“Ulrika Rolfsdotter tells a more important story after her spectacular introduction. [She] writes skillfully about loneliness and misguided people in a beautiful, sparsely populated river valley.”
“Rishøi offers a charming, Christmas-themed novella about sisterhood and financial hardship in contemporary Oslo. […] This has the feel of a classic holiday tale.”
We are proud to welcome Henrik Hollbox to Paloma Agency.
Ingvild H. Rishøi’s poem Words of Wisdom from her rhyme collection Borti Natta has been featured in the latest issue of literary magazine The Dial, in translation by Caroline Waight.
“Ulrika Rolfsdotter also writes with great insight into human nature, and Annie’s professional role as a social worker […] which provides her own angle in the overpopulated crime genre.”
“A book that speaks clearly about class and, similar to the books by Édouard Louis or Christian Baron, says; yes, yes, there is an underclass and an associated ‘underclass anger’ in the middle of your chic cities […].”
“It is very well written, touching, captivating and suspenseful all the way to the resolution. […] Ulrika Rolfsdotter is an author very much worth reading.”
Karolina Schützer’s bestselling novel Beneath the Paris Stars is published in Slovakia today, August 30th.
Emma Bouvin has received this year’s Nils Horner Prize for her work as Middle East correspondent at Dagens Nyheter.
After the success with Heart of Prey and The Unburied, Ulrika Rolfsdotter returns with the highly anticipated third novel in the series about social worker Annie Ljung.
In the Shadows was published yesterday and went straight to the #3 spot on the bestseller list at Adlibris, one of Sweden’s largest online book retailers.
Today marks the publication day of Frida Skybäck’s third installment in the Fredrika Storm series, In the Shadows.
The SVT documentary Smokey’s Dream: When Formula 1 Came to the Village was released yesterday, August 18th. Anton Berg serves as editor.
“Will You Care if I Die? shows, in a gripping way, what affection can do for a person. […] To love someone means making yourself vulnerable. Nicolas Lunabba’s devastatingly honest book shows us that it is worth taking that risk.”
“In the very personal story of a friendship and of growing up, the author convincingly weaves in issues of class, the desolate state of almost abandoned schools, and the structural violence of a politics that are not based on basic human needs.”
“There is real magic in this charming novel about care, community, and the kindness of strangers. It is a deeply affecting story, beautifully told, that is sure to touch the heart of many readers.”
The Swedish paperback edition of Ingvild H. Rishøi’s critically acclaimed novel Brightly Shining has sold over 26 000 copies, less than a year since its publication.
“It is absurd that young readers in South Korea would not have access to the same knowledge that other young readers around the world have.”
“Compartment No. 6 is on one hand a fierce description of the absurd Soviet everyday life, and on the other hand a thoughtful, sometimes longing, memoir of the Soviet culture.”
Nicolas Lunabba is this year’s recipient of the Stig Sjödin award, granted annually in memory of the Swedish poet Stig Sjödin.
Frida Skybäck’s highly praised novel The Book Club at the End of the World is now out in South Korea.
The month-long ban on Inti Chavez Perez’s bestselling book Respect in South Korea has been canceled, effective immediately.
Rights to Ingvild H. Rishøi’s critically acclaimed novel Brightly Shining has now been sold to twenty-one territories, including forthcoming publications in the UK and the US.
The River, Rosa Liksom’s critically acclaimed novel, has been published in Germany by Penguin Verlag on June 26th, 2024.
Beneath the Paris Stars, Karolina Schützer’s runaway bestselling novel, continues to place in the top ten of Swedish book retailer Pocketshop’s bestseller list. The novel has held a top ten spot throughout 2024 so far.
Frida Skybäck’s highly praised novel The Book Club at the End of the World is published in Italy today, June 19th, 2024.
“Light, with a darkness beneath the surface.”
Karolina Schützer has been nominated for the Feel-Good of the Year Award 2024 for her novel Snowfall Over Paris.
“Who wants to save these young people, and what does it take to do it? Anyone who has a well-grounded or unfounded opinion on this should read this raw report, it is an eye-opener.”
“There is something in the Danish water. It tastes sweet and sick and smells like money and death. It is anarchist, anti-capitalist, and concerned about the end of the world as we know it.”
The upcoming US edition of Ingvild H. Rishøi’s critically acclaimed novel Brightly Shining has been highlighted by Publishers Lunch’s Buzz Book promotion for the 2024 Fall/Winter edition.
“This is fiction that doesn’t hold back, that aspires to a higher, more fascinating mission than a tap on the back for mastering an art.”
“Small stories that give a broad depiction of how people in Sweden truly live today. The entire book is like a single long maltreatment report.”
“Airy-fairy, speculative, sexual, and mystical.”
Ingvild H. Rishøi has been honored with the prestigious Dobloug Prize.
“In a time of skepticism and wariness between people, these stories remind us of the humanity which unites us all.”
“It is precisely this ephemerality that makes the story captivating – it is simultaneously smart and incomprehensible, accessible and distant, light-hearted and heavy.”
Karolina Schützer’s runaway bestselling novel Beneath the Paris Stars has managed to claim the #10 spot on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling paperback fiction for the first quarter of 2024.
Malin Persson Giolito’s critically acclaimed short story collection Still Life is #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction for the month of April.
“The paper-thin line between good and evil is what Rishøi describes incomparably.”
“[…] the novel grows with its characters, they receive life, background and motive to their actions, and the author truly illustrates the problems of the outskirts — a little twisted, but still.”
“Eika’s writing style is original, raw, and physical.”
