The Rabbit Hunter, Lars Kepler’s sixth installment in the Joona Linna series, is No. 1 on the official bestseller list for both hardcover fiction, as well as the e-book format in Norway this week.
The final nine contenders for best foreign-language film at the 89th Academy Awards have been announced, and the film adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove is on the list. A Man Called Ove, directed by Hannes Holm, was chosen by the Swedish Film Institute as Sweden’s candidate for the Oscars earlier this September. The official screening of all 85 international contenders then began in mid-October, when approximately 300 members of the Academy started viewing the nominated works.
The Academy Awards’ shortlist of the final five films competing for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ will be announced on January 24th.
In its 50th consecutive week on The New York Times Best Seller List, A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman’s internationally bestselling debut novel, comes in at No. 2. On the combined ebook and print list the novel climbs again, this time to No. 5.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry comes in at No. 6 in its 34th week on the list.
The feature film adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s international bestseller A Man Called Ove is the winner of the 2016 European Film Awards’ Best European Comedy Award. The film received the award this weekend at the gala held in Wroclaw, Poland.
In addition to taking home the award for best comedy, leading actor Rolf Lassgård was also nominated for the Best European Actor Award for his performance as the lovable curmudgeon Ove, and the film for the People’s Choice Award for Best European Film.
The daily newspaper The Boston Globe has chosen Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s The Silence of the Sea as one of their Best Books of 2016. The Silence of the Sea is the sixth installment in the series about Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, and has previously won the Petrona Award. It is the only translated title to enter The Boston Globe’s list of Best Books of 2016 in the Mystery category.
Roslund & Thunberg’s The Father is the winner of 2017’s Konomys Award in Japan. The Konomys Award – the shortened version of the full name Kono Mystery ga Sugoi (“This Mystery is Amazing”) – is an annual award given to the most popular international and national suspense novel of the year. Roslund & Thunberg’s The Father takes home 2017’s award in the international category.
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s The Absolution has been shortlisted for 2017’s The Blood Drop, the Icelandic award for best crime fiction novel of the year. The Absolution is the third installment in the Freyja & Huldar series and was just published in Iceland to rave reviews.
The two previous installments in the Freyja & Huldar series have also been shortlisted for The Blood Drop: The Legacy was shortlisted and won in 2015, and The Vortex was shortlisted in 2016.
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep is once again at the top of the international bestseller lists. This time it is Amazon Japan and Oricon, the largest sales ranking company in Japan, that has announced that The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep became the second most sold book, across all categories, in Japan in 2016.
Fredrik Backman’s debut novel A Man Called Ove is No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List for the third week in a row. This marks the 49th consecutive week on the list for the novel, where it also appears at No. 6 in the combined print and ebook category.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry continues to make a strong showing as well, staying at its No. 4 spot in its 33rd consecutive week on the list.
The Norwegian crime fiction festival Krimfestival – one of the foremost crime fiction festivals in the world according to The Guardian – has chosen Jørn Lier Horst as their Guest of Honor in 2017. This means that Jørn Lier Horst’s authorship and novels will be in focus during the entire festival as it takes place in Oslo during March 9-11, 2017.
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 his background in crime fiction and her Italian roots, the result is, naturally, cozy Italian murder mysteries.
– Tara
The Doubt delivers quality from the very first page. Guilt, revenge, and trust are the key ingredients, and the author duo weaves them together masterfully. There’s no doubt that this series is here to stay.
– Randaberg24
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
‘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.
