‘The Last Snow’ and ‘Knock Knock’ shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award
Stina Jackson and Anders Roslund have both been shortlisted for Bonnier’s Book Clubs’ Book of the Year Award 2020. Jackson is nominated for The Last Snow, and Roslund for Knock Knock.
Also known as the “People’s Choice Award,” the Book of the Year award is arranged annually by Bonnier’s Book Clubs, the home of Sweden’s five biggest book clubs. The winning title and author will be announced during the Gothenburg Book Fair, on September 25.
To see the list of the nominees and vote for your favorite, click “Read more” below.
Antti Tuomainen and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir on The Times’ ‘Best books of the past five years’ list
The Times and the Sunday Times Crime Club have listed the forty best books of the past five years, and Antti Tuomainen and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir each grab a spot on the list. Sigurdardóttir (“The queen of Nordic crime”) does so with The Legacy, the novel that starts off her Freyja & Huldar series. The UK newspaper calls this first installment “an introductory murder that hikes the tension to cardiac-arrest levels. […] Icelandic noir at its reliably gripping best.” Tuomainen (“Scandi noir’s leading chucklemeister”) meanwhile receives an accolade for his humorous Little Siberia, populated by “a splendid cast of characters. /…/ Nordic lols.”
‘Rebecka Martinsson’ season 2 premiere
The second season of the successful TV series Rebecka Martinsson premieres today on C More and May 6 on TV4. Karin Arrhenius and Oskar Söderlund are head writers of this season, which is freely based on Åsa Larssons’s novels, and directed by Fredrik Edfeldt and Andrea Östlund.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Stina Jackson’s The Last Snow scores three No. 1 placements on the official Swedish bestseller lists for week 16. The Last Snow comes in first in hardcover, audio, and e-book. Jackson’s debut title The Silver Road also nabs a spot on the e-book list, coming in at No. 3. Anders de la Motte’s Rites of Spring can likewise be seen on three lists – the final installment in the Skåne Quartet is No. 2 in e-book, No. 3 in audio, and No. 5 in hardcover. Niklas Natt och Dag meanwhile features at No. 3 on the hardcover list with 1794. Finally, Katrine Engberg grabs No. 5 on the paperback list with The Tenant.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
Smoke Screen, the second novel from the author duo Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger, is No. 1 in e-book on week 16’s official bestseller list for Norway. The title is also No. 3 in paperback. On the hardcover list, Jørn Lier Horst reprises his appearance, coming in at No. 7 with Operation Trickster, the seventeenth book in his and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series. Not far behind at No. 9 is Anders de la Motte, with Rites of Spring. Lastly, Katrine Engberg features twice on the e-book list, first at No. 5 with The Tenant, and then at No. 10 with Blood Moon.
Alexis Almström to direct ‘Vinterviken 2021’ for Netflix
Netflix is making a new Swedish original film based on Mats Wahl’s novel Vinterviken, which was adapted into a successful feature film also in 1996.
Vinterviken 2021 is set in Stockholm, 2021, and focuses on the love story between two young people raised in the same city yet living light years apart, separated by economic, social, and cultural differences until they enter the same high school class.
The feature film will be produced by Filmlance International, with Teresa Alldén as producer and Alexis Almström as director. Dunja Vujovic serves as the screenwriter. The trio previously collaborated on Top Dog, a TV series based on the Jens Lapidus trilogy.
‘Freedom’ published in Sweden
Sam Berger is a desperate man. His partner and lover, Molly Blom, has disappeared without a trace and he’s powerless to find her. In the midst of this turmoil, Sam receives an enigmatic but lucrative request. A woman, Nadja, has been kidnapped and her therapist is prepared to compensate Sam generously, provided he keeps the police out of the investigation. In his search for the missing woman, Sam finds a hidden gem and it dawns on him that Nadja may not be the only one who is in danger…
Freedom is Arne Dahl at his best – fast-paced, thrilling and full of surprises.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
The Swedish bestseller lists for week 15 see Stina Jackson claim the No. 1 spot in hardback fiction with her recently published novel The Last Snow. The book also comes in at No. 2 in e-book and in the audiobook category the novel nabs the No. 2 spot (physical edition) and the No. 4 spot (digital edition). Anders de la Motte meanwhile comes in at No. 1 in both e-book and audio (physical edition) with his latest installment in the Skåne Quartet, Rites of Spring. He also features at No. 2 on the hardback list and No. 5 in audio with the digital edition. Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 nabs the No. 5 spot on the hardback list. Leif GW Persson’s Pig Party makes an appearance in the audio list at No. 6.
The paperback list sees Katrine Engberg grab the No. 4 position with her debut novel The Tenant. Finally, the children’s fiction bestseller list features Jens Lapidus’ first installment in his new series for young readers, The Dillsta Gang and the Art Heist, at No. 4.
‘The Wolf and the Watchman’ on the Spanish bestseller list
This week’s official Spanish bestseller list features Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut The Wolf and the Watchman at No. 9. This means the novel has now spent twelve consecutive weeks in the country’s top 10.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
The Norwegian bestseller lists for week 15 see Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s second installment in their co-written Blix & Ramm series Smoke Screen claim the No. 1 spot in the paperback category. The novel also features at No. 4 in e-book. Jørn makes another appearance, together with Hans Jørgen Sandnes and their latest part in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, Operation Trickster, which comes in at No. 5 in hardback. Katrine Engberg’s debut The Tenant meanwhile nabs the No. 2 spot on the e-book list, and is accompanied by Thomas Enger and his YA-novel City at the End: Widowton at No. 7.