Patrik Lundberg, author of the poignant novels Butterfly Road, The Wankers and Yellow on the Outside, will be awarded an honorary doctorate at Malmö University.
We are proud to welcome Emma Bouvin to Paloma Agency.
“Computer chips, clones, UFO:s, synthetic drugs, bizarre cults and ceremonies, déjà vu, trips and trips, body horror, oiled tourists and beach boys at your service…”
“Winter Stories is a heartfelt, gripping collection of stories, where each one not only awakens solidarity with our fellow humans with disabilities, but simultaneously holds up a mirror to us […]”
We are proud to welcome Kaja Gjersem Nygaard to Paloma Agency.
Malin Persson Giolito’s critically acclaimed new short story collection Still Life continues to hold #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction.
“The five short stories that make up this collection are dizzying.”
The film adaptation of Stolen, based on Ann-Helén Laestadius’s award winning novel, has been viewed over seven million times within its first week of premiering. It is already the most viewed commercial Sámi film ever made.
“We get to go on an incredible journey. [Catrin Ormestad] succeeds in writing a book that is topical about the climate and biodiversity […] and there are love stories and fragile family ties.”
“Even reinterpreted as a film, it is a powerful and brutal story, born from rage. […] There is a painful beauty in Stolen.”
The Netflix adaptation of Stolen is released today, April 12th.
Malin Persson Giolito’s new critically praised short-story collection Still Life continues to hold #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction.
“A real page-turner worth many readers. […] the author keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. You constantly want to know how the story unfolds. In this ability pure genius is revealed.”
“Snow, misery, and yet, a ray of light.”
“Ann-Helén Laestadius presents a new strong testimony on the injustices committed toward the Sámi people […]”
Malin Persson Giolito’s new short story collection Still Life has quickly entered the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction, this week at #1.
We are proud to welcome Patrik Lundberg to Paloma Agency.
Frida Skybäck’s bestselling novel The Bookshop on Riverside Drive has been nominated for the Relay KitKat Paperback Prize 2024 in the Novel category.
“Black and white meet, but they are watercolors, mixed in the ocean’s water, and it is with shades just as grey as the cliffs of the archipelago that Catrin Ormestad paints their lives, with an understanding for both worldviews.”
“Jonas Eika’s dreamlike short stories broaden the reality of the reader and reflects on power and marginality. […] A radically open mind reveals both the social balance of power and the seeds of solidarity.”
“Malin Persson Giolito’s Still Life is a menu of hors d’oevres: short stories and tableaus about several crimes committed in Sweden today. The explicit ambition is realistic.”
“Grab this book, lock yourself inside, turn off all notifications and devices, maybe play some music in the background, and disappear into this author’s merciless world. You will come out broken.”
“After the Sun reveals the profound banality of speculative financial capitalism in action, highlighting how abstract financial derivatives can have tangible consequences on the lives, thoughts, and bodies of individuals.”
Catrin Ormestad’s highly anticipated novel, When the Wolf Came, is out today, March 25th.
Internationally bestselling author Malin Persson Giolito returns in her new short story collection, Still Life, out today, March 22nd.
Beneath the Paris Stars, Karolina Schützer’s bestselling debut novel, continues to take place on Pocket Shop’s bestseller list, ranking at #2.
The success of Frida Skybäck’s critically acclaimed novel White Angel continues. It has soared to #1 on Adlibris’s chart over bestselling paperback fiction.
“Here, a drama unfolds where social control can be fatal, especially for those seeking sustainable change. Catrin Ormestad is a driven writer with a feel for and knowledge about nature and the vulnerable island life.”
We are proud to welcome Catrin Ormestad to Paloma Agency.
“The young Danish author Jonas Eika […] seizes you from the first pages in their collection After the Sun with their almost physical, exciting style. […] Ingenious and intriguing prose which breaks free from its shackles.”
“If you like the atmosphere of the far north, snow and cold, and at the same time want a piece of good literature, this is a book for you.”
“Heartfelt, not too sentimental stories which bathe in the comfort of Christmas spirit.”
“You don’t have to read Birds of Sorrow for long before you realize that despite its ordinary looks, it is quality work by a quality author.”
The Danish edition of Ninni Schulman’s The Way We Played ranks #5 on book retailer Bog & Idé’s list for bestselling crime fiction.
“In the praised collection, Jonas Eika links substantiality and sexuality with spirituality, in a clever plea for unruliness.”
“An epic, multi-generational tale […] Stolen is a clear-eyed, sometimes shocking account of the persecution of a people whose language has been restricted, their culture repressed and land taken from them.”
”This is an author who is brilliant at including the child’s perspective and telling us how she feels, and it is true that in some parental and child roles it is not always the adult who comforts the child, sometimes it is the other way around.”
Karolina Schützer’s critically acclaimed debut novel Beneath the Paris Stars ranks #2 on Pocket Shop’s bestseller list.
The paperback edition of Punished, Ann-Helén Laestadius’s critically acclaimed novel, is #1 on Akademibokhandeln’s chart over bestselling paperback fiction.
“After the Sun is a wild and clever plea for unruliness.”
Ann-Helén Laestadius’s runaway bestseller Punished, continues to climb on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling paperback fiction, this week at #2.
We are proud to welcome Frida Skybäck to Paloma Agency.
“Campaigner Nicolas Lunabba writes movingly about his troubled childhood and difficult work in a book addressed to an unruly teen who changed his life.”
Three of Paloma Agency’s authors have been nominated for the Storytel Awards.
The paperback edition of Malin Persson Giolito’s bestselling novel Deliver Me ranks #3 at the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling paperback fiction in all of 2023.
