
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Jo Nesbø and Kristina Ohlsson each grab one No. 1 placement on the official weekly bestseller lists in Sweden. Jo Nesbø’s Knife is No. 1 on the paperback list, where it has now reigned at the top for four consecutive weeks. Kristina Ohlsson’s hit children’s book The Mystery of the Haunted Fortress is also No. 1, rising to the top of the children’s list once more. Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 also climbs the lists, appearing at No. 3 in hardcover.

The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Trickster climbs the official Norwegian hardcover bestseller list, and comes in at No. 3 this week. Operation Trickster is the 17th book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.

Monika Fagerholm and Matias Faldbakken shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
Monika Fagerholm’s Who Killed Bambi? and Matias Faldbakken’s We Are Five are shortlisted for the 2020 Nordic Council Literature Prize. Instituted in 1962, the Literature Prize has since been awarded annually to a work of fiction written in one of the Nordic languages that is of “high literary and artistic quality”.
Among previous winners are Sofi Oksanen, Per Petterson and Tomas Tranströmer, to mention a few.
To read the jury’s rationale, click the “Read more” below.

‘A Higher Justice’ No. 4 in Germany
A Higher Justice, Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s sixth novel in the series about Sebastian Bergman, is No. 4 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperbacks this week.

Lars Kepler is the best-selling author of the decade in Sweden
It’s now official that Lars Kepler was the best-selling author of the decade in Sweden, across all categories, genres and formats.
In a press release that went out today, Albert Bonniers Förlag states the following:
“Albert Bonniers Förlag can gratifyingly boast the decade’s greatest authorship, in Lars Kepler. The crime duo has had more No. 1 placements, and top ten-positions across the bestseller lists outlining the book industry’s joint annual sales, than any other author – Swedish or international.
In the fiction category, which includes both Swedish and translated books, Lars Kepler saw the most No. 1 placements (4) and positions in total (13) on Svensk Bokhandel’s top ten-bestseller lists outlining the book industry’s joint annual sales. In a summation of all the categories – fiction, non-fiction, children’s and YA, paperback, audio books and e-books – Lars Kepler likewise holds the most No. 1 placements (7) and the most placements in total (38) on Svensk Bokhandel’s top ten-bestseller lists detailing the book industry’s joint annual sales.”

Øystein Karlsen joins Salomonsson Agency
Øystein Karlsen is Norway’s most sought-after and edgy screenwriter and director. Karlsen is the name behind several highly successful and celebrated Norwegian TV series, including Dag (2010-2015), One Night (2017) and Exit (2019). Karlsen is also the director of several episodes of the popular and awarded Norwegian-American Netflix Original Lilyhammer (2014).
2019 saw the premiere of Karlsen’s latest creation, the scandalous success series Exit, which shook Norway to its core and quickly became the most streamed series in NRK’s history. The dark and twisted drama is lauded around the world, and has generated more publicity than any other Norwegian series. Based on true events, Exit is set in Norway’s high-flying financial world. It revolves around four narcissistic men in their 30s who are looking for an exit from everyday pressures and obligations by using drugs, prostitutes and challenging their own – already low – sets of moral values.
Karlsen is currently in pre-production on Exit season 2, and in development on three international shows.

‘We Are Five’ awarded the Norwegian Radio’s Literary Award
A jury consisting of both experts within the literary field and a few carefully selected members of the general public unanimously named Faldbakken's latest novel We Are Five the winner of the Norwegian Radio’s Literary Award during yesterday's live announcement. The public service station NRK broadcasted the jury interview on Norwegian radio and TV, and Abid Q. Raja, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, was present to hand out the award.

The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
The official weekly bestseller lists of Sweden reprise the placements of the previous week, with Jo Nesbø’s Knife landing the No. 1 spot on the list for paperbacks, and Kristina Ohlsson’s The Mystery of the Haunted Fortress the No. 3 spot on the children’s list.

The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
The latest installment in the hit children’s series Detective Agency No. 2, Operation Trickster, grabs a spot on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcovers, debuting at No. 4.
‘A Higher Justice’ No. 2 in Germany
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s A Higher Justice, the sixth installment in the internationally bestselling series about Sebastian Bergman, is No. 2 on Der Spiegel’s paperback bestseller list this week.