Real American Jeans, the sixth installment in Jan Guillou’s the Great Century series, is the No. 1 best selling novel on the Swedish bestseller list for August.

In 2001, three year old Dina is killed in a tragic car accident. Not long thereafter Dina’s mother dies under mysterious circumstances, and Dina’s father Jonas is convicted of her murder.

In 2016, the cold case ends up on the desk of Detective Henrik Holme, who tries to convince his mentor Hanne Wilhelmsen that the father might have been wrongly convicted. Holme and Wilhelmsen discover that the case could be connected to the suicide of an eccentric blogger as well as the kidnapping of the grandson of a EuroJackpot millionaire.

In Dust and Ashes is the tenth and final installment in Anne Holt’s successful series featuring Police Detective Hanne Wilhelmsen.

William is back at the Institute for Post-Human Research, where everything seems to have changed for the harsher. Everywhere you turn there are guards, curfews and strict new rules. The cause lies frozen in the cellar of the Institute: Abraham Talley, the man who not long ago almost killed William. But something’s not quite right… Who is the mysterious lady trying to contact William at night, and what is the cause of the seizures he’s suddenly having? And what on earth is a cryptoportal?

William Wenton and the Cryptoportal is the second installment in Bobbie Peers’ delightfully innovative and action-packed series about William Wenton and his friend Iscia.

The feature film adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s internationally bestselling debut novel A Man Called Ove is Sweden’s contribution to the 89th Academy Awards. A Man Called Ove was chosen by the Swedish Film Institute, who each year announces Sweden’s candidate for the Oscars. The Academy Awards’ official shortlist for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ will be announced on January 24th.

Pyromaniac, a feature film adapted for the screen by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen and directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, has been selected to have its international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, September 8th-18th, 2016.

Pyromaniac has also been chosen as one of the feature fiction films to be recommended as a nominee for the European Film Awards 2016, and is one of three films short-listed as Norway’s official contender for the 2016 Academy Awards in the category ‘Best Foreign Film’.

Based on the prizewinning novel Before I Burn by Norwegian author Gaute Heivoll, Pyromaniac, explores the mind of a young arsonist haunting a rural community.

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry rises to No. 7 in its 19th week on The New York Times Best Seller List. A Man Called Ove remains a steady No. 2 in its 35th consecutive week on the list, and No. 7 on the combined print and ebook list.

Eric, member of the third generation of Lauritzens, grows into adulthood during the 1950s. It’s a time when the fundaments of the Swedish welfare state are built, and the nation’s raw materials turn into hot commodities on the European market that’s still suffering from the ravages of war. The growing threat of a nuclear war is an ever-present worry and fear. For Eric however, his most immediate concern is the change that will forever shatter his protected life in Saltsjöbaden.

Out of the great transformation a new youth culture is also born, where the influences are no longer European but American. Eric too is pulled into this world fascinated by all that is new in music, fashion and film. He not only succeeds in the feat of smuggling the banned beverage Coca-Cola – he is also the first in his class to wear real American jeans.

Real American Jeans is the sixth installment in The Great Century series.