Lars Kepler’s sixth installment in the Joona Linna series, The Rabbit Hunter, was just published in Estonia and entered the Estonian bestseller list for hardcover fiction at No. 1.
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst, published in the UK on Thursday, has gone straight to No. 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction.
Fredrik Backman’s Beartown and Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst have both been shortlisted for Bonnier’s Book Clubs’ Book of the Year award. Bonnier’s Book Clubs is the home of five Swedish book clubs, among them the biggest one in Sweden. The winning book and author will be announced during the Gothenburg Book Fair, on September 29th.
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Arne Dahl has been shortlisted for the Swedish Radio’s Short Novel Prize 2017 with About a Tree. The winner will be announced on May 10th. Click on “Read more” to listen to the nominated short novels and cast your vote.
Kristina Ohlsson and her two children’s book series the Monster Trilogy and the Glass Children Trilogy have been shortlisted for the second annual Crimetime Specsavers Award. The category is ‘Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year’ and the award will be handed out in connection with the Crimetime festival held on the island of Gotland, Sweden, on August 5th. The shortlisted authors have all contributed to increasing children’s interest in reading by writing suspense or crime fiction for ages 6-12.
Bobbie Peers’ William Wenton and the Luridium Thief is the winner of 2017’s Bokslukerprisen in Norway. The award, arranged by the Foreningen !les association, recruited the help of five young jury groups in deciding the winning book. The 6th grade jury members chose Bobbie Peers’ debut children’s book and the first installment in the William Wenton series as their winner.
The forest is ablaze in Eldsala. And it doesn’t appear to be an accident: somebody is deliberately setting the fires. But that’s not all. At dusk, Herbert can hear eerie howls and glimpse big doglike creatures among the trees. The two friends Herbert and Sally are drawn into a mystery far more dangerous than any would have dared imagine. Will they be able to save Eldsala?
The Werewolf’s Secret is the stand-alone sequel to the hit children’s book Zombie Fever, and the second installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s Monster Trilogy.
A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman’s international sensation, comes in at No. 5 on the New York Times Best Seller List this week. This marks the 68th consecutive week for the novel on the list. On the combined print and eBook list, A Man Called Ove is No. 8.
The Finnish bestseller list for March has just been announced and Lars Kepler’s The Rabbit Hunter, published in Finland by mid-March, is No. 1 on the hardcover list for translated fiction.
Published in Greece on Friday last week, Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst is No. 1 on the Greek bestseller list this week.
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.