The UK edition of Ann-Helén Laestadius’s runaway bestselling novel Stolen has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award
“Her name is Mia Kruger, and it is she who makes this superb story very special indeed. Genuinely gripping and with a wonderful heroine, it is sensational.”
The US edition of Christoffer Carlsson’s highly praised novel Blaze Me a Sun has yet again been named one of the best crime novels of the year, this time by CrimeReads.
Ann-Helén Laestadius have been honored by The Swedish Academy with an assigned reward from the Academy’s own funds.
“Written in Bjørk’s habitual cool prose, it’s an absorbing, twisty novel.”
Ingvild H. Rishøi’s Brightly Shining is #2 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling paperback fiction for the month of November.
We are proud to welcome Anton Berg to Paloma Agency.
Ninni Schulman’s The Way We Played is #1 on major Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter’s list of the best crime novels of 2023.
“Well, Norway did just receive a Nobel Prize in literature… That’s a bit of a shame. Because here is a candidate who could probably stand a chance in a couple of years.”
The US edition of Christoffer Carlsson’s critically acclaimed novel Blaze Me a Sun has been named as one of the best crime novels of 2023 by The New York Times.
The award is given each year by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy and is Sweden’s most prominent prize for suspense writing.
The winning titles will be announced on January 25th, 2024.
The Netflix adaptation of A Nearly Normal Family has just had its global release.
The Sins of Our Fathers, Åsa Larsson’s bestselling novel, has been shortlisted for the Crime Fiction Lover Awards for best crime in translation 2023.
We are proud to welcome Karolina Schützer to Ahlander Agency.
“For an authorship, that spans across vast areas, eras and themes. For the journey that traverses the historical and present time landscape made out of emotions, the portrayal of man’s exclusion, inclusion and in-betweenclusion-illusion.”
Stargate. A Christmas Story is #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling paperback fiction.
Åsa Larsson’s The Sins of Our Fathers has been selected as one of the best crime titles of 2023 by three major critics.
“A brainy page-turner form a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction.”
Four of Paloma Agency’s authors have been nominated for the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023.
“A very, very elegant and skillfully told passion drama.…] A very intriguing book.”
“Ann-Helén does not shy away from violence or the difficult issues of mental illness, but lets the main character face all the problems that the Sami population has had to endure.”
“Nicolas Lunabba has turned the debate about street violence and exclusion from abstract problematization to finding actual solutions and creating safe spaces for young people in Malmö’s underprivileged areas.”
The first trailer for the Netflix adaptation of A Nearly Normal Family has just been released. The mini series is set for a global launch on November 24th.
The Aleksis Kivi Award is the most important Finnish literary prize and is only given every few years, most recently in three-year intervals.
The world English rights to Asta Olivia Nordenhof’s Money to Burn and The Devil Book have been pre-empted by Jonathan Cape.
The Dutch edition of Happy New Year, Malin Stehn’s debut novel, has been shortlisted for the prestigious MAX Bronzen Vleermuis-award in the category of Best Debut Thriller.
Åsa Avdic has been awarded Natur & Kultur’s working scholarship 2023. Out of 550 applications, 16 were chosen, each winner receiving 100 000 Swedish crowns.
It was just announced that Tina Harnesk has won the prestigious award for Best Book of the Year in Sweden.
Camilla Grebe’s bestselling novel Welcome to Eternity has been shortlisted for the French Prix Cognac award for Best International Novel 2023.
Netflix has just released first look images for the screen adaptation of Mattias Edvardsson’s bestselling novel A Nearly Normal Family.
“To publish the first work in a planned septology, receive wonderful reviews and then clearly face a wall during the work with the next part in the series, and still end up writing a book, volume 2, which is even better than the first.”
Ninni Schulman’s latest novel The Way We Played is #3 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling paperback fiction.
“There’s a lot of societal engagement to this story, and it truly makes Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare a book you need to read.”
Karolina Ramqvist has been awarded the Aniara Prize for her critically acclaimed book Bread and Milk.
The first installment of Ninni Schulman’s Siljan Series, The Way We Played, has sold a landmark 100,000 copies in Sweden – this even before the paperback has been published.
“[A] crafty psychological thriller […] Readers follow with grim fascination as the book’s all-too- human cast stumbles into tragedy.”
“An engaging climate change satire . . . Liljestrand gets in plenty of barbs at the various players as they cling to their old lives amid disaster. It makes for a devilish twist on climate fiction.”
“The plot is great and Christina Wahldén creates a setting rich in details from the 40’s.”
“It is a captivating read with a crawlingly eerie resolution, skillfully evoked by Åsa Avdic’s balancing act between closeness and distance.”
“Jens Liljestrand questions our consumerist and deeply hyper-connected lifestyle and turns a mirror towards a western society confronted with fear, grief, arrogance or anger; so many ways to meet the unknown.”
“The spirit of the time, the characters, and the unimaginable evil that is revealed – everything feels real and terrifying.”
The third installment in Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, The Deeper You Go, takes place on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the fourth consecutive week, placing at #11.
“The writing is poetic, sensible, vibrating […] I am waiting for the other six books with impatience.”
The third installment in Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, The Deeper You Go, takes place on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the third consecutive week, placing at #10.
The UK edition of Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World is one of the finalists for the prestigious Wainwright Prize 2023 in the Nature Writing-category.
Ulrika Rolfsdotter ‘s The Unburied is #1 on Adlibris’s chart over bestselling paperback fiction and Mattias Edvardsson’s Vow of Silence is #3 on the chart over bestselling hardcover fiction.
“A well written page-turner, do not miss this one!”
The third book in Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, The Deeper You Go, takes place on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the second consecutive week, placing at #10.
