‘1793’ No. 1 in Sweden
Niklas Natt och Dag’s brilliant and thrilling debut 1793 is No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for e-books during the second week of January. The novel also appears on the fiction bestseller list, coming in at No. 2.
‘The Triangle Mystery’ No. 2 in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst’s The Triangle Mystery leaps up to No. 2 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcover fiction during the second week of January. The Triangle Mystery is the twelfth book in the CLUE series.
‘Britt-Marie Was Here’ to be made into a feature film with Pernilla August as the lead
SF Studios, the production company behind the film adaptation of A Man Called Ove, is making a feature film based on Britt-Marie Was Here, Fredrik Backman’s beloved novel about a woman who’s waited her entire life for life to begin. Pernilla August (Star Wars) will play the lead role of Britt-Marie and Tuva Novotny will direct.
-It’s going to be amazingly fun to direct this moving and uplifting feel-good drama, says Tuva Novotny.
Just like in the popular and touching novel, the film will tell the story of 63-year-old Britt-Marie, who is suddenly ejected from her comfortable world and forced to start over again, all on her own.
-She’s a timid, scared, shut-off and very insecure person who suddenly exits a marriage – and finds herself. Suddenly this frail little person dares to let herself be invited up on the dancefloor – her development is so darn beautiful it makes me shiver, says Pernilla August.
The film shooting will start in the beginning of April in Västra Götaland, on the western coast of Sweden. The casting process for the film’s other roles is currently in full swing.
2017’s most listened to audio books in Sweden
The audio book streaming services Storytel, Nextory and BookBeat have announced their most listened to books of 2017 in Sweden.
On the children’s and YA lists of Storytel and Nextory, Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep comes in at No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. Forssén Ehrlin’s second Sleep Series title, The Little Elephant Who Wants to Fall Asleep, appears at No. 5 on the Nextory list.
On BookBeat’s fiction list, Lars Kepler’s The Rabbit Hunter comes in at No. 2, Jens Lapidus’ Top Dog at No. 3, and Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst at No. 4. The list for fiction, crime titles excluded, is topped by Fredrik Backman’s Beartown at No. 1.
‘Buried Lies’ the fourth most sold paperback of 2017 in Germany
Kristina Ohlsson’s No. 1 international bestseller Buried Lies is the fourth most sold paperback of 2017 in Germany. Buried Lies is the first installment in the Martin Benner series.
Photo: Benjamin Kirk
‘Yes No Maybe’ nominated for a Robert Award
The TV series Yes No Maybe, created by Mads Rosenkrantz Grage and produced by Good Company Films, has been nominated for the Robert Award for “Best Short Television Series.” The Danish equivalent to the American Oscars, the Robert Award acknowledges the outstanding contributions of a person or a film to Danish film and television during the previous year.
Yes No Maybe follows Mads on a series of dates in the heart of Copenhagen and explores whether or not true love can be found in the addictive world of online swipe-dating.
The winner will be announced on February 4th, 2018.
Jo Nesbø No. 1 in the UK
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst is No. 1 on Sunday Times’ bestseller list for paperback fiction for the second consecutive week.
‘The Triangle Mystery’ No. 5 in Norway
The Triangle Mystery, the twelfth installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s CLUE series, claims the No. 5 spot on 2018’s first official bestseller list for hardcover fiction. The Triangle Mystery was just published in Norway at the start of January.
‘The Thirst’ and ‘The Katharina Code’ the two most sold crime novels of 2017 in Norway
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst and Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code are the No. 1 and No. 2 most sold crime novels by Norwegian authors in Norway during 2017.
‘A Man Called Ove’ the most sold paperback of 2017 in the US
Fredrik Backman’s international sensation A Man Called Ove was the No. 1 most sold trade paperback in the US in 2017. On the overall list for fiction – hardcover and paperback – the novel was the second most sold title of 2017.