The psychological thriller Knocking will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021. The film is based on the short story Knocks by acclaimed Swedish author Johan Theorin, and the script is written by Emma Broström. Knocking is directed by Frida Kempff and is her feature debut. Kempff has previously directed the documentary Winter Buoy and shorts like Micky Bader, which among else won a Cannes Jury Prize in 2010.

Cecilia Milocco (Involuntary) stars as a woman who moves into a new apartment following a tragic accident. She soon begins to hear a disturbing knocking sound. Is it a call for help, or a message in Morse code? As the knocking grows more intense she confronts her neighbors, but they all claim to be unable to hear it.

The bestseller lists for the first week of December see Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man claim the No.1 spots on the audio and e-book lists, and the No. 2 one on the hardcover list. The No. 5 placement goes to Hans Rosenfeldt’s When Crying Wolf.

The non-fiction list has the ever popular Björn Natthiko Lindeblad appear at No. 2 with his I May Be Wrong. He is also No. 2 in audio, where he’s joined by Ulf Lundell and Weekdays 3 at No. 4.

New on the paperback list is Stina Jackson, whose just published softcover of The Last Snow is No. 2.

A world covered in ruins and ash. An alien phenomenon has ravaged Earth’s atmosphere and forced its few survivors underground. But there are still secrets left to be uncovered. Matt, Sigrid and Charlie leave the safety of their enclave to go on an expedition into the wastelands of the surface world. During their journey, they will be forced to confront their hidden pasts from the time before civilization fell.

Simon Stålenhag is the internationally lauded artist and author of The Electric State, Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood. Now, Stålenhag returns with a hauntingly chilling tale of the ultimate cost of survival: The Labyrinth.

Sofia Lundberg’s irresistible debut novel, The Red Address Book, has reached a milestone age on the official German bestseller list. This month, the novel has featured on Der Spiegel’s list for one full year.

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman has been selected as a Voters’ Favorite of 2020 on the annual LibraryReads list in the US. The novel thereby nabs a spot in the top 10 of 2020, as voted by librarians across the nation.

Each month, LibraryReads publishes a list of the best books and in September this year, Anxious People was one of their choices. The “Voters’ Favorites” list features titles from the previously published LibraryReads lists of 2020.

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