A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman’s debut novel, is No. 4 on the New York Times Best Seller List. It is the novel’s 32nd consecutive week on the bestseller list, and it’s joined by My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry at No. 10. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry has now been on the bestseller list for 16 consecutive weeks.

Maj Sjöwall has been awarded the Crimetime Specsavers’ Honorary Award 2016. The newly established award is to be presented to authors who have acted as pioneers in Swedish crime literature and put Sweden on the international crime fiction map.

“It is a great honor to be the first to receive this award, given that there are now quite many Swedish mystery writers,” says a happy Maj Sjöwall. The award ceremony, which Maj Sjöwall will also be attending, is to be held on August 20th in Visby, during the closing performance of the Crimetime Gotland Festival, Sweden’s biggest crime literature festival.

Jørn Lier Horst and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ The Search for the Queen of the Jungle is this summer’s most sold children’s book in Norway. The activity book, which features the gang from the Detective Agency No. 2 series, is joined on the list by a book from the original series, Operation Circus. The ninth installment in the series, Operation Circus keeps its No. 3 spot from last month’s list.

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry comes in at No. 8 in its 15th week on The New York Times Best Seller List for paperback novels. A Man Called Ove remains a steady No. 4 in its 31st consecutive week on the list, and No. 10 on the combined print and ebook list.

Liza Marklund has been chosen as the winner of Radio Bremen’s Crime Award (Krimipreis) 2016. The annual award will be presented to Liza Marklund for her novel The Final Word, the 11th and final installment in her series about crime reporter Annika Bengtzon. The jury of Radio Bremen praises the novel, calling it a “gripping political thriller” and lauds Marklund for her knowledgeable descriptions of current changes in the Swedish media landscape. The award ceremony will take place on September 26th in Bremen.

Previous winners of Radio Bremen’s Crime Award include Arne Dahl (2010).

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is No. 6 on the New York Times Best Seller List in its 14th week on the list. A Man Called Ove, Backman’s debut novel, comes in at No. 4. As A Man Called Ove celebrates its 30th consecutive week on the paperback list, it also climbs the the combined print and eBook list, leaping up to No. 7.

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry and A Man Called Ove continue to feature at the top of the paperback bestseller list in Germany. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry comes in at No. 2 while A Man Called Ove celebrates its one year anniversary on the list at No. 6. The recently published Britt-Marie Was Here continues to climb the bestseller list for hardback novels.

Fredrik Backman’s novels are still going strong on The New York Times Best Seller List. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry comes in at No. 5 in its 13th week on the list, and A Man Called Ove is No. 3. This marks the 29th week for A Man Called Ove on the paperback list, but the novel also remains also a steady No. 9 in the combined print and eBook category.

Fredrik Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry jumps up to No. 4 on its 12th week on the New York Times Best Seller List. A Man Called Ove, is still No. 2 on the bestseller list and has now been on the list for 28 weeks.

Roslund & Hellström's Three Minutes is No. 1 on the Swedish bestseller list. ‘Three Minutes’ is the seventh installment in the series about Police Detective Ewert Grens.