Anders & Anette de la Motte’s second installment in the Murders Under the Sun series, Intrigue in Amalfi, claims the No. 5 position in the hardcover category this week. The first installment, Death on Capri, stays put at No. 2 on the paperback list. In the children’s category, Martin Widmark’s JerryMaya’s Summer Holiday Book: The Ghost in Valleby, debuts at No. 2.
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Actor Rebecka Harper is an exciting new star to emerge on the Swedish Film and TV scene.
Harper felt drawn to the theatre world already at an early age, but it was at the age of 17, when she landed a role at Folkteatern, that she fell completely in love with it and decided to wholeheartedly pursue an acting career. Harper studied acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and then moved on to live in Berlin for a couple of years. Once she returned Stockholm, she attended the esteemed Stockholm University of the Arts, from which she graduated in 2025.
Harper is set to star in a much-anticipated TV series, soon to be made official.
The latest installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s bestselling Fabian Risk series, Generation Zero, continues to hold the No. 1 spot on the hardcover list for the second consecutive week. In the e-book category, it claims the No. 2 position.
Lise Villadsen’s lauded YA-novel The Supermassive Black Hole Club has been shortlisted for ‘Book of the Year’ at the Danish School Libraries Author Award 2025.
The award is one of Denmark’s biggest accolades for children’s- and young adult literature and has been bestowed since 1981 to a writer that through their authorship has made an exceptional literary or non-fictional contribution to the experiences and/or knowledge of children and young adults. The award aims to celebrate the literature that truly makes a difference in schools. The recipient of the award is selected by the school library association’s board of directors and the winner will be announced at an award ceremony in October.
Along with eight other books, Sofi Oksanen’s Same River, Twice – Putin’s War on Women has been longlisted for the 2025 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing. Oksanen’s powerful essay has been translated into English by Owen F. Witesman.
The Moore Prize is awarded to a work of non-fiction published in English that promotes the values consistent with the advancement of human rights and dignity. The Moore Prize is given by the Christopher G. Moore Foundation, a charity founded to support literary excellence in non-fiction and provide a platform to current and important human rights issues.
A jury is reading the eight longlisted books and will announce the shortlist on November 12, 2025.
The official Swedish bestseller lists for May have just been released, and Kristina Ohlsson tops the hardcover category with Nightshifter, the latest installment in her August Strindberg series. Ulf Lundell’s Weekdays 12, the twelfth volume in his critically acclaimed diary series, lands at no. 5.
On the paperback list, Kristina Ohlsson’s Beyond Rescue takes the No. 2 spot, and Death on Capri, the first installment in Anders and Anette de la Motte’s whodunit mystery series, comes in at No. 4.
On the children’s list, Martin Widmark’s The Great Summer Holiday Book claims the No. 5 position.
Anders Rydell has been awarded HM The King’s Medal of the 8th size with a bright blue ribbon, for his outstanding contributions as an author. Along with Rydell, a number of other prominent Swedes within varying fields of expertise were awarded medals.
HM The King’s Medal has been awarded since the year 1800 in recognition of exceptional efforts. Medals were presented by the King and Queen during a ceremony at the Royal Palace on June 9th.
Ulf Lundell’s Weekdays 12, from the celebrated collection of excerpts from his private diary, debuts at No. 2 on the hardcover list this week. Morover, the first installment in Anders and Anette de la Motte’s murder mystery series, Death on Capri, stays put at the No. 2 spot in the paperback category. On the children’s list, Martin Widmark’s JerryMaya’s Summer Holiday Book: The Detective Challenge claims the No. 3 position.
This week, Stefan Ahnhem’s Generation Zero, climbs to the No. 1 spot on the hardcover list. Meanwhile, Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker is No. 1 in the paperback category, closely followed by Jørn Lier Horst & Jan-Erik Fjell’s The Scream, at No. 4. In the children’t category, Jørn Lier Horst’s and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest installment in the Activity books series, The Search for the Samurai Sword, claims the No. 3 spot.
Apple TV+ just announced their greenlight of a riveting new series based on Lars Kepler’s internationally bestselling crime novels, starring and executive produced by Tony Award winner and Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Liev Schreiber (The Perfect Couple, Ray Donovan) and Emmy Award nominee Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Joker, Deadpool 2), and starring SAG Award winner Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Boardwalk Empire, Greyhound). The 10-episode drama is written and executive produced by BAFTA Award winner Rowan Joffe (Tin Star, The Ballad of a Small Player) and John Hlavin (Shooter, The Man Who Fell to Earth), with Emmy, Peabody and DGA Award winner Tim Van Patten (Franklin, Masters of the Air, Black Mirror) set to executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Filming is set to begin this summer in Pittsburgh, US.
The project tells the story of Jonah Lynn (Schreiber), an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life. But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter (Graham), Jonah must protect all that he holds dear. When the desperate search for Jurek’s last missing victim forces Jonah to send his adopted daughter, FBI Agent Saga Bauer (Beetz), up against Jurek, how far will Jonah go?
Produced for Apple TV+ by A+E Studios in association with Range Studios, the series is executive produced by showrunners Joffe and Hlavin. In addition to starring, Schreiber executive produces, as does Beetz via her Sleepy Poppy production company. Van Patten, Kepler (Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril), Niclas Salomonsson, Øystein Karlsen, David Rysdahl, and Dorothy Fortenberry also serve as executive producers, while Julie Herrin serves as co-executive producer.
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Norway, Cappelen Damm
Three-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Croatia, Ibis Grafika
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Czech Republic, Host
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Slovakia, Ikar
Closed by Emma Granberg
The characters and their challenges are portrayed with great empathy, and they vividly come to life before the reader in a way that makes it impossible to do anything but grow fond of their somewhat quirky personalities.
– Danish Library Report
Between the threads of this tightly woven narrative, Engman manages to bring to life a whole gallery of characters who are very likable yet no less complex—all of them memorable, even the minor ones.
– Télérama
The reason for [Ahnhem’s] success is simple: he writes like a god and keeps us on the torture rack until the very last page. /…/ Generation Zero has all the ingredients to be this summer’s big crime novel. It is thrilling, realistic, and impossible to put down.
– Nettavisen
This novel explores the different facets of a divorce in order to examine all the little things that extinguish love. Fascinating.
– Version Femina
– De Telegraaf
A touching and poignant tale of an aging father and his middle-aged daughter, exploring themes of nurturing and reconciliation, and the profound layers of life often hidden from those closest to us – a story about love, and about making things right, before it’s too late.