“Discover this beautiful, very sensitive writing.”
The Deeper You Go, the third book in Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, enters Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction at #3 in its first week of publication.
“In contrast to this darkness stands Asta Olivia Nordenhof, born in 1988, with her vivid, luminous and very inhabited writing.”
“Well, it’s the fact that she so often writes at the intersection of crime story, historical novel, and relationship novel, and that she pays so much attention to her portrayals of characters and milieu.”
The UK edition of Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World has been longlisted for the prestigious Wainwright Prize 2023 in the Nature Writing-category.
“Christina is always reliable. When I open one of her books I know right from the start that I’m in for a treat, and this is confirmed in the first few pages.”
“The police work goes on, but so does life, which Alsterdal captures with a presence that never leaves the reader. Eira lingers – along with the annual craving for the fantastic landscape of the High Coast.”
“True to her habit, Johanna Mo also lets a real cliff hanger end the whole book and I just want more right away.”
The Trembling Grass has climbed to #4 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction within its second week of publication.
“Suspense and tragedy is combined with satire in this creation that will challenge the reader and make them reflect on our society.”
“Praised author Christina Wahldén has been inspired by Gotland’s dark history and she seamlessly weaves a thrilling, charming, and heartfelt story.”
We proudly welcome Rosa Liksom to Ahlander Agency.
The Trembling Grass, the highly anticipated fourth installment of Johanna Mo’s bestselling Island Murders Series featuring Hanna Duncker and Erik Lindgren, has just been published.
“Two voices that unite to form this searing social chronicle against a background of nature writing. […] a Nordic tale that is deeply moving.”
Ann-Helén Laestadius’s critically acclaimed novel Stolen, in an easy to read adaptation by Jenny Lindblad, is a finalist for the study association Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan’s literature prize for best Easy to Read book 2023.
“This is where the novel burns the most, in the description of Julia’s unhappy love. Of the madness that can only befall those who, high on oxytocin, are no longer capable of rational thought.”
“It is Mattias Edvardsson’s fifth suspense novel, and he gets more and more skilled at describing the difficult sides of ordinary family life, where new events put cracks in a safe foundation, making everything change.”
Bestselling author Camilla Grebe and Carl-David Pärson’s debut novel The Borrower is out today.
“There is no Swedish writer that better portrays how life turns from the ordinary grey everyday life into something unbearable than Mattias Edvardsson.”
Samuel Bjørk’s lauded latest novel Hitra has just been published in Holland, hitting #1 on the official list for bestselling suspense, one week of publication. Hitra is also #3 on the list for bestselling hardcover fiction.
“Tove Alsterdal ties together all the threads she so cleverly laid out in the previous books. And the result is not only a well-written, highly suspenseful crime novel – but also an insightful story about Sweden.”
“Mattias Edvardsson continues to successfully explore the family as a construction in the suspense novel Vow of Silence, the fourth book in the Lund suite.”
“It could very well have been a long series, because Tove Alsterdal succeeds to weave together politics, history, Sweden’s development, and the beauty of Ådalen in her thrilling crime stories.”
“Stitch by stitch, Edvardsson knits the three narrators’ stories together in an impressive feat of structural engineering.”
Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World has been shortlisted for the prestigious James Tait Black Prize 2023.
The Deeper You Go, the highly anticipated third installment of Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, is #3 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction.
“Schulman puts himself heartbreakingly in the shoes of the small, melancholic Harriet, who constantly observes her father and wants to do everything to ‘better’ herself for him.”
Camilla Grebe’s bestselling novel Welcome to Eternity has been nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle in the Crime Fiction category.
“They are the babbling class, and Isabel Nylund knows them inside out, knows everything about every word they say to avoid being present and standing up for who they are.”
The Deeper You Go enters the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s List for bestselling hardcover fiction at #2. Christoffer Carlsson’s latest novel The Living and the Dead takes place on the list at #3.
“What characterizes Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare is the lively and joyful storytelling and an exceptionally well-constructed milieu and historical atmosphere. And in addition; it is incredibly thrilling.”
Elin Cullhed’s critically acclaimed novel Euphoria is one of the finalists for the Catalonian Bookseller’s Award.
Christoffer Carlsson’s critically acclaimed latest novel The Living and the Dead climbs to #2 this week on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fict
The Deeper You Go, the highly anticipated third installment of Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, is out today.
“More precipitation is expected in the future”, Nors states briefly – but still seems to rest in the fact that things are fundamentally permanent. In this way, this excellent book irretrievably belongs to the world of yesterday.”
International bestselling author Mattias Edvardsson returns in a thrilling new psychological suspense novel: Vow of Silence.
“A media consultant, his daughter, his mistress and a teenager must cast aside their petty concerns in the face of the climate disaster striking this satirical novel’s alternate-present Stockholm. They do, to varying degrees of success.”
The Living and the Dead is this week #5 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction and Welcome to Eternity is #3 on the list for bestselling paperback fiction for the month of April.
The Norwegian edition of Alex Schulman’s critically acclaimed novel Malma Station enters Norway’s official bestseller list for hardcover fiction at #3 in its first week of publication.
“My heart races, I get shortness of breath and chills down my spine. Occasionally, a small laugh escapes me because of an episode that begins tragicomically but quickly ends in pure tragedy.”
Jens Liljestrand’s highly praised novel Even if Everything Ends, translated from Swedish by Eline Jongsma, has been longlisted for the European Literature Prize 2023.
Christoffer Carlsson, Tina Harnesk, and Ann-Helén Laestadius have all been nominated for the Book of the Year Award 2023 for their novels The Living and the Dead, Those Who Sow in Snow, and Punished.
