The weekly bestseller lists have just been released and the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, claims the No. 1 spot in the paperback category.
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Moa Backe Åstot’s Butterfly Heart, honored with the prestigious Kirkus Star, has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. The book is one of six titles, chosen from 497 eligible young readers’ books by the Kirkus jurors and editors.
The winner will be announced during an award ceremony in New York City on October 8.
Jo Nesbø’s Wolf Hour is the overall No. 1 in the full Irish chart this week.
Thomas Enger & Johana Gustawsson’s Son, the newly published first installment in their Kari Voss series, comes in at No. 2 on the e-book list this week.
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The first installment, The Escape from Earth, in Bobbie Peers’ new series Techno Zombie has been shortlisted for the Ark Children’s Book Award 2025. This prestigious annual prize celebrates the best children’s book of the year, with the winner being chosen by more than 10,000 children in grades 5 to 7. This marks Peers’ second nomination, following his win in 2015. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony in December.
Jo Nesbø’s new standalone novel Wolf Hour, published last week in the UK, has gone straight to No. 3 on the UK charts.
The comprehensive sales statistics for Q2 2025 have been released, with Nightshifter, the latest installment in the August Strindberg series, ranking as the No. 1 title in total sales. The lists present the top 20 bestsellers based on sales value, with totals including both print and digital formats.
Following the end of the second quarter of 2025, Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter, the latest installment in the August Strindberg series, tops the bestseller charts, reaching No. 1 in the eBook category, No. 2 on the audiobook list, and No. 3 in hardcover sales.
Meanwhile, the paperback chart features Beyond Rescue, the third book in the same series, at No. 2, followed by Death on Capri, the first installment in Anders & Anette de la Motte’s Murder Under the Sun series, at No. 3.
Anders Hansen and Mats Wänblad’s recently published The Real Happy Pill Minior comes in at No. 5 on the children’s bestseller list this week.
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