Moa Herngren’s runaway bestseller The Divorce has been nominated for the French award Prix Pleine Vie 2025 in the fiction category. The accolade is bestowed by magazine Pleine Vie and once all the nominated works have been announced, a public vote will determine the winner.
This week, The Lake, the latest installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s bestselling William Wisting series, lands at No. 2 on Slovakia’s hardcover bestseller list.
Kristina Ohlsson continues to lead the Swedish bestseller charts, with Nightshifter, the newly released fifth installment in her August Strindberg series, still at No. 1 on the hardcover list. The fourth book in the series, Beyond Rescue, remains firmly in the top spot for paperbacks. Meanwhile, Death on Capri by Anders and Anette de la Motte climbs to No. 2 on the paperback list.
The Sleepwalker, the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, holds the No. 1 spot in the paperback category for the third consecutive week.
Kristina Ohlsson continues to dominate the Swedish bestseller lists with her newly published fifth installment in the August Strindberg series, Nightshifter, still holding the No. 1 spot on the hardcover list. The fourth installment, Beyond Rescue, continues to stay at No. 1 in the paperback category. Meanwhile, Anders and Anette de la Motte’s Death on Capri continues to hold its place at No. 4 on the paperback list.
Collider has revealed that Viaplay is bringing the thriller series Mafia to US screens, and episodes start rolling out on June 19.
Mafia is told from a unique perspective: we see the evolution of organized crime through the eyes of a petty criminal who rises to become a notorious gangster. Additionally, we follow a police detective who had the keen eye to realize that there was something more profound in the underworld of cigarette smuggling, but unfortunately, she wasn’t taken seriously by her superiors. Mafia takes place in the 1990s, and the story covers nine years of rising crime in Sweden, including armed conflicts, intense shootouts, and gang wars.
The strong cast features Peshang Rad, Katia Winter, Helena af Sandeberg, Nemanja Stojanovic, Jens Hultén, Christian Hillborg Cedomir Djordjevic and Dragomir Mrsic. Mafia is helmed by two high-profile directors — Mani Maserrat and Tomas Jonsgården, and Axel Stjärne serves as the lead writer.
Meaning of Life is back with a second season on Viaplay. The comedy drama blends warmth and humour with a poignant look at life’s complexities, capturing the unexpected mix of joy and sadness in everyday moments.
The series is created by Tove Eriksen Hillblom and Maria Nygren. Eriksen Hillblom also directed alongside lead director Eddie Nygren and Adam Pålsson. The series stars Helena af Sandeberg, Celie Sparre, Ulf Stenberg, Hannes Fohlin and Madeleine Martin.
Meaning of Life season 2 will premiere May 18 on Viaplay and TV3.
This week, Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker comes in at No. 1 on the paperback list for the second consecutive week. Meanwhile, Jo Nesbø’s Wolf Hour takes the No. 2 spot in the hardcover category, marking its 19th straight week on the bestseller list.
Moa Backe Åstot’s Fire From the Sky has been nominated for the Garden State Teen Book Award in the Fiction Grades 9–12 category.
The award is presented by the Young Adult Section of the New Jersey Library Association. It honors outstanding young adult books, highlighting titles that are engaging, well-written, and reflect diversity. The winner will be announced in early 2026.
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Jørn Lier Horst and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ series Detective Agency No. 2 has just reached nearly 4 million copies sold in Norway alone, making it the no.1 best-selling children’s book series in the country of all time.
Since the publication of the first book in 2013, the thrilling stories set in Elvestad have captivated young readers, been adapted into movies and translated into more than 20 languages.
Bulgaria, Ciela
Closed by Emma Granberg
Hungary, Animus
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
France, Actes Sud Jeunesse
Closed by Linda Andersson
Vietnam, Rubik Books
Closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Emma Granberg
Serbia, Laguna
Closed by Emma Granberg
Serbia, Laguna
Closed by Emma Granberg
The Divorce is gifted entertainment that reflects life crises the way they often are. /…/ The Divorce is genuinely thrilling and thought provoking. (…) Moa Herngren has written a realistic, raw and moving novel, that is warmly recommended.
– Bogvægten
[D]azzling. /…/ [A] heartbreaking but necessary debut. /…/ [Protagonist Bo is] an anti-hero who speaks to all of us, with lucid, authentic writing, in a story where there are no mysteries about how it could end, because that is how the parable of life is for everyone, and that moves us in the strongest sense of the
term and which, in its own way, comforts us.
– Famiglia Christiana
[A] wonderful debut novel. /…/ [When the Cranes Fly South] is a lyrical meditation on old age, on the love that resists time and defines who we are until the end, and on saving one’s dignity.
– Il Fatto Quotidiano
A feelgood novel for everyone who wants to take a deep breath – and laugh whole-heartedly in the process.
– Kronen Zeitung
The kind of story that warms your heart and heals you from within.
– Südostschweiz
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.