“Once again, Carlsson has accomplished a beautiful and engaging story about grief and loss, about memories and guilt. And it is so incredibly well written!”
“And luckily, Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare is the first part of a suspense series, so we will soon get to know more about the colorful cast of characters.”
The winners of the O. Henry Prize 2023 have been announced and Jonas Eika’s Me, Rory and Aurora, translated from Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg, is one of them.
“The unforgettable story of a Sami girl fighting for her lifestyle in a disappearing world. A novel as captivating and enchanting as the vast expanses it is set in.”
Carlsson writes very well, sometimes with an almost poetic sharpness. The tone is earnest, melancholic, and compassionate. […] the author knows his characters well, and he feels for them, even the ones who commit misdeeds.
Camilla Grebe’s highly praised novel Welcome to Eternity continues to hold a tight grip of the bestseller list, and is currently #2 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling paperback fiction.
After the success with Blaze Me a Sun, bestselling author Christoffer Carlsson returns with a new novel: The Living and the Dead.
“Swedish writer Ann-Helén Laestadius’s award-winning bestseller Stolen (Hoffmann and Campe) is the unforgettable story of a Sámi girl fighting for her lifestyle in a disappearing world.”
Camilla Grebe’s latest novel, Welcome to Eternity, is #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the month of March. The book is also #2 on this week’s list.
Johanna Mo tops the list of the most streamed titles on leading Norwegian streaming platforms Fabel and Nextory for the month of February with two books at the same time: The Night Singer at #1 and The Shadow Lily at #2.
Samuel Bjørk’s latest novel, Hitra, has climbed to #1 on the Norwegian Booksellers’ Association list for bestselling hardcover fiction as well as the list for bestselling e-books.
“A magnificent reading experience, and the film adaptation is highly anticipated.”
Hitra, Samuel Bjørk’s latest novel, ranks high on the Norwegian Booksellers’ Association list for bestselling hardcover fiction as well as the list for bestselling e-books for the second consecutive week, this week at #2.
Elin Kristina Oskal will be playing the leading role of Elsa, alongside Lars-Ánte Wasara as Mattias. They are joined by experienced actor Martin Wallström (Mr. Robot), among others.
Ninni Schulman’s bestselling crime novel The Way We Played has been the #1 most streamed audio book on Storytel, BookBeat and Nextory for the months of January, February and March.
“Schulman creates and shows his characters in a way that leaves the final interpretations to the readers. Thanks to this, Malma Station is a work of literature of the highest order.”
“Sandgren strikes a nice balance between comedy and coming-of-age […] A lovely atmosphere to lose yourself in […] Gorgeous and heightened”
Welcome to Eternity is #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling paperback fiction. Deliver Me is #3 on the same list as well as on Akademibokhandeln’s chart over bestselling paperback fiction.
Johanna Mo’s critically acclaimed novel, The Dark Elm, takes place on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the third consecutive week, this week at #6.
Christina Wahldén is an award-winning Swedish author and journalist who has written more than 70 books for children and young adults to date, and a number of books for an adult audience.
“It deserves to sit on a great many bookshelves, offering a trapdoor back into the moment of its reading. Who knows where the time goes? Fragments of it are saved and stored in novels such as this one.”
Punished tops Svenska Dagbladet’s list of “the best bestsellers”, which compiles books that have received critical praise while at the same time being in the top of the bestseller lists, for the fourth consecutive week.
“The novel has the feel of one of Gustav’s magnificent oils; layer upon layer of careful brush strokes and colour that amount to something close to photorealism. […] Sandgren has a sly eye for comedy […] A novel to savour”
The Dark Elm, takes place on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the second consecutive week, this week climbing to #2.
Alex Schulman has been highlighted by Euroman and Heartbeats as “One of Sweden’s best”, in two reviews about his latest novel Malma Station.
Malin Persson Giolito had the great honor of being one of the keynote speakers at the RISE Bookselling Conference this week, on March 19th and 20th in Prague.
“In this moving crime novel Laestadius helps us comprehend what a terrible trauma for the Sami people this clash of cultures represents, and to bear witness to the erosion of their cherished way of life.”
“As always, Alex Schulman is an absolute master at portraying both parts, so that you sit super engaged holding your breath. A moving reading experience with a complex cast of characters.”
Samuel Bjørk‘s long-awaited fifth book about Mia Krüger and Holger Munch, Hitra, is out in Norway today!
Johanna Mo’s critically acclaimed novel, The Dark Elm, enters Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction at #6 in its first week of publication.
“It is strong and moving, and Malma Station is a novel that touches you deeply. […] Malma Station is an intense and urgent reading experience, and Schulman is an author you can only look forward to reading more from.”
“The Danish novelist and poet explores power relations on all scales, pushing the couple to the height of unreason, while orchestrating a bloody political battle between a fearsome capitalism and its victims.”
“A sense of apocalyptic doom throws the relatively petty concerns of the characters into sharp relief even as their humanity is affirmed by the author’s careful attention to their quirks and unique perspectives.”
“The fragile Rebecka Martinsson is an indelible figure, and we are reminded that the distaff Larsson is one of the best current practitioners of Scandinavian crime fiction.”
“Poised at the intersection of life and art, reality and imagination, [Collected Works] blends the thrill of mystery with the curiosity and depth of philosophical inquiry.”
“Asta Olivia Nordenhof fragments and superimposes the mercantile insensitivity and the heartbreaking and fatal destiny of a couple, the better to convey a form of social criticism.”
“It hurts to read Punished. At the same time, it’s incredibly hard to let go off. As the book nears its end, I notice how I take more and more pauses, just to make the book last a little bit longer.”
