Karin Magnusson has been awarded the Summer Prize 2026 for her debut novel Broken White. Founded to increase reading, this is the tenth anniversary of the Summer Prize. It is awarded yearly to an author who pens high-quality and thought-provoking literature with an absorbing story and accessible prose.

The jury’s motivation reads:
“In her debut novel Broken White, Karin Magnusson takes on the 90s crisis, which tore careers and families apart but is forgotten today and seldomly portrayed in literature. She captures the 90s spirit in a touching way. We found the portrayal of social tensions and settings very rewarding, both in main character Stefan’s hometown and in Stockholm. Magnusson portrays Stefan’s life story with a sense for details and sharp observations.”

Josef is on the run. His years in the Clan has made him their worst enemy and there’s a high price on his head. But he cannot run forever. If he’s ever going to live a life in freedom and reunite with Antonia, he has to return to Sweden.

Following his father’s death, Muhammed is the head of the Clan and they are more powerful than ever. His sister Zara, however, is not mourning. She is plotting her revenge. With policeman Hjalmar on her side, they are both working tirelessly in the dark. The Clan must be destroyed.

Johanna has been placed in a group home. William lives in a villa in the nicer part of Sollentuna. Their realities are very different, but it doesn’t take long before they are both drawn into the Clan’s web. The young girl and the privileged boy easily move under the police’s radar. But soon lives are at stake and they need to choose which path to follow.

The Love is the third and final installment in the Clan trilogy. It is a stirring portrayal of gang criminality’s reckless violence and effect on our society, where individuals are enticed by money and status and innocent people are used and end up in the line of fire.

Félix and Victor are from two different worlds.

They couldn’t be more unalike. Félix grew up without parents in one of Stockholm’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods; Victor inherited a company from his father and lives in one of Stockholm’s most attractive areas. Now they’re both in big trouble. Félix is about to be evicted, and his brother is pressuring him to commit crimes. Victor is about to lose both his wife and his business, and the pills he takes to numb the pain cloud his mind. He needs help. He needs someone like Félix.

The problem is, Victor just fired Félix.

A Brother and a Friend is a tale of male friendship. Warm, funny, and intriguing, it shows a new side of Jens Lapidus’ versatile authorship.

Kristina Ohlsson is back with Midwinter Deeds, a Christmas novella about August Strindberg’s first ever Christmas holiday as a new resident of Hovenäset.

Winter has the small community of Hovenäset in its icy grip and snow covers the rugged coastal landscape. August’s second-hand store has had a nice start and he himself is head-over-heels for police officer Maria Martinsson.

But then strange things start to happen. August discovers signs of a nighttime visitor who appears to have made their way into his store to flee the cold. Maria meanwhile is pulled into the investigation of the theft of a painting and a kidnapped son. Both she and her colleague Ray-Ray soon suspect that there’s something strange afoot. What actually happened to the missing son? The case transforms into a fight against the clock. And with each night that passes, the temperatures drop…

One day they’re making snow angels. The next, Alma is gone, and time stops.

Jack and Alma are soulmates and know everything there is to know about each other. Then one day the unthinkable happens and Alma dies in a plane crash. Sorrow has Jack in a vice-like grip. They were supposed to be friends forever. But then something starts to happen. Jack finds signs everywhere, making him think that he and Alma weren’t friends just in this life… She’d said so, too, on that last winter night.

What is it that Jack is supposed to remember, and can it help bring back Alma?

All My Lives I’ve Been Missing You

No matter what you do there are consequences. Some worse than others.

Moses Winterman has made some bad decisions, and it is high time to change lifestyle. That is why he has enrolled at the university. No one is more surprised than Winterman himself.

The Valtonen siblings’ mother, who suffers from dementia, has gone missing. She has left behind a house that her kids don’t want to live in and cannot sell. There is a lot of money at stake, the offer is hard to resist, but Winterman has an essay to write.

Soon, Winterman is pulled into a story of lies, deadly revenge, political intrigues, and a house that rests on deep secrets. Far out at sea a resistance movement slumbers, a cell awaiting to be activated.

Winterman and the Consequences is K. Svensson’s second novel about private detective Moses Winterman and the eccentric people he encounters on his investigations.

Lars Kepler’s Medusa, the eleventh book in the Joona Linna series, grabs the No. 2 spot on the hardcover list for the month of September. Martin Widmark also claims a No. 2 spot, grabbing silver on the childrens’ list with the latest LasseMaja book, The Kidnapping Mystery.

SVT’s new drama series Red Flag will premiere in autumn 2027. The six-part series is set in a dystopian Sweden in the 2050s, where a digital collapse has transformed society and created a strict class system based on genetics.

The story follows Livia and Isak, a young couple expecting their first child. When they receive the results of their unborn baby’s genetic test, they discover that their child belongs to a unique category and is considered a genetic sensation. But the report also contains a mysterious warning: a red flag. What initially appears to be extraordinary news soon turns into a nightmare. Livia and Isak are drawn into a dangerous power struggle over their unborn child, forcing them to question the society around them and who they can trust.

Alva Jidesten and Maxwell Cunningham play the leading roles as Livia and Isak. Red Flag is written by Petter Rosenlund, with Anders Hazelius directing all six episodes.

Martin Widmark’s The Kidnapping Mystery once again tops the official Swedish bestseller list for children’s titles, coming in at No. 1. Meanwhile, Lars Kepler’s Medusa, the eleventh book in the Joona Linna series, occupies the No. 2 spot on the hardcover list.