot.
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.
