The November bestseller list for children’s books in Norway sees Jørn Lier Horst claim three of the top five spots with his latest titles from the Detective Agency No. 2 universe. The Search for the Christmas Elf comes in at No. 1, Operation Christmas Ornament at No. 2 and Operation Witches Cauldron at No. 4.
The official Finnish bestseller list for the month of November is out. The list for hardcover fiction sees Jo Nesbø’s Rat Island and Other Stories listed as No. 2 for the second consecutive month, while Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle climbs to No. 3.
The Norwegian book industry publication BOK365 has released a list of the ten bestselling crime novels of 2021 and Jørn Lier Horst’s A Will to Serve comes in at No. 1, The Tenant by Danish author Katrine Engberg grabs the No. 3 spot and Anne Holt’s The Eleventh Manuscript claims No. 9.
Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest national newspaper, has announced a list of this year’s best crime novels which features and praises Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle, Johan Theorin’s Weathered Bones, Sara Osman’s Everything We Didn’t Say, Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 and Anders de la Motte & Måns Nilsson’s A House to Die For.
It has now been announced that The Dark Heart will celebrate its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the Indie Episodic section.
The star-studded cast has also been released. Aliette Opheim will portray Therese Tang, a missing people volunteer who becomes obsessed with a case and puts her own life on the line in search of the truth. In the cast we also find Gustav Lindh, Clara Christiansson Drake and Peter Andersson.
The five-part psychological drama-thriller series is created by screenwriter Oskar Söderlund and director Gustav Möller.
Anders Hansen’s Brain Blues comes in at No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for the month of November in the non-fiction category, followed by Måns Mosesson’s Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii at No. 2. Brain Blues also grabs the No. 1 spot on the audio list, accompanied by Fredrik Backman’s The Winners at No. 3 and Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii at No. 5. Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker claims the No. 1 spot on the e-book list.
C More is currently shooting its very first Norwegian original production, Headhunters, a prequel to Jo Nesbø’s novel Hodejegerne. Rolf-Magne Golten Andersen has written the script for the series, together with Geir Henning Hopland who is also serving as director.
Headhunters takes place prior to the events in the novel, and sees Axel Bøyum portraying headhunter and master manipulator Roger Brown and Martin Wallström as the star recruiter Jon Christian Wiklund. The series is produced by Yellowbird in co-production with C More and TV2 in Norway and will see its premiere in 2022.
This week sees Måns Mosesson’s Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii claim the No. 1 spot on the hardcover non-fiction list for the second consecutive week, accompanied by Anders Hansen’s Brain Blues at No. 2. Fredrik Backman’s The Winners, just published in audio, enters the audiobook list at No. 1 this week, while Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man sits firmly at No. 1 on the paperback list.
A third season of Øystein Karlsen’s hit TV series Exit has just been green-lit. The first two seasons have been seen by a record-breaking 2 million people respectively in Norway alone and Karlsen is set to write and direct the third season as well, for which he has already finished a first draft of all eight episodes.
“Øystein Karlsen has written his best screenplay to date with season 3. But that doesn’t mean that it’s gotten any more cheerful. It will be just as dark, mad, detailed and amusing as only Øystein can write it, and as always he has placed a nice little spotlight on some of the dysfunctionalities in our society”, says Petter Testmann-Koch, executive producer of the show and CEO at Fremantle.
Shooting is scheduled to start in Spring 2022 and NRK expects a season premier by spring 2023.
As is tradition, SVT’s annual Christmas Calendar will premiere tomorrow on December 1. This year’s Christmas Calendar, An honest Christmas with the Knyckertz, is based on the books about the Knyckertz family written by Anders Sparring. Sparring is also screenwriter for the series, with Leif Lindblom directing.
US, HarperVia
Closed by Senka Hasanovic
North Macedonia, Matica
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Denmark, Lindhardt og Ringhof
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Slovenia, No! Press
Closed by Emma Granberg
China, Booky
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Czech Republic, Zlin
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Diary of a Ditched Girl is a true ten./…/ A series that’s better than the book it’s based on.
– SR
Diary of a Ditched Girl is this fall’s must-watch Swedish TV show.
– DN
The chemistry between Amanda and her main friendship group is refreshingly authentic, with writers Moa Herngren and Tove Eriksen Hillblom doing a fantastic job of capturing the pitfalls of modern dating.
– Nordic Watchlist
Diary of a Ditched Girl is one of this year’s best Swedish series. /…/
It’s nearly impossible not to get swept up in Amanda’s ill-fated Tinder odyssey and feel the full spectrum of emotions she goes through — hope, joy, sorrow — over and over again.
– Filmtopp
Kristina Ohlsson’s gripping crime novel Beyond Rescue awaits. Combining deep suspense with a richly atmospheric setting, it’s a must-read for all fans of Scandinavian crime fiction. Ohlsson captivates with compelling characters, an intricate plot, and a haunting late-summer mood that lingers until the very last page.
– 24books.de
Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left. Fortunately he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up.