Jo Nesbø and Jørn Lier Horst the most sold in Norway 2019

Jo Nesbø’s Knife is the No. 1 most sold book of 2019 – both on the mixed-genre international list and the list for exclusively Norwegian fiction. Jørn Lier Horst features on both lists with multiple titles: Ill Will, Operation Sable Forest, and The Cabin, to mention just some.

Horst also succeeds in the remarkable feat of claiming a staggering 10 out of 15 spots on the Norwegian children’s fiction list. He does so together with illustrator Hans Jørgen Sandnes and their Detective Agency No. 2 series. The top title for the series was in 2019 Operation Mummy. However on streaming service Faber’s yearly list it is Operation Shipwreck that comes in as the overall No. 1 on the international mixed-genres list.

Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger No. 8 in the Netherlands

Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Death Deserved features at No. 8 on the Dutch bestseller list for thrillers also this week. Death Deserved is the first installment in the Blix & Ramm series.

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Kaspar Colling Nielsen shortlisted for the 2020 Readers’ Book Award in Denmark

Kaspar Colling Nielsen’s latest work When the Dinosaurs Were Little has been shortlisted for the 2020 Readers’ Book Award in Denmark. The award was established in 2003 by the Danish Library Association and national daily newspaper Berlingske that together handpick the annual list of nominees. Previous winners of the award cannot be nominated again, and only books published during 2019 are eligible to be shortlisted.

Readers may cast their vote until April 12. The winner will be announced during an award ceremony on April 16. To vote, click the ‘Read more’ button below.

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The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists

The official lists for week 12 see Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger once again appear at No. 1 on the paperback list with Smoke Screen. Katrine Engberg claims another top spot, debuting at No. 1 on the e-book list with The Tenant. Thomas Enger’s YA novel City At The End: Widowton, also new on the list, comes in right behind at No. 2. Operation Trickster by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes stays put at No. 4 on the hardcover list, where Anders de la Motte’s Rites of Spring debuts at No. 6. Rites of Spring will be published in its home country Sweden on March 30.

Arne Dahl No. 4 in Germany

Arne Dahl’s Friheten claims this week’s No. 4 spot on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for trade paperbacks. The Swedish edition of the novel will be published in late April.

Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger No. 8 in the Netherlands

Death Deserved, Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s first co-written book in the Blix & Ramm series, is No. 8 on week 13’s bestseller list for thrillers in the Netherlands.

The weekly Swedish bestseller lists

Katrine Engberg’s The Tenant is yet again No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for paperbacks, coming in at the top for the fourth week in a row. The hardcover list meanwhile sees Jonas Bonnier land a No. 3 placement with The Day of the Lord, and Niklas Natt och Dag appear at No. 4 with 1794. Natt och Dag’s debut title, The Wolf and the Watchman, comes in at No. 4 on the audio list. It is closely followed by Anne Holt’s A Grave For Two, which is No. 5 in audio as well as e-books. The No. 4 spot on the e-book list goes to Anders Roslund and Knock Knock.