‘Knife’ No. 1 in Slovakia
Jo Nesbø’s new Harry Hole novel, Knife, was published by Ikar in Slovakia yesterday and went straight to No. 1 on the Slovak bestseller list.
Fredrik Backman on the Swedish bestseller lists
Week 22’s (May 27th – June 2nd) Swedish bestseller lists has Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People climbing in ebook, bouncing back up to No. 3 this week, and coming in at No. 4 in audio.
The May bestseller lists in Sweden
The official May bestseller lists see Fredrik Backman appear at No. 3 in Hardcover with Anxious People. The novel is also No. 3 on the ebook list, and No. 5 on the audio one. Backman is joined by Lundell, whose Weekdays 2 is No. 5 on the hardcover list and No. 4 in ebook.
Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger No. 1 in Norway
Death Deserved, the first installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Blix & Ramm series, is No. 1 on the official Norwegian paperback bestseller list also this week.
The May bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Sable Forest, the fifteenth Detective Agency No. 2 book, is No. 3 on the May bestseller list for children’s books in Norway.
Avicii’s posthumous album ‘Tim’ released today
Today is the worldwide release date of the album that Tim “Avicii” Bergling was working on before he passed away. The posthumous album, Tim, is a 12-track collection of new music, including collaborations with Chris Martin, Imagine Dragons and Aloe Blacc among others.
All profits from sales of the album will go towards the Tim Bergling Foundation.
Click here to listen to the full album on Spotify.
‘Knife’ published in Norway
Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel – the only woman he’s ever loved – has ended it with him, permanently. He’s been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it’s in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison – free, and Harry is certain, unreformed and ready to take up where he left off.
But things will get worse. When Harry wakes up the morning after a drunken blackout, with blood on his hands, it’s only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare the likes of which even he could never have imagined.
Knife is the twelfth installment in the Harry Hole series.
‘For the Missing’ No. 9 on German bestseller list
Lina Bengtsdotter’s For the Missing is No. 9 on this week’s Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperbacks.
Katrine Engberg shortlisted for the Martha Award
Katrine Engberg has been shortlisted for the Martha Award by Denmark’s largest book retailer Bog & idé. The Martha Award is an extraordinary author award since it honors Bog & idé and the Danish readers’ favorite author. Previous winners include Jussi Adler-Olsen, J.K. Rowling and Stephen King. The winner will be announced later this year.
New Author – Frida Ramstedt
Frida Ramstedt (b. 1979) is a highly sought-after lecturer in trends, social media and entrepreneurship. She runs Scandinavia’s biggest interior design blog, Trendenser.se, and is the author of the just published and already No. 1 bestselling interior design handbook Make Yourself at Home: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Decorating.