Lisa Ridzén’s lauded debut When the Cranes Fly South soars to the No.2 spot on this week’s Amazon Charts for fiction across all formats on Amazon UK. This is its third week on the list.
Lisa Ridzén’s acclaimed debut When the Cranes Fly South claims the No.1 spot on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for hardcover fiction in Germany this week. This marks the fourth consecutive week that the novel has featured on the list.
The latest title in the Detective Agency No. 2 series – Operation Cannon – debuts at No. 2 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s titles.
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Jan-Erik Fjell (b. 1982) made his debut in 2010 with The Snitch, the first installment in the critically acclaimed series about superintendent Anton Brekke. The novel earned him the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, making him its youngest ever recipient at the time. Fjell has since gone on to sell over 1 million copies, and his books have been published in over a dozen countries. He has also been nominated for the prestigious Riverton Prize for Hide and Seek and The Ring Man.
The Series Mania festival has unveiled an exciting slate of international TV series for its 2026 edition, running from March 20–27 in Lille.
Jag for ner till bror (My Brother), written by Karin Arrhenius and based on Karin Smirnoff’s acclaimed novel of the same name, will compete in the International Competition section.
Hundarna (Burden of Justice), based on an original idea by author Jens Lapidus and starring Arvin Kananian, has been selected for the International Panorama section.
Happiness Season 2, written by Yashar Alishenas, will compete in the Short Forms Competition.
Lisa Ridzén’s When the Cranes Fly South is No. 9 on German Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for hardcovers. The novel has now featured on the list for three consecutive weeks.
The paperback edition of Jo Nesbø’s latest standalone novel, Wolf Hour, has been selected as one out of six titles for the Spring 2026 Book Club Picks by the prestigious Richard and Judy Book Club in the UK.
The Richard and Judy Book Club is the biggest book club in the UK and brings readers a carefully handpicked selection of book recommendations. The Wolf Hour paperback is published today in the UK.
Generation Zero, the latest installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s Fabian Risk series, claims the No. 5 spot on the bestseller list for crime audiobooks.
Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger’s Outcast, the sixth installment in the international bestselling Blix & Ramm series, debuts at No. 5 on the Norwegian paperback list.
When the Cranes Fly South continues to take the UK by storm. Lisa Ridzén’s acclaimed debut novel takes the No. 4 spot on this week’s Amazon Charts for fiction across all formats. This is its second week on the list.
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Türkiye, Dogan Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Ukraine, Publishing House RM
Two-book deal closed by Linda Andersson
Germany, HarperCollins
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Serbia, Treći Trg
Closed by Emma Granberg
Nesbo’s dark, timely new novel mulls societal decay, vengeance and gun control. /…/ Complex /…/ Wolf Hour is another excellent crime thriller by Nesbo.
– Winnipeg Free Press
A quiet, deeply moving novel about aging, about the dignity one longs to preserve, and about how difficult it is to let go when life is gradually slipped away.
– Freundin
[B]reathtaking.
– ARD Kultur
There are stories that touch your heart and captivate you from the very first page, and this is one of them.
– Revista SEMANA
Swedish writer Lisa Ridzén masterfully balances sadness and life-affirmation. By the end, you’ll want to hug all your loved ones.
– MADAME
Nowhere Land/Women in Revolt is the first part of a trilogy. It is about being so young that life is a horizon of possibilities and resistance, about what it takes to become an artist, and what stories one tells when nothing has yet happened.