Lars Kepler and Kristina Ohlsson are both in the running for this year’s BookBeat Award for “Crime Writer of the Year.” The winner will ultimately be decided based on the audiobook service’s statistics from their three latest titles.

Lars Kepler is additionally shortlisted for the BookBeat Award for “Crime Novel of the Year” for The Spider. This category looks only at the streaming records of the nominated titles.

The winning authors and titles will all be announced during the Gothenburg Book Festival’s Crimetime Award ceremony, on September 30.

Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King is No. 1 on the paperback bestseller list for the month of August, 2023. He is joined by Ulf Kvensler’s The Couples Trip, which comes in at No. 5.

Ia Genberg’s award winning and internationally praised novel The Details has officially reached 30 territories.

The novel won the prestigious August Prize in 2022 and has since its release traveled the world with brilliant reception, The New York Times writes: “Genberg’s marvelous prose is also a kind of fever, mesmerizing and hot to the touch.”

Markus Torgeby’s books have been translated into a dozen languages and inspired people around the world to lead a simpler life, in tune with nature. In his new book, A Place on Earth: About Building a Cabin and Creating a Life, we get to follow the journey as Markus builds a cabin for his family far away from civilization. The twelve square meters lack electricity and running water, but offer a warming stove and a breathtaking view of the mountains. With valuable advice, clever shortcuts, and two hours of YouTube instructions, the author demonstrates how anyone can build their own ’hideaway’ where time moves a bit slower.

Additionally, the book is a philosophical journey through the spaces that have meant a lot to the author, his wife, and their three daughters: The basement on the island Öckerö where the grandfather repaired fishing nets and the grandmother prepared baked bread, the hut where Markus lived alone in the woods for four years and the house in Jämtland that Markus and Frida built piece by piece.

A Place on Earth poses the question: Which places and people are important to you?

The book is richly illustrated with Frida Torgeby’s photographs from family life, the work with the cabin, and the surrounding Jämtlandsfjällen in the Swedish north.

Strange things are happening at Heidi’s house in Hovenäset. When the carpenter tears down one of her bedroom walls, an old children’s shoe and a toy is found underneath the floorboards. Night after night, a horrible storm rages on, and at night, Heidi can hear someone sneaking around in the room next to hers.

The only thing to look forward to is the ferris wheel that has come to town for the summer. Bill, its kindly owner, moves into the guestroom. Yet something is not right. Dad’s pregnant girlfriend is getting more tired by the day, and Heidi’s confused grandmother seems to be terrified of the ferris wheel, so much so that she wants to get rid of not only it but Bill as well. Heidi soon understands that something horrid has taken place in her house – and that it’s about to happen again…

Wheel of Fire is the first installment in The Bohus Coast Trilogy, where the three friends Heidi, Alva, and Harry have a summer vacation filled with dark secrets and cruel events from the past.

With his magnetic screen presence, versatile acting abilities, and dedication to his craft, Joel Kinnaman has captivated audiences worldwide and established himself as one of the most talented actors of his generation.

Kinnaman’s acting journey began in the early 2000s when he enrolled at the Malmö Theatre Academy. He made his big screen breakthrough as Frank Wagner in the Johan Falk film series, a role for which he received a Guldbagge nomination in 2010 for ‘Best Supporting Actor.’

In 2011 he was awarded a Guldbagge for ‘Best Actor’ in the record-breaking Swedish film Snabba cash (2010), directed by Daniel Espinosa, which gained great attention abroad, and before long Kinnaman’s talent caught the attention of Hollywood.

In 2011-2014 he starred as detective Stephen Holderon on AMC’s acclaimed crime drama The Killing. The following years he starred in several popular films and series, such as RoboCop (2014), Altered Carbon (2018) and Suicide Squad (2021).

Most recently, Kinnaman starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the psychological thriller, Sympathy for the Devil. He also starred in Apple TV+ epic space drama, For All Mankind. The series, led by Kinnaman, has received great critical acclaim and topped both Rolling Stone and USA Today’s Best Shows of 2021 lists. Season four is due to release in 2023.

Up next, Kinnaman is set to star in action thriller, The Silent Hour, directed by Brad Anderson, and the John Woo-directed action film, Silent Night.

The much awaited directorial debut from Fares Fares premieres today September 1 globally on Netflix. The screenplay is written by Fares together with Peter Smirnakos.

The cast is toplined by Fares, Alexej Manvelov and Alma Pöysti.

In 2015, the desert city of Palmyra in Syria is stormed by one of the world’s most brutal terrorist groups – the Islamic State. They wipe out the museum, trash antique statues and blow up thousand-year-old temples. A handful of museum officials resist and are forced to pay a terrible price. But why do the terrorists declare war against the ancient cultural heritage?

This is the story of how the remains from the first advanced cultures of humanity, the cradle of civilization, are being erased. By diving deep into the archives and visiting the war-troubled Palmyra of today, Swedish journalists Anders Rydell and Jesper Hour uncover the secret history of the Cultural Heritage War, the conflict between Jihadists and archeologists, and about the hunt for Blood Antiques: from active war zones to the world’s foremost museums. At stake is our common history – which is at risk of falling into oblivion.

Destroy the False Gods: Palmyra and the War on Cultural Heritage is Anders Rydell and Jesper Huor’s debut as a literary duo.

SVT’s Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten), written by Karin Arrhenius and Maren Louise Käehne, received Kristallen’s prestigious ‘Best Drama Series Award.’ 

Based on Kerstin Ekman’s classic novel of the same name, Blackwater is directed by Mikael Marcimain and stars Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård, Asta Kamma August and Alba August.