The Scream, the first installment in Jørn Lier Horst and Jan-Erik Fjell’s Markus Heger series, comes in at No. 6 on Der Spiegel’s trade paperback bestseller list.
Last semester of ninth grade. The unwritten rules of the classroom, the hierarchies, the hallways. Eyes meeting and turning away, hands accidentally touching. Secret messages late at night. Hope growing, and bursting.
You’re the One I Write About is a concentrated and lyrical novel about the first love, betrayal, longing and daring to be yourself.
Jo Nesbø’s Blood Ties enters the official Swedish paperback list at No. 3 this week. Blood Ties is the second installment in The Kingdom series.
SON, the first installment in Thomas Enger and Johana Gustawsson’s Kari Voss-series, has been nominated as ‘Best Crime Fiction’ for the Prix Le Point du polar européen in France. The accolade is bestowed annually at the Quais Du Polar Festival to highlight an outstanding crime novel by a European author.
Moa Backe Åstot’s Butterfly Heart has been selected for the 2026 USBBY Outstanding International Books honor list for young people.
Since 2006, the Outstanding International Books committee has annually curated the list, highlighting exceptional books that offer meaningful perspectives and experiences, broadening and enriching readers’ understanding of the world.
Pascal Engman is yet again No. 1 on the Norwegian paperback bestseller list with his No One, the seventh installment in the bestselling series about detective Vanessa Frank.
Heine Bakkeid’s standalone thriller The Night Voyager and Thomas Enger & Johana Gustawsson’s SON, the first installment in the Kari Voss series, have been shortlisted for the Norwegian Sølvkniven, an award which honors Norwegian crime literature.
The jury had the following to say about each of the nominees:
“Boundary-breaking and nail-biting madness in book form, you can feel the chill take a firm grip on you as the pages fly by. /…/ The pitch-black plot makes this a wild reading experience. One can simply bow in the dust – The Night Voyager is Bakkeid’s best crime novel so far.”
“Excellent, a very thrilling and captivating story about processing grief and keep living after a tragedy. /…/ The plot [in SON] is masterfully crafted, with many subplots leading the reader off course, and the solution is far from easy to predict.”
Lisa Ridzén’s lauded debut novel When the Cranes Fly South enters the Sunday Times bestseller list for paperback fiction at No. 8.
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This morning Netflix announced that acclaimed musicians and composers Nick Cave and Warren Ellis will create the original score for the highly anticipated new series Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole.
The pairing of Cave and Ellis with the dark, atmospheric world of Harry Hole is a match made in noir heaven. Renowned for their haunting, emotive soundtracks – spanning films such as The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Wind River – Cave and Ellis bring a depth and intensity that perfectly echoes the psychological complexity and Nordic noir sensibility of Nesbø’s universe.
Composer Nick Cave: “We loved working on this adaptation – Harry Hole’s murky, morally-complex world has been brought to life in all its darkly brutal glory, and it was an honour to work with the legendary Jo Nesbo.”
Author, creator and executive producer Jo Nesbø: “Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are masters at conjuring mood and tension, and their music is the ideal companion to Harry Hole’s brooding, enigmatic journey through the shadows of Oslo. Their music has always been a soundtrack to my writing process. To have them now scoring the world of Harry Hole feels both surreal and absolutely right.”
Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole will premiere on Netflix on March 26th.
Monika Fagerholm’s critically acclaimed Nowhere Land/Women in Revolt has been shortlisted for the 2026 Swedish Radio’s Novel Award. The award was founded in 1993 and is given each year to an outstanding Swedish novel from the preceding year’s literary publication. The winner will be announced on April 24.
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Türkiye, Dogan Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Ukraine, Publishing House RM
Two-book deal closed by Linda Andersson
Germany, HarperCollins
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Serbia, Treći Trg
Closed by Emma Granberg
Swedish writer Lisa Ridzén masterfully balances sadness and life-affirmation. By the end, you’ll want to hug all your loved ones.
– MADAME
A fascinating read. /…/ Like in a triangle, the three characters reflect each other. Their perspectives complement each other, creating a narrative rich in nuances, a kind of counterpoint to the film Villa made about Dimmi.
– Berliner Morgenpost
Director Tuna Özer masterfully brings Khalil’s novel to life, balancing these young people’s grief and pain with humor.
– Sydsvenskan
A warm and hopeful story even though there is darkness.
– Svt Kultur
A touching novel about aging. /…/ When the Cranes Fly South is essential reading for the caregiving generation, whose patience with the elderly is often tested.
– Die Presse
Nowhere Land/Women in Revolt is the first part of a trilogy. It is about being so young that life is a horizon of possibilities and resistance, about what it takes to become an artist, and what stories one tells when nothing has yet happened.