‘Book of Events’ and ‘Stolen Music’ selected by Sydsvenskan as two of the best books of 2024

Sydsvenskan, the largest newspaper in southern Sweden, has announced its list of this year’s best books, featuring the acclaimed works Book of Events by Andrzej Tichý and Stolen Music by Anders Rydell. The newspaper offers the following reviews of the books:

“What a privilege it is to be human and to read the nearly 700-page-long Book of Events. Andrzej Tichý—Sweden’s master of darkness—has written a completely brilliant and twisted novel about racism, violence, and vulnerability. It is a pleasure to follow Tichý into the heart of darkness.”

“With immense knowledge and passion, Anders Rydell portrays the horrifying campaign in the Third Reich to erase Jewish musicians and their works from history.”

 

Andrzej Tichý Anders Rydell

‘The Sleepwalker’ No. 1 in Finland

The official Finnish bestseller list for the month of November is out, and The Sleepwalker ranked No. 1 in the translated category for hardcover, audiobook, and e-book formats. Moreover, it secured the No. 5 spot across all formats.

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Lars Kepler No. 1 in Czech Republic

Lars Kepler’s latest installment in the bestselling Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, debuts at No. 1 on the Czech Republic official bestseller list this week.

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Lars Kepler, Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger, and Jørn Lier Horst stays put on the Norwegian bestseller lists

Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker remains firmly at the top of the e-book bestseller list, holding steady at No. 1. Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger’s  Victim continues to secure the No. 2 spot on the paperback list. Meanwhile, Jørn’s Dry Land ranks No. 2 in both the hardcover and e-book categories.

 

Lars Kepler Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger Jørn Lier Horst

‘Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka’ premieres in Swedish cinemas

Friday December 6 saw the premiere of Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka in Swedish cinemas. The heist comedy has received great reviews, many of them praising the film for bringing the old and beloved characters into a new contemporary context.

Eddie Åhgren is directing the film with a stellar cast including Robert Gustafsson, Jonas Karlsson, Anders Jansson, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Arvin Kananian and Johan Rabaeus.

Arvin Kananian Johan Rabaeus

New Swedish Reading List Highlights Works by Emma Karinsdotter and Moa Backe Åstot

The Swedish government has given the National Agency for Education and the Swedish Art Council the mission to create a reading list of fictional works. The list is intended to serve as a resource for teachers in their education. An independent reference group of experts in literature and education has contributed to the preparation of the list.

The list includes Emma Karinsdotter’s Unscientific Studies: Nine Pieces of Evidence for Things That Likely Never Happened with the following motivation:

“The humorous, the absurd and the grotesque all come together here, and the illustrations are essential to the whole. After reading it, further studies in the same spirit can begin.”

The list also includes Moa Backe Åstot’s YA novel Fire From the Sky. The motivation reads as follows:

“A sensitive story about how two young people tentatively and passionately approach each other. At the same time, a fiery confrontation with Sweden’s colonial history.”

Emma Karinsdotter Moa Backe Åstot

First look of ‘Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole’ as filming wraps today

Today, Netflix announces that Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole has completed filming. The video above is the very first look of Tobias Santelmann as the legendary detective Harry Hole and Joel Kinnaman as Tom Waaler, in Harry’s shabby Oslo apartment. Shooting commenced on May 23 and has been shot in more than 160 locations over 113 days in Oslo including iconic Harry Hole locations like Harry’s favourite hangout Restaurant Schrøder and Frognerbadet.

Netflix also announces that Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person in the World, Bergman Island), Ane Dahl Torp (Home Ground, Charter) and pop-singer Dagny (Home for Christmas) have joined the star-studded cast for the highly anticipated series.

Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole will premiere globally on Netflix in 2026.

Jo Nesbø Øystein Karlsen Tobias Santelmann Joel Kinnaman Agnes Kittelsen Ellen Helinder Kelly Gale Frank Kjosås

Lars Kepler No. 2 in Denmark

This week, Lars Kepler’s latest installment in the Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, is No. 2 on Saxo’s bestseller list for e-books.

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by Andrzej Tichý

What Tichý does refreshingly differently from our own authors is that he lets his experiments with form shape a story. It is never only about the sufferings of Ajsa, Mink, Edyta, Violeta, and the other residents of Malmö. It is always also about the way suffering becomes literature. While Tichý cross-cuts between narratives, while he shouts and whispers, cries and laments, and even occasionally laughs—yes, while he above all lets a wealth of voices other than his own be heard—we see a work take shape.

– Weekendavisen

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