Ninni Schulman’s bestselling latest novel, The Way We Played, has been the #1 most streamed book on BookBeat during both January and February.
“Author Malin Stehn has once again written a suspense novel of the highest class – Happily Ever After is just as good as the former A Happy New Year.”
Malma Station is #2 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction. Malin Persson Giolito’s Deliver Me, is #1 on the list for bestselling paperback fiction for the fourth consecutive week.
“It may be a cliché, but it is and remains one of the most important things that literature can offer: to show us what lies beyond our own horizon of experience, beyond our categories of what is familiar, simple and safe.”
Ann-Helén Laestadius’s latest novel Punished is #1 on Svenska Dagbladet’s list of “the best bestsellers”.
“There’s no need to fawn with superlatives: Alex Schulman has done it again with his razor-sharp portrayal of vulnerable family relationships […] Schulman is possibly better than ever!”
Johanna Mo tops the list of the most streamed titles on leading Norwegian streaming platform Fabel for the past week with no less than two books at the same time: The Night Singer is #1 and The Shadow Lily #2.
Punished is #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction for the fourth consecutive week. Deliver Me, is #1 on the list for bestselling paperback fiction for the third consecutive week.
“Adeptly written and plotted, with in-depth characterizations and rich topography, You Will Never Be Found is yet another fine contribution to the redoubtable genre.”
“When this duo switches from each side of the Atlantic, no one is safe. A bad snail can hold a whole world and a playlist can hide a soul. Every week we camp at their observatory hill – and what we hear is the cultural pages of the new era.”
Punished, Ann-Helén Laestadius‘s latest novel, tops the Swedish Publisher’s Association list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #1 for the third consecutive week.
The finalists for the PEN Translation Prize have been announced, and Caroline Waight, the English language translator of Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World is one of them.
“The merit of the Rebecka Martinsson series is further its perfect consistency: each novel captures the reader’s heart, and the theme and plot hold together excellently all the way to the end”
The Way We Played is #2 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s bestseller list for bestselling hardcover fiction for the month of January. The Sins of Our Fathers is #1 on the list for bestselling paperback fiction for January.
Ann-Helén Laestadius’s latest novel Punished takes place on Svenska Dagbladet’s list of “the best bestsellers”, this week climbing to #1.
Last week, The Way We Played soared to #1 on online retailer Adlibris’s bestseller list, after an incredibly enthusiastic review in the literary segment of the tv show Go’kväll.
Punished tops the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #1. Malin Persson Giolito’s Deliver Me takes place on the list for bestselling paperback fiction at #1.
Ann-Helén Laestadius’s new novel Punished takes place on Svenska Dagbladet’s list of “the best bestsellers”.
“By highlighting the local nuances and the many detailed character portrayals, Blaze Me a Sun winds through a Swedish landscape of desolated homesteads, uncultivated fields, forest lakes, lonely destinies, and well-hidden secrets.”
“The heart, and the great appeal, of this novel is its empathetic portrait of a young woman who flourishes in this harsh, but beautiful, landscape.”
“Schulman is a skilled storyteller who through her language gives every scene a strong presence.”
Punished, Ann-Helén Laestadius’s latest novel, tops the Swedish Publisher’s Association list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #1 within its first week of publication.
“A gripping psychological study of the perils of forcing facts into preconceived patterns, and a reminder of how devasting learning the truth can be.”
After the success with Stolen, bestselling author Ann-Helén Laestadius returns with a new novel: Punished.
“The story reads like a page-turner, and Liljestrand’s ironic humor calls to mind Ruben Östlund’s satires on the Swedish bourgeoisie and Don DeLillo’s postmodern classic White Noise.”
Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World is one of the finalists for The National Book Critics Circle Awards, in the Autobiography category.
Ann-Helén Laestadius is interviewed in The New York Times about her critically acclaimed novel Stolen.
We are proud to welcome Ingvild H. Rishøi to Ahlander Agency.
Caroline Waight, the English language translator of Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World has been longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize for her translation of Dorthe’s work.
The paperback edition of Karolina Ramqvist’s critically acclaimed memoir Bread and Milk takes place on the Swedish Publisher’s Association list for bestselling paperback fiction at #3 for the third consecutive week.
“Ninni Schulman’s Hagfors Series was good, but in this new series she has become even better.”
“Deliver Me leaves its mark and provokes more than one thought, which is due to Giolito’s liberating outlook on issues that otherwise would be on the verge of drowning in a pool full of more or less stigmatized stereotypes.”
“Ninni Schulman gives us a splendid start to the crime fiction year with her crime novel The Way We Played. […] The series about Ingrid Wolt has top tier potential.”
Five of Paloma Agency’s authors have been nominated for the Storytel Awards.
The Way We Played, Ninni Schulman’s latest novel, enters the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #2 in its first week of publication.
It has just announced in that film & TV-rights for Christoffer Carlsson’s bestselling novels Blaze Me a Sun and Under the Storm have been sold to Range Media Partners in a competitive auction.
Ninni Schulman’s latest novel The Way We Played is the #1 most streamed book on Storytel and BookBeat right now.
“A thumbs up for Tove Alsterdal’s You Will Never Be Found. It’s an adroitly plotted slice of Scandicrime.”
“That’s what is interesting, in a literary way as well: not in it being perfect, but in it being alive.”
“An astonishingly gifted introduction to something new.”
The US edition of Christoffer Carlsson’s bestselling novel, Blaze Me a Sun, is Good Morning America’s “Buzz Pick” of the week.
