Arne Dahl’s thrilling Watching You has been chosen by Aftenposten, Norway’s largest daily newspaper, as one of this year’s top three best crime novels.
Johanna Holmström’s powerful and evocative Island of Souls has been chosen by Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest daily newspaper, as one of this year’s best books.
Roslund & Hellström’s Three Minutes stays at the No. 2 spot on the official Swedish bestseller list for paperback fiction this week. It is joined by Kristina Ohlsson’s The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff, which claims No. 5 on the children’s books list, and Fredrik Backman’s The Deal of A Lifetime at No. 6 on the hardcover fiction list. On the e-book list Sofia Lundberg’s The Red Address Book makes a strong first appearance, jumping straight to No. 5.
Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code climbs the Norwegian bestseller list again, coming in at No. 3 on the hardcover fiction list this week. It is once more joined by Stefan Ahnhem’s Eighteen Below Zero, which claims the No. 3 spot on the paperback list.
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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Bulgaria, EMAS
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Memento
Closed by Emma Granberg
China, Beijing Science and Technology
Five-book deal closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
Poland, Smak Slowa
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Lithuania, Pflaŭmbaŭm Publishing House
Closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, Hoffmann und Campe
Closed by Julia Angelin
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– Sundsvalls Tidning
There are a lot of things to unravel in this pitch-black homecoming novel and Bengtsdotter succeeds really well in doing so on just under 300 pages.
– Göteborgs-Posten
It’s a powerful opening. In just a few pages, Selåker paints a portrait of a deeply flawed man on the verge of breaking point, while also capturing loneliness so vividly that the silence inside the house seems to scream from the pages. /…/ I’m looking forward to returning to the Wilderness Road and its surroundings, which Selåker portrays with a sharp eye in this dark and compelling first installment.
– Göteborgs-Posten
[A] brilliant thriller. /…/ [Winter Grave] is unsettling, occasionally hilarious and constantly thrilling. /…/ I make no secret of the fact I’m a fan of Heine Bakkeid’s writing (…). Winter Grave is also dark noir on an elite level.
– Harstad Tidene
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– Expressen
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