Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst, published in the Netherlands just a few days ago, went straight to No. 1 on the official Bestseller 60-list upon publication – a combined list which includes both physical and digital sales of hardcover, paperback, ebook, audio etc. across all genres.
Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, published in China just last month, has reached the No. 1 spot on the Chinese bestseller list.
Fredrik Backman’s novella, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, has gone straight to No. 1 on the Hungarian bestseller list upon publication.
Stefan Ahnhem’s Eighteen Below Zero goes right to No. 3 on May 2017’s official bestseller list for paperbacks in Sweden. Eighteen Below Zero was published in paperback just last month.
Lars Kepler’s The Rabbit Hunter, just out in paperback, goes straight to No. 1 on the Norwegian bestseller list. Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst still holds the No. 1 spot on the eBook list.
Kristina Ohlsson’s The Werewolf’s Secret keeps its position on the official monthly Swedish bestseller list for children’s fiction, coming in at No. 3 also on May 2017’s list.
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Greyzone a new international TV series, starts filming in Denmark, Sweden and Germany. The TV series of 10 episodes is created and written by Oskar Söderlund and Morten Dragsted. Mikkel Bak Sørensen has also been involved as writer.
Greyzone is to premiere on C More spring 2018 and is a co-production with TV2 Denmark and Cosmo Film.
The story revolves around a terrorist attack threatening Scandinavia. Tova Magnusson and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen are to play the lead roles.
Jens Lapidus’ Top Dog has shot to No. 1 on the weekly official bestseller lists for hardcover fiction, eBooks and audiobooks in Sweden. Top Dog is the third novel featuring Teddy and Emelie.
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst has gone straight to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction in the Czech Republic upon publication.
Roslund & Thunberg’s The Sons and Roslund & Hellström’s Three Minutes have each received five stars in the Dutch Detective & Thriller Guide. Out of the 618 crime and thriller novels published in the Netherlands during the past year, only six novels received five stars.
The guide motivates its choice of the novels with the following statement about The Sons: “The dialogue and the characters are impeccable, the relationships are edgy, and the atmosphere is almost tangible.”
And about Three Minutes: “This thriller is not just a page-turner, it’s an emotionally packed story about the human cogs caught in an unchanging system, and once you get to know them, you’ll want to keep the bad guys alive.”
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
I could recognize myself in some of the scenes, and they affected me deeply. /…/ The book is also easy to get into. I was quickly drawn into the story and was very curious to see what would happen next.
– 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
You’re the One I Write About tells a tale as old as time. But it does so with fire and not without finesse. /…/ The result is a book you can read during a free period, but will carry with you much longer. Why? Perhaps because Åstot succeeds in capturing exactly how words fall between young people in this moment.
– Expressen
Late at night, a doctor burns to death inside the closed forensic psychiatric institution Helix. The interrogations with staff and inmates are complicated due to patient confidentiality and psychotic illnesses. After another death in the same ward, Saga Bauer accepts a top-secret assignment.