Moa Herngren’s The Inheritance is featured on Icelandic book retailer Penninn Eymundsson’s bestseller list. The novel takes the No. 1 spot on the paperback list and comes in at No. 2 on the overall list. Penninn Eymundsson is Iceland’s oldest and largest bookstore chain.
When 19-year-old Sunniva Linje is found dead beneath the ice near her family’s winter cabin, the police quickly determine her death an accident. But Sunniva’s mother Ada refuses to accept that explanation. Ada’s suspicions are quickly directed towards the neighbors in the cabin next door, the Hellevik family and the guest they hosted that weekend – media tycoon Martin Raa.
Then Raa goes missing without a trace and just a week later Gabriel Hellevik, Raa’s business partner, commits suicide. When Aftonposten-journalist Nora Klemetsen receives an anonymous tip accusing Raa of murder, she is also drawn into the case – until she herself mysteriously collapses from a suspected overdose.
Former journalist Henning Juul has lived a quiet life in Copenhagen for many years. But when he hears what has happened to Nora, the great love of his life, he returns to Oslo. Could Nora have unearthed a truth that someone desperately has tried to bury?
With Weeds Thomas Enger makes an epic return to his iconic Henning Juul-universe. It’s an intense triller about what injustice and loss can make people do – and about the past, which never really goes away.
Pascal Engman’s The Clan stays put at No. 1 in paperback. Martin Widmark’s JerryMaya’s Summer Holiday Book: An Unexpected Thief meanwhile climbs the children’s bestseller list, coming in at No. 2.
Norwegian writer-director Nina Knag’s acclaimed feature debut Se meg (Don’t Call Me Mama) has received four nominations for the 2026 Amanda Awards, Norway’s most prestigious film awards.
The film has been nominated for Best Director for Nina Knag, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Pia Tjelta, Best Supporting Actor for Tarek Zayat, and Best Cinematography for Alvilde Horjen Naterstad, highlighting both the film’s artistic achievements and the strength of its performances.
The psychological drama, which premiered in the main competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2025, has earned widespread critical acclaim both in Norway and internationally.
The winners of the 2026 Amanda Awards will be announced during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund on August 22.
Season 2 of the acclaimed Franco-Iranian drama series Happiness, created and written by Yashar Alishenas and Pouria Takavar for Arte, has won the Audience Award at Seriencamp 2026, one of Europe’s leading festivals dedicated to television series.
Happiness season 2 had its world premiere at Series Mania, and will have its streaming premiere on Arte on June 29.
The Clan, the first installment in Pascal Engman’s Clan Trilogy, jumps to No. 1 on this week’s paperback list.
The Doubt, the second installment in Horst & Fjell’s bestselling Markus Heger series, continues to dominate the Norwegian bestseller list, claiming the No. 1 position for the third consecutive week.
It’s better to have flared up and burned out than to never have been ignited at all. Of that, I am convinced.
When Hanna’s grandmother dies, she cries for the first time in almost twenty years. The last time she did so was on the day her friend Elizabeth disappeared.
Elizabeth crashes into Hanna’s life like a dazzling comet when Hanna is sixteen. Both are children of divorce, raised between different cultures. Suddenly, life takes on new color, and the worldly, free-spirited Eliza quickly draws Hanna out of her shell. Together, they are unstoppable. Until everything spirals out of control, and it becomes impossible to tell love from obsession, or friendship from betrayal.
Elizabeth the Third is a contemporary novel infused with suspense, delving into family relationships, the search for belonging, and a toxic friendship that changes everything.
Anders Hansen’s latest title, The Achilles Heels of Your Brain, is the most sold nonfiction title of the month of May in Sweden.
Pascal Engman’s The War rockets to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction. The War is the second installment in the Clan Trilogy. Engman also features on the paperback list, where he comes in at No. 3 for the second week in a row with The Clan, the series’ first installment.
Also on the hardcover list is Anders & Anette de la Motte’s just published Rivals in Rome, which secures the No. 2 spot. Rivals in Rome is the third book in the Murders Under the Sun series.
Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter is No. 2 in paperback. Nightshifter is the fifth installment in the August Strindberg series.
Portugal, Cultura
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Portugal, Quetzal
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Türkiye, Timas
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
UK, Orenda
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Denmark, Modtryk
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
The Netherlands, House of Books
Three-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
[A] thrilling novel about what a crime can do to a person—whether you are a victim or a perpetrator.
– Ölandsbladet
(…) with his background in crime fiction and her Italian roots, the result is, naturally, cozy Italian murder mysteries.
– Tara
The Doubt delivers quality from the very first page. Guilt, revenge, and trust are the key ingredients, and the author duo weaves them together masterfully. There’s no doubt that this series is here to stay.
– Randaberg24
With impressive brilliance, Jørn Lier Horst ties together the two plot lines of a breathlessly thrilling criminal drama. It doesn’t get any better than this.
– Aftonbladet
A wonderful reunion with the crime hero. /…/ The playful language complements the great intrigue. (…) A crime novel that will excite many this summer. All of these will, just like the undersigned, be hoping for new sequel novels.
– Adresseavisen
It’s a warm summer day when the truck rolls in over the farmyard, unloading something strange: not quite a caravan or an RV, but a massive cube. From the cube steps a boy. His name is Marjo. Who is he? And why has he come to the farm?