The Sins of Our Fathers, the concluding installment of Åsa Larsson’s Rebecka Martinsson Series, ranks #1 at the Swedish Publisher’s Association list for bestselling paperback fiction for the month of December.
“Sandgren hooks the reader with an absorbing, multilayered plot that shifts between past and present, building slowly towards the emotional and narrative mystery at its heart.”
“Schulman takes her time portraying both teenagers and adults as thinking, sentient people. Slowly she gives her characters both flesh and spirit, and as a reader I find it increasingly difficult to put the book down.”
US daily literary website Literary Hub recently published an extensive radio interview with Dorthe Nors for their segment ’Otherppl’.
Bestselling writer Ninni Schulman, master of slow-building suspense and delicately wrought characters, takes readers back to the 1980’s in this first installment of a new crime series.
“When Eira’s boss GG disappears without a trace, You Will Never Be Found kicks into higher gear and races with tremendous velocity toward a euphoric resolution.”
“Nors has written a powerful, authoritative masterpiece. A sometimes stern work, A Line in the World introduces North American readers to a surprising new world and a new way of seeing things.”
The US edition of Ann-Helén Laestadius bestselling novel Stolen has been named one of the most anticipated books of January 2023 by independent book retailer Book Culture.
”A dark, tightly plotted, and satisfying thriller”
The Sins of Our Fathers, the concluding installment of Åsa Larsson’s Rebecka Martinsson Series, ranks #1 at the Swedish Publisher’s Association list for bestselling paperback fiction this week.
Malin Persson Giolito’s episode of Vinter i P1, a popular segment where well-known Swedes host their own hour of music and discussion on Swedish national radio, aired on December 27th.
Åsa Larsson’s The Sins of Our Fathers has been the most popular choice among adult readers at libraries in six of Sweden’s biggest cities in 2022, making it #1 on the combined loan list.
“The first great crime novel of 2023 is Blaze Me a Sun by the decorated Swedish crime writer Christoffer Carlsson, who twines together national and personal traumas to devastating effect.”
The literary critics of Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter have named Karolina Ramqvist’s Bread and Milk the best book of 2022.
Dorthe Nors’s essay Wandering Houses from her critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World has been nominated by World Literature Today for the Pushcart Prize.
Christoffer Carlsson and Åsa Larsson have both taken place on the German Krimibestenlist for best crime fiction 2022.
Dorthe Nors’s essay collection A Line in the World is an editors’ pick in The New York Times Book Review this week.
The association of independent bookshops in western Paris has released their 11th rendition of the Prix Libraires de Seine, an award highlighting the best titles published during 2022.
“Cullhed succeeds in showing the miraculousness of creation.”
“I read it during my last trip to Öland and I barely dared to step outside at night. Love, violence, and drama in what is normally considered a pastoral and friendly environment. Well worth a read.”
“The beginning is brilliant […] I’m very fond of this second book from Ulrika Rolfsdotter.”
“This is a book that very few could have written as compelling, harsh, and tender as Nicolas Lunabba has done. /…/ There isn’t anyone who shouldn’t read this book. Or: everyone should read it.”
British newspaper The Guardian has asked authors and critics to recommend books to give as presents this Christmas and one of them is Dorthe Nors’s critically acclaimed essay collection A Line in the World.
“[An] audacious mix of procedural and psychological thriller … Carlsson teases readers with the slow unraveling of what happened when.”
Malin Persson Giolito has been chosen as one of the radio hosts of this year’s Vinter i P1 – a popular segment where current profiles host their own day of music and discussion on Swedish national radio.
“I suspect that this book – already a prize-winning bestseller in Europe, will speak to those young women who even today feel relationship equality faltering once babies come along.”
“At the same time, her essays provoke reflection on one’s own personal geography and how memories map onto specific landscapes and bodies of water.”
“The silenced ethnical group that are the Sami is the focus for Ann-Helén Laestadius’ book Stolen. It is a subtle, profound and exceptional read that can only be highly recommended.”
“The language is bombastic and lyrical, but above all filled with ruthless humour. […] An impressive debut.”
“The plot unfolds slowly but masterfully, with serial surprises. […] A brainy page-turner form a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction.”
It has just been announced that rights to Alex Schulman’s international bestselling novel The Survivors have been optioned by Yellow Bird UK, who are planning on adapting the book into a major English-language feature film.
“Camilla Grebe both continues and renews the best of the Swedish crime tradition in a story that keeps the reader gasping for breath.”
“Her novel is burlesque and daring, populated by colorful, unforgettable characters. But underneath the cheerful exterior rests a grief over the traditional reindeer herding life that was lost.”
Lydia Sandgren’s Collected Works a has received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews, calling it “A richly evocative work from a major new talent.”
“He alternates his reflections, analyzes and expressions of emotion with depictions of scenes and snapshots, and thus creates – through uncomplicated, straightforward language – a varied and vivid whole.”
“With Welcome to Eternity, she once again shows a level that is far above the average of the genre, and here with an everyday tale of fate that makes this seemingly simple story feel especially sophisticated and present.”
“In a thorough but unsystematic fashion, the writing encompasses the nature, history and provincial customs of this harsh and highly romanticized corner of the country.”
Alex Schulman has been awarded the Jean Monnet Des Jeunes Européennes Award for The Survivors
“The Swedish author breathes new life into the American poet in a dazzling novel. /…/ It is one of the most beautiful and moving books you will read this year.”
Last week, Those Who Sow in Snow soared to #1 on online retailer Adlibris’s bestseller list, after an incredibly enthusiastic review in the literary segment of the tv show Go’kväll.
Four of Paloma Agency’s authors have been shortlisted for the Adlibris Awards 2022.
