Anders Hansen & Mats Wänblad’s The Happiness Cure for Teens is the 3rd most sold title in Japan this week. Furthermore, it holds the No. 8 position on Amazon Japan among all titles right now.
Jørn Lier Horst’s latest title in the William Wisting series, The Traitor, along with Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon, and Liza Marklund’s The Mire, were at the start of January chosen by Estonia’s leading crime critic Jaan Martinson as three of 2023’s best novels.
Martinson gives this glowing review of The Traitor:
“Every time I finish even one-quarter of another crime novel by Jørn Lier Horst, I wants to shout that this is probably the best crime writer there is, and his best work to date. This time, the author finds an opportunity to place the main character of his novels, probably one of the most human and big-hearted police inspectors, William Wisting, in a situation where he has to abandon all his beliefs and turn his back on both himself and the whole system that he’s a part of and has shaped his soul and life. To save his loved ones, he must swim against the current, all the while doubting what he’s doing and fearing failure.”
And The Mire:
“The return of Liza Marklund. /…/ An utterly dark and tragic story.”
The first installment in Anders de la Motte’s Leo Asker series, The Mountain King, is No. 3 on the official bestseller list for fiction in Spain, and No. 5 on the Catalonian fiction list. The novel was published in Spain and Catalonia earlier this month.
The voting is now open for this year’s Finnish Storytel Awards.
Sofi Oksanen is in the running for the title of best Fiction with Same River Twice – Putin’s War Against Women. The Non-Fiction category meanwhile sees Anders Hansen compete for the top spot with The Happiness Cure.
The winners will be announced at the Storytel Awards gala on March 21, 2024.
The shortlists for the Swedish Storytel Awards of 2024 are now available and open for the public’s vote.
Among those competing for the title of best Suspense title are Hjorth & Rosenfeldt with The Guilt You Carry, and Jo Nesbø with Killing Moon. In the Feelgood category Simona Ahrnstedt vies for the top spot with An Unthinkable Fate. Lastly, the Children’s category sees Martin Widmark and The Dinosaur Mystery face up against among else David Sundin‘s The Audiobook That Did Not Want To End – Part 4, from the same universe as The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read.
The nominees for this year’s Icelandic Storytel Awards have been announced.
The Storytel Awards are an annual event that highlights the best audio books of the year. The awards are granted within five categories: Suspense, Fiction, Non-fiction, YA & Children’s books, and Feelgood.
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s Forget Me Not is nominated in the Suspense category, whilst Jørn Lier Horst’s The Cabin is featured in the Fiction books award.
Martin Widmark’s The Racecourse Mystery is in the running for the Children’s books award, and Just a Bit More by Simona Ahrnstedt is nominated within the Feelgood category.
Readers will be able to vote for their favorite titles, after which a jury will pick a winner among the five candidates with the most votes in each category.
Jo Nesbø’s thirteenth installment in the Harry Hole series, Killing Moon, shoots to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for paperbacks in Sweden.
Jo Nesbø’s thirteenth installment in the Harry Hole series, Killing Moon, was just published in paperback in the UK and entered the official bestseller list for paperback fiction at No. 1 this week.
Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger claim the top spot on Norway’s 2023 bestseller list with Victim, their fifth Blix & Ramm novel. Horst then makes a second showing in the top ten with The Traitor, which features at No. 4. Also appearing twice in the top ten is Jo Nesbø, with Killing Moon at No. 3, and The Night House at No. 8. A non-Norwegian author in the top is Anders de la Motte, whose The Mountain King comes in at No. 6. The highest-placing female writer is Anne Holt, with Twelve Untamed Horses at No. 9.
Moa Backe Åstot’s Fire From the Sky has been named a Printz Honor Book 2024. The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature is an annual award, honoring the best book written for teens, based on its literary merit. In addition, the committee presents four honor books each year. The award is given by the Young Adult Library Association, a division of the American Library Association.
The committee’s motivation reads as follows:
“A member of the Sámi people in Sweden, Ánte wants to preserve his birthright of traditional reindeer herding. However, he worries his emerging romantic feelings for his best friend, Erik, put him at irreconcilable odds with his community and culture. Stark, atmospheric prose invokes an introspective look into individuality within community.”
Spain, Duomo
Closed by Linda Andersson
UK, Bloomsbury
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Korea, Dasan
Closed by Emma Granberg
Netherlands, De Geus
Two-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Hungary, Libri/Helikon
Closed by Emma Granberg
Croatia, Znanje
Closed by Emma Granberg
This is, in fact, absolutely, absolutely wonderful!
– Sveriges Radio
The villain in Antti Tuomainen’s new novel could have stepped straight out of a Martin Scorsese film or The Sopranos by David Chase. (…) Witty, surprising aphorisms, absurd humour, and vividly portrayed Finnish summer nights give way to bursts of action.
– Helsingin Sanomat
Needless to say, this is really good; Nesbø is a star /…/ At the same time as we are served great suspense, [Nesbø] depicts a nation on the downfall with colossal class divides, hatred and lies, and escalating access to weapons with consequential severe violence.
– Kapprakt
There’s nothing more delightful than the new Saltkråkan.
– SvD
The new Vi på Saltkråkan is an ingeniously sunny hit. /…/ Fredrik Edfeldt is responsible for the smooth, summer-mood-creating direction, while Karin Arrhenius delivers an ingeniously entertaining script packed with clever turns of phrase and exciting everyday drama.
– DN
Diamonds and Rust is a story about wounds that never heal, about envy, betrayal and revenge, and about a crime so well and thoroughly thought out that it may never be solved. Not unless Hanne Wilhelmsen gets a chance to try.