Martin Widmark’s latest activity book, JerryMaya’s Summer Holiday Book: Work Out with the Priest, climbs the official bestseller list for children’s books, and comes in at No. 2 this week.
Simona Ahrnstedt’s romantic historical novel An Unthinkable Fate and Peter Hammarbäck’s heart-warming debut Zoo Boy have been longlisted for the Swedish Feelgood Festival’s award Feelgood of the Year 2023.
To see the list of the nominees and vote for your favorite, click “Read more” below.
Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Engers’ Scars remains No. 1 on the paperback list also this week, just as Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ The Search for the Viking Treasure repeats its No. 1 placement on the children’s list.
The news hits like a bomb: Ivan and Lydia are dating! Nisse can barely believe it, even though he knows that they have liked each other for ages. And now they are together, for real! It feels strange, and when Wasim returns from his vacation with the news that he too has met a girl, the ground beneath Nisse’s feet suddenly feels shaky. Shit! In just a couple of days they will start sixth grade and he is the only one not dating someone. What is he supposed to do?
In the third and final installment about your favorite middle schoolers, the boys have the floor. It is the story about the final week of summer break before sixth grade told from two perspectives, everything that happens, everything that doesn’t, and everything that perhaps should happen. Humor, seriousness, and recognition aplenty!
Just Be Chill is a stand-alone sequel to Cina Friedner’s beloved Never Back Down and Not Entirely True.
Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon makes its debut on the official bestseller list of Canada, where it comes in at No. 3 on the hardcover fiction list this week.
Photo: Netflix
The anticipated directorial debut from Fares Fares, A Day and a Half, has now received a premiere date on Netflix: September 1, 2023. The screenplay is written by Fares together with Peter Smirnakos.
The cast is toplined by Fares, Alexej Manvelov and Alma Pöysti.
Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø makes its debut on the official monthly bestseller list of Iceland, where it lands the No. 2 spot. Martin Widmark’s The Racecourse Mystery, the seventeenth JerryMaya mystery, is No. 2 among the children’s titles.
The Couples Trip, Ulf Kvensler’s debut thriller, shoots to No. 1 on the official monthly bestseller list for paperbacks in Sweden.
Ulf Lundell makes a double showing on the hardcover bestseller list this week, coming in at No. 4 with Weekdays 8, and No. 5 with Weekdays 9. Martin Widmark’s latest JerryMaya title, JerryMaya’s Summer Holiday Book: Work Out with the Priest, apperas at No. 4 on the children’s bestseller list.
Jo Nesbø thirteenth Harry Hole novel, Killing Moon, makes its first appearance on Sunday Times Bestseller list, where it lands the No. 4 spot.
Finland, Otava
Two-book deal closed by Linda Andersson
Brazil, Editora Record
Closed by Emma Granberg
Croatia, Fokus
Closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, WSOY
Three-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Ukraine, Nora-Druk
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Türkiye, Dogan Egmont
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
A real intense read in a classic race-against-time resolution.
– Skånska Dagbladet
The new series from the creators of Snabba Cash [Oskar Söderlund and Jesper Ganslandt] is world-class. /…/ Cry Wolf oozes with Coen Brothers-vibes and is wonderfully stylistic.
– Filmtopp
A successful mix of Northern Sweden and the Coen brothers. /…/ High quality and accuracy in every aspect, and a unique combination of atmosphere, environments and characters.
– Aftonbladet
The Crow Girl is an entertaining watch that will draw you deeper and deeper into its dark world episode by episode. /…/ It ramps up the drama in just the right places creating a sense of urgency and unpredictability that keeps you anticipating danger at every turn. It’s a twisty ride that will make you glad you hopped on the viewing train in the first place.
– Digital Spy
There’s a black vortex of depravity in this tightly-plotted series – but it is compelling. Just when the TV market seems like it’s approaching a Scandi noir saturation point, along comes a drama that makes you fall for the genre all over again
– The Standard
In Wolf Hour, Jo Nesbø sets the action in the American Midwest in 2016. A hard-boiled police novel in the best Nesbø style – from an America that’s on the edge of a precipice.
