Fredrik Backman’s Britt-Marie Was Here is No. 6 on the American Booksellers’ Association’s Indie Next List for May. Carol Schneck Varner of Schuler Books & Music, Michigan, hails Backman’s authorship in her motivation:

“Backman’s incomparable novels celebrate and revolve around unlikely protagonists: a curmudgeonly widower in A Man Called Ove; a girl on the autism spectrum in My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry; and now, Britt-Marie, an order-obsessed, cleanliness-loving woman of a certain age. Having left her two-timing husband, Britt-Marie takes a job in the small, depressed town of Borg, and magic begins to happen. Britt-Marie Was Here is another warm-hearted delight!”

Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove makes its 13th consecutive appearance on the New York Times Best Seller List, coming in at No. 6 for the second week straight. A hit also in the eBook market, the novel additionally features in the list’s “Combined Print and eBook” category.

Fredrik Backman’s international bestseller A Man Called Ove returns to the No. 6 spot in its 12th consecutive week on the New York Times Best Seller List. The American publisher has simultaneously announced that they will be making a 15th printing of the novel in paperback.

Heine Bakkeid’s crime fiction debut I Will Miss You Tomorrow has been chosen by BOK365 as one of this Easter’s top 10 reads. Their printed magazine BOK praises Bakkeid’s literary talent and unique voice, calling the novel “unputdownable”.

Jørn Lier Horst’s Ordeal, the fourth installment in the Wisting Quartet, is No. 1 on the Norwegian paperback bestseller list.

Ellen Savinger, 15, has been missing for three weeks. Detective Inspector Sam Berger fears that she has been taken by a serial killer, but few of his colleagues at the Stockholm police are inclined to listen: if there’s no body, there’s no crime.

Sam then comes into contact with Nathalie, a woman who knows more than she lets on about the series of disappearances Sam is sure points to a repeat kidnapper and killer. As he digs deeper into Ellen’s missing person’s case, a story with sinister connections to Sam’s own life and past is unveiled. Soon the hunter becomes the hunted, and in the badlands the truth of a secret many want to keep hidden is awaiting discovery.

The internationally bestselling and award-winning author Arne Dahl’s new crime fiction novel Badlands is the first installment in a new series of thrillers featuring detectives Sam Berger and Molly Blom.