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Moa Backe Åstot’s Butterfly Heart, honored with the prestigious Kirkus Star, has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. The book is one of six titles, chosen from 497 eligible young readers’ books by the Kirkus jurors and editors.
The winner will be announced during an award ceremony in New York City on October 8.
Jo Nesbø’s Wolf Hour is the overall No. 1 in the full Irish chart this week.
Thomas Enger & Johana Gustawsson’s Son, the newly published first installment in their Kari Voss series, comes in at No. 2 on the e-book list this week.
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The first installment, The Escape from Earth, in Bobbie Peers’ new series Techno Zombie has been shortlisted for the Ark Children’s Book Award 2025. This prestigious annual prize celebrates the best children’s book of the year, with the winner being chosen by more than 10,000 children in grades 5 to 7. This marks Peers’ second nomination, following his win in 2015. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony in December.
Jo Nesbø’s new standalone novel Wolf Hour, published last week in the UK, has gone straight to No. 3 on the UK charts.
The comprehensive sales statistics for Q2 2025 have been released, with Nightshifter, the latest installment in the August Strindberg series, ranking as the No. 1 title in total sales. The lists present the top 20 bestsellers based on sales value, with totals including both print and digital formats.
Following the end of the second quarter of 2025, Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter, the latest installment in the August Strindberg series, tops the bestseller charts, reaching No. 1 in the eBook category, No. 2 on the audiobook list, and No. 3 in hardcover sales.
Meanwhile, the paperback chart features Beyond Rescue, the third book in the same series, at No. 2, followed by Death on Capri, the first installment in Anders & Anette de la Motte’s Murder Under the Sun series, at No. 3.
Anders Hansen and Mats Wänblad’s recently published The Real Happy Pill Minior comes in at No. 5 on the children’s bestseller list this week.
Beyond Rescue, the fourth installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, comes in at No. 5 on Der Spiegel’s list for trade paperbacks this week. This marks the book’s fourth consecutive week on the list.
Italy, Vallardi
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Latvia, Zvaigzne
Closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, Aula
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Taiwan, Prophet
Closed by Emma Granberg
– Sunday Times
The narrative [in The Night Voyager] is smoothly composed. (…) The crescendo, which doesn’t only involve one hell of a storm for the crew at sea, but also an inopportune labour of Helene (and not least Audhild) is masterfully juggled. You shouldn’t underestimate the claustrophobic qualities of a boat in a storm at open sea, or the fear in a first-time visitor to the maternity ward.
– Bok365
Diary of a Ditched Girl is a true ten./…/ A series that’s better than the book it’s based on.
– SR
Diary of a Ditched Girl is this fall’s must-watch Swedish TV show.
– DN
The chemistry between Amanda and her main friendship group is refreshingly authentic, with writers Moa Herngren and Tove Eriksen Hillblom doing a fantastic job of capturing the pitfalls of modern dating.
– Nordic Watchlist
Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left. Fortunately he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up.