The 2026 Swedish Storytel Awards are now open for public voting.

Among the nominated in the category Crime & Suspense are Hans Rosenfeld’s Dark Harvest, Pascal Engman’s The Clan, and Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter.

Martin Widmark’s The Smuggler Mystery is nominated in the children’s category.

The winners will be announced at the Storytel Awards gala on March 25.

To cast your vote, click on “Read more” below.

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.

The official Norwegian bestseller lists for 2025 have been compiled, and claiming the No. 1 spot in hardcover fiction is Jo Nesbø with Wolf Hour. Jørn Lier Horst appears on the lists with two titles, coming in at No. 3 in hardcover and e-book with The Last Case, and No. 3 in paperback with The Lake. Pascal Engman meanwhile has three titles on the lists, starting with Tierra del Fuego and X at No. 6 and No. 7 in paperback, and No One at No. 9 in e-book.

Pascal Engman continues his streak on the Norwegian paperback bestseller list, coming in at No. 1 with No One also on the first list of the new year.

Pascal Engman and Jørn Lier Horst conclude 2025’s weekly bestseller lists by coming in at No. 1 in one category each. Horst’s The Last Case is No. 1 in hardcover, and Engman’s No One is No. 1 in paperback.

Pascal Engman and Jørn Lier Horst repeat their feats from previous weeks, coming in at the top also this turn. Engman’s No One is No. 1 in paperback, and Horst’s The Last Case continues to hold the No. 2 position in both hardcover and e-book.

Pascal Engman’s No One, the latest installment in the Vanessa Frank series, debuts at No. 1 on the paperback list. Meanwhile, Jørn Lier Horst’s eighteenth installment in the William Wisting series, The Last Case, climbs to No. 2 in both the hardcover and e-book categories.

The nominees for the Swedish 2025 Adlibris Awards have just been revealed. Adlibris, the leading book retailer in the Nordic region, established the award in 2019 to honor the platform’s most popular titles. While a jury of Adlibris employees selected the nominees, the winners will be chosen through a public vote.

Ulf Lundell’s Weekday 12 is recognized in the “Fiction of the Year” category.

The “Crime Fiction” category features Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter, Pascal Engman’s The Clan, and Lars Kepler’s The Sailor.

Björn Nattiko Lindeblad’s From Björn Natthiko Lindeblad. With an open hand is nominated in the “Non-fiction” category.

Estrid Klint’s Ran competes in the “Young Adult of the Year” category.

Finally, in the “Children’s Book of the Year, Ages 6-12” category, Martin Widmark has received a nomination for The Smuggler Mystery, and Anders Hansen and Mats Wänblad are nominated for The Real Happy Pill Minior. 

The winning titles will be announced on January 28, 2026.

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This week, Pascal Engman’s newly published The Clan, comes in at No. 3 on the hardcover list. On the children’s list Kristina Ohlsson’s The Ghost Detectives and the Case of the Lost Treasure claims the No. 1 spot.

September 1st, 1997. Two children are born at Danderyd’s hospital. A boy and a girl who will grow up on each side of Sollentuna. Josef, with an immigrated single mother. Antonia, in a nuclear family in the upper middle class.

Over nearly three decades Pascal Engman portrays their lives in Sollentuna in his new trilogy The Clan. Two parts of the same municipality which equals two completely different worlds. Josef grows up in the immediate vicinity of the clan, the powerful Mansour family, who run Malmvägen and dictate the living conditions for the residents. But Antonia’s sheltered world also cracks, and their paths cross once more.

The Clan is an epic story about the growing gang criminality in Sweden during the 21st century. The drug trade, escalating violence, and constant fatal shootings are depicted from a number of individuals’ perspectives. The novel also explores honor-related violence, family relations, personal circumstances, and the love that tears down all walls.

The jury for the 2025 Petrona Award has just revealed the shortlist for the ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year’, and among the seven nominees is Pascal Engman with The Widows. 

The Judges had the following to say about the title:

“Pascal Engman once again produces a high-octane thriller which impressed the judges with its complex plotting, nerve wracking tension and strong characterisation throughout.”

The winning title will be announced on 16 October 2025.