Conny Palmkvist’s Eternity to the Stars has been shortlisted for the 2025 Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award. The Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award is an annual prize given to the best Swedish children’s book of the year for readers in the ages of 9 to 12. The winning author and title will be chosen by a jury of children.
The latest installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s bestselling Fabian Risk series, Generation Zero, debuts at No. 5 on the Norwegian bestseller list for general fiction and at No. 1 in the e-book category this week.
Lemon orchards, pralines, delicate pastries – and a new mysterious death.
Hugo Lind has chosen to stay in Italy, and when the tour guide Lara Belmonte needs a bus driver, he naturally volunteers. This time, Belmonte Travels has arranged a luxury stay on the Amalfi Coast for the Byhlén family, a business dynasty. There are rumors that patriarch Gottfrid Byhlén is finally ready to hand over control of his confectionery empire. But to whom? And is anyone willing to kill to emerge victorious in the power struggle?
Intrigue in Amalfi is the second installment in the bestselling Murder Under the Sun series, offering sunshine, food, and thrilling murder mysteries.
Moa Herngren’s runaway bestseller The Divorce has been nominated for the French award Prix Pleine Vie 2025 in the fiction category. The accolade is bestowed by magazine Pleine Vie and once all the nominated works have been announced, a public vote will determine the winner.
This week, The Lake, the latest installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s bestselling William Wisting series, lands at No. 2 on Slovakia’s hardcover bestseller list.
Kristina Ohlsson continues to lead the Swedish bestseller charts, with Nightshifter, the newly released fifth installment in her August Strindberg series, still at No. 1 on the hardcover list. The fourth book in the series, Beyond Rescue, remains firmly in the top spot for paperbacks. Meanwhile, Death on Capri by Anders and Anette de la Motte climbs to No. 2 on the paperback list.
The Sleepwalker, the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, holds the No. 1 spot in the paperback category for the third consecutive week.
Kristina Ohlsson continues to dominate the Swedish bestseller lists with her newly published fifth installment in the August Strindberg series, Nightshifter, still holding the No. 1 spot on the hardcover list. The fourth installment, Beyond Rescue, continues to stay at No. 1 in the paperback category. Meanwhile, Anders and Anette de la Motte’s Death on Capri continues to hold its place at No. 4 on the paperback list.
Collider has revealed that Viaplay is bringing the thriller series Mafia to US screens, and episodes start rolling out on June 19.
Mafia is told from a unique perspective: we see the evolution of organized crime through the eyes of a petty criminal who rises to become a notorious gangster. Additionally, we follow a police detective who had the keen eye to realize that there was something more profound in the underworld of cigarette smuggling, but unfortunately, she wasn’t taken seriously by her superiors. Mafia takes place in the 1990s, and the story covers nine years of rising crime in Sweden, including armed conflicts, intense shootouts, and gang wars.
The strong cast features Peshang Rad, Katia Winter, Helena af Sandeberg, Nemanja Stojanovic, Jens Hultén, Christian Hillborg Cedomir Djordjevic and Dragomir Mrsic. Mafia is helmed by two high-profile directors — Mani Maserrat and Tomas Jonsgården, and Axel Stjärne serves as the lead writer.
Meaning of Life is back with a second season on Viaplay. The comedy drama blends warmth and humour with a poignant look at life’s complexities, capturing the unexpected mix of joy and sadness in everyday moments.
The series is created by Tove Eriksen Hillblom and Maria Nygren. Eriksen Hillblom also directed alongside lead director Eddie Nygren and Adam Pålsson. The series stars Helena af Sandeberg, Celie Sparre, Ulf Stenberg, Hannes Fohlin and Madeleine Martin.
Meaning of Life season 2 will premiere May 18 on Viaplay and TV3.
Türkiye, Dogan Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Ukraine, Stone Publishing
Closed by Emma Granberg
Latvia, Zvaigzne
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
India, Chaaya
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Patakis
Closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, Bazar
Closed by Julia Angelin
[Herngren] is an expert at portraying relationships and everyday situations, and like in her previous books we get to follow the different characters’ perspectives, which makes you sympathize with both of them. High time for a book club discussion!
– Allas
Peshang Rad, brings out the vulnerability of his combative youth leader in a way that really resonates.
– Upsala Nya Tidning
Their strong bond is beautifully and carefully developed. Rad and Socdal are outstanding. Rad conveys so much with just his eyes.
– Aftonbladet
Peshang Rad delivers a compelling portrayal of Nic. He skillfully brings the character to life as a deeply human figure, full of empathy but also restrained pain.
– Dagens Arena
The Waste Land is a suspenseful novel with good tempo, and its menacing atmosphere is heightened by the setting descriptions and Sakka’s bipolar disorder.
– BTJ
Recently divorced and disillusioned by life, freelance journalist Desiree Swahn is handed a job by her new boss: to write a portrait of legendary star chef, Pierre Bernard. It’s an assignment far from the prestigious one she’d been promised. But Desiree and Pierre’s meeting will come to be more transformative than she could have ever imagined. Pierre Bernard’s life hasn’t only been filled with culinary accomplishments, but also passionate love and heart-rending sorrow. He takes Desiree on a journey through time, from the Grand Hotel in Stockholm in the 1920s, to Paris and a war-torn London, to a Budapest in upheaval, and the most iconic wedding of the century.
