‘My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry’ and ‘A Man Called Ove’ on The New York Times Best Seller List
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.
‘Three Minutes’ No 1. in Sweden
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.
Detective Agency hits No. 2 and No. 3 in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst and Hans Jørgen Sandnes' The Search for the Queen of the Jungle is currently No. 2 on the Norwegian bestseller list of children's fiction. Following at No. 3 is Operation Circus, the tenth book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.
Detective Agency No. 2 sold to 13 countries
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ crime fiction series for children, Detective Agency No. 2, is headed for Finland! Finland will be the 13th country the crime solving trio of Tiril, Oliver and Ocho make their debut in.
‘My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry’ and ‘A Man Called Ove’ on The New York Times Best Seller List
A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman’s debut novel, is No. 3 on the New York Times Best Seller List. It’s the novel’s 25th consecutive week on the bestseller list, and it is joined by My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Fredrik Backman’s second work of fiction. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry too remains a steady top ten favorite, coming in at No. 7 in its 9th consecutive week on the list.
Official series trailer for ‘Detective Agency No. 2’
Detective Agency No. 2 and the city of Riverton come to vivid life in this animated trailer for the children’s detective series by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes. Created by the talented Sandnes – the illustrator half of the author duo – the trailer gives a sneak peek at the series’ lushly imaginative universe and thrilling adventures!
Erik Axl Sund and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir shortlisted for ‘The Mörda Award’
Erik Axl Sund’s The Crow Girl and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s The Undesired have both been shortlisted for The Mörda Award for ‘Captivating Crime in Translation’. The winning novel will be announced on July 22nd at Harrogate. To vote for your favorite, click the “Read more” button below.
‘My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry’ and ‘A Man Called Ove’ on The New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove jumps up once more to the No. 2 spot on the New York Times Best Seller List. This week marks the novel’s 24th consecutive week on the bestseller list. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry climbs the list as well, coming in at No. 5 in its 8th consecutive week featured.
‘The Crow Girl’ chosen as one of the New York Post’s best summer reads
Erik Axl Sund’s The Crow Girl has been chosen by the New York Post as one of this summer’s must-read books. Calling it one of the “buzziest books” of the season, the Post hails the novel as “an extraordinary, complex, unpredictable piece of work.”
The Crow Girl, a merged edition of all three books in the Victoria Bergman trilogy, will be published in the US on June 14th.
Fredrik Backman on Shelf Awareness’ and New York Times’ top lists
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove has been voted the No. 1 book club pick for May by 120.000 book club readers and 39.000 book clubs in the US. That places A Man Called Ove firmly at No. 1 on Shelf Awareness’ Top Book Club Picks in May. Fredrik Backman’s second novel, My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, is also listed as a Rising Star.
A Man Called Ove continues to place in the top also on The New York Times Best Seller List, coming in at No. 3 in its 23rd consecutive week on the list. My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She’s Sorry follows closely behind at No. 6, having featured on the list for 7 consecutive weeks. On the combined print and eBook list, A Man Called Ove is No. 13.