Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man claims the No. 1 spot on the Norwegian e-book list, additionally coming in at No. 3 in hardcover. Jørn Lier Horst’s A Question of Guilt is No. 3 in e-books and No. 5 in hardcover. The paperback list’s No. 5 placement goes to Kristina Ohlsson’s To Him Who Knocks.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman is a nominee for the fifth annual Book of the Year Award.
The Book of the Year Award is the US book club Book of the Month’s prestigious and highly coveted prize, with nominees that represent some of the best and most popular fiction read by millennial women in 2020.
Starting on Thursday, November 13, the book club members will be able to vote for the best book of the year. The winner will be announced in December.
Fredrik Backman’s latest novel, Anxious People, has made it into the semifinal-round of the Goodreads Choice Awards in the Fiction category. The voting period for the semifinals ends on November 15, and a winner will be announced shortly after.
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Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man claims the No. 2 spot on the Slovakian book retailer Martinus’s e-book bestseller list. Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Smoke Screen features on the list as well, where it is No. 5.
Danny, Malik and Christian grew up on the same block on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Once the best of friends, they’re now nothing alike. While Danny went down the path of the criminal, Christian and Malik chose another track somewhere along the way. Now, Christian is a policeman and house-owner with a wife and children; Malik is studying to become a dentist while helping out at his father’s restaurant.
Danny is serving his sixth year in prison for a violent offense when he’s unexpectedly released on parole. The first thing he wants to do is find his old friends. But no one has seen Malik in weeks, and though Christian is part of the police, his search is bound by the limits of the law. But laws have never been an obstacle to Danny. He sets out to find his lost childhood friend.
On Parole is Jonas T. Bengtsson’s fifth novel.
Lars Kepler’s latest title about Joona Linna, The Mirror Man, comes in first in three categories on the official Swedish bestseller lists for October. It is No. 1 in hardcover, audio, and e-books. Hans Rosenfeldt follows just behind, placing at No. 2 in hardcover and audio with When Crying Wolf. Simona Ahrnstedt’s ever popular Opposites Attract series makes its mark on the e-book list, where the latest installment – Hearts on the Line – comes in at No. 3.
Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man dominates also this week, featuring at the No. 1 spot on three lists: hardcover, audio and e-books. Simona Ahrnstedt’s Hearts on the Line likewise stays put, coming in at No. 4 in e-books.
Fredrik Backman’s international bestseller Anxious People is No. 1 on the Canadian independent bookstores’ bestseller list for trade paperback fiction. The title has featured at No. 1 since October 19th.
Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man doesn’t budge from its placements on the Norwegian bestseller lists, coming in at No. 1 in e-books and No. 3 in hardcover also this week. Also on the e-book list is Jørn Lier Horst’s A Question of Guilt, which places at No. 4.
Lars Kepler reigns supreme on the Slovakian bookseller Martinus’s bestseller list, claiming the No. 1 spot with The Mirror Man, the eighth Joona Linna Novel. Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger meanwhile grab the No. 4 placement with Smoke Screen, the second Blix & Ramm novel.
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Türkiye, Dogan Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Ukraine, Publishing House RM
Two-book deal closed by Linda Andersson
Germany, HarperCollins
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Serbia, Treći Trg
Closed by Emma Granberg
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– Dagens Nyheter
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– London Evening Standard
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