“[A] sweeping and complex drama of family, art, and sacrifice . . . Readers will be captivated.”
“A revelatory account of not-well-known assaults on the rights of an Indigenous group.”
“The hum of impending destruction is audible in each essay, magnified by Nors’ aching attention to the world as we know it and have known it.”
“Laestadius’s nuanced English-language debut […] [is] a solid story of a family torn apart by cultural tensions. […] the sense of place and character development make for an affecting portrait of the Sámi’s disenfranchisement.”
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“Stehn’s pacy narrative taps into every family’s worst nightmare. /…/Atmospheric flashbacks and alternate narrators add depth. This slow-burning mystery is Nordic noir via American Beauty with a dash of Big Little Lies.”
“This is not only a generational novel, it is a truly enjoyable reading experience. /…/ The book of the year, many people say. Read it and find out for yourself.”
“Karolina Ramqvist succeeds: without ever having to resort to strained constructions, through a delicate detailed painting and an admirable honesty, she gives the kingdom of food a personal, life-shaping depth.”
“Those Who Sow in Snow is an important book in the midst of all noise. A beating heart from Sápmi.”
“She also has an eye for the human being behind the image of the loathed poacher, and her portrayal of the dementia-stricken grandmother is bitter-sweet and beautiful.”
You Will Never Be Found, the second installment of Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, takes place on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the second consecutive week, placing at #10.
“Those Who Sow in Snow is a beautiful novel about two generations who are steeped in the northern Sami experience.”
“In prose that is as sparse and quiet as the marshy Jutland peninsula itself, the book provides a snapshot of life in a location that is full of history and at the same time ever-shifting, its future uncertain.”
“Sympathetically, Laestadius tells us what it means to live in a community where everyone is tied to everyone so that everybody knows each other, and in which, when in doubt, the individual counts less than tradition.”
Elin Cullhed has written an article for UK newspaper The Guardian and their ’Where to start with’-series. The series is a guide into beloved authors and their work, where Cullhed’s article revolves around the works of Sylvia Plath.
You Will Never Be Found, the second installment of Tove Alsterdal’s bestselling High Coast Series, enters Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction at #4 in its first week of publication.
Nicolas Lunabba, author the blazingly topical memoir Will You Care if I Die?, has been awarded an honorary doctorate at Malmö University for his tireless and inspirational work for children and youths in socially vulnerable areas.
“Nors, known primarily as a fiction writer, here embarks on a languorous and evocative tour of her native Denmark.”
“Nicolas Lunabba has a language that never tries to be sensationalist and his reflections flow between references from Dead Prez to Vilhelm Moberg and Kristian Lundberg.”
Deliver Me by Malin Persson Giolito has been nominated for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy.
“It is strong and thought-provoking, moving and sometimes even comical.”
“In his own way, romantic and irreconcilable, the Swedish writer appeals to our common sense as much as to our lost innocence – to save what can still be saved.”
“These questions are more than answered by Dorthe Nors, an exceptional chronicler of the character, stories and sheer unashamed presence of the Jutland coast.”
“It’s very rare that a book enthralls me that much starting with its very first page. /…/ The novel is also a glowing counterpart to the increasing number of novels that treat the salvation of nature in a romanticizing way.”
Ann-Helén Laestadius’s critically acclaimed novel Stolen enters Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #21 in its second week of publication.
It was just announced that Lina Nordquist has won the prestigious award for Book of the Year in Sweden for her critically acclaimed novel Hunger.
Today it is official that A Nearly Normal Family by Mattias Edvardsson is currently in production to become a major Netflix Original Series, set to premiere globally in 2023.
“The depiction of the girl’s powerlessness, loyalty and insistent attempts at reaching her mother is deeply moving. As is the portrait of the incapable Mona. The depiction of their complicated relationship is remarkably convincing.”
You Will Never Be Found, the second installment of Tove Alsterdal’s High Coast Series, ranks #1 at the Swedish Publisher’s Association list for bestselling paperback fiction in September, climbing from #2 for the previous month.
Malma Station by Alex Schulman ranks #2 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction for the second consecutive month.
The Unburied, the second installment in Ulrika Rolfsdotter’s Annie Ljung Series, enters the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #15, only 4 days after publication.
“What is original is the vivid, highly dramatic treatment of the intimate details of Plath’s troubled life and marriage. /…/ A superb portrait of an essential life.”
“When she’s writing about nature she has a pleasing knack for engaging all the senses, and when she turns to some aspect of her family history, her candor is seasoned with a pinch of Scandinavian reserve.”
“Tina Harnesk plays with language and lets the details speak; like when a half-eaten box of raisins found underneath a reindeer pelt gets to symbolize the heart wrenching loss of a child.”
UK Booksellers Association has just announced that Elin Cullhed’s critically acclaimed novel Euphoria is their Fiction Book of the Month.
Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde’s latest novel Natural Behavior was lauded in this recent review from Swedish magazine ETC.
“Or one can do as Ulrika Rolfsdotter and with small nuances create a character that adds something new but still remains with both feet firmly planted in the plausible.”
Åsa Larsson has been awarded the prestigious German Radio Bremen Crime Prize for The Sins of Our Fathers, the latest and final installment of her Rebecka Martinsson Series.
The Unburied is the sequel to Ulrika Rolfsdotter’s breakout debut Heart of Prey about social worker Annie Ljung. Inspired by local crimes and folklore, The Unburied is a suggestive suspense novel about vulnerable children, ...
Linda Segtnan is a writer in the subject of history. Her debut novel The Eighth House – In Memory of a Young Girl was published by Albert Bonniers Förlag in September 2