‘The Helicopter Heist’ No. 4 in Sweden
Jonas Bonnier’s critically acclaimed The Helicopter Heist has gone straight to No. 4 on the Swedish official bestseller list for hardcover fiction.
‘Those Who Failed’ No. 3 in Norway and ‘The Silent Girl’ No. 3 in Slovakia
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s Those Who Failed, the fifth installment in their Sebastian Bergman series, is No. 3 on the bestseller list for paperback fiction in Norway. Additionally, The Silent Girl, the fourth novel in the series, is No. 3 in Slovakia this week.
‘Operation Pirate’ and ‘The Einstein Mystery’ No. 1 and No. 3 in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Pirate continues to rule the Norwegian children’s books bestseller list, coming in at No. 1 also on the April list. Jørn Lier Horst’s The Einstein Mystery, the recently published eleventh installment in Horst’s CLUE series for children aged 9-12, comes in at No. 3.
‘The Thirst’ No. 1 in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst remains at the No. 1 spot on the Sunday Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction in the UK this week, as well as remaining No. 1 in Ireland and New Zealand.
‘Buried Lies’ No. 5 in Germany
Kristina Ohlsson’s Buried Lies, the first book in the Martin Benner diptych, has jumped to No. 5 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller lists for paperbacks in Germany.
‘Beartown’ on the New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, published in the US just last week, has gone straight to No. 5 on the New York Times Best Seller List for hardcover fiction. A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman’s first novel, continues its long-running streak on the bestseller list for paperback fiction, coming in at No. 7 in its 70th week on the list.
‘The Thirst’ No. 1 in New Zealand
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst has shot to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction in New Zealand.
‘The Helicopter Heist’ published in Sweden
Fun, thrilling and utterly captivating, The Helicopter Heist is the page-turning inside account of how four young men from the Swedish suburbs, each of a different nationality, pulled off “one of the most spectacular heists of all time” (TIME Magazine).
Until now, the four robbers have never spoken publicly about what went down before and during the audacious raid in which all emerged unscathed. Through meticulous research and countless interviews with the four men, Jonas Bonnier has crafted a wildly entertaining roller coaster ride of a novel, based on the true events of September 2009’s spectacular heist that stunned the police and turned four gangsters into heroes. “It was a heist right out of the movies: Thieves lowering from a helicopter, a huge lump of cash and an audacious twist in the plot that any crime writer would be proud of.” (CBS)
‘The Thirst’ No. 1 in Ireland and in Australia
Following the news that Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst has gone straight to No. 1 upon publication in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Greece and the UK, Jo Nesbø is now also No. 1 in Ireland, and – for the first time ever – No. 1 on the bestseller list in Australia.
‘The Rabbit Hunter’ No. 1 in Estonia
Lars Kepler’s sixth installment in the Joona Linna series, The Rabbit Hunter, was just published in Estonia and entered the Estonian bestseller list for hardcover fiction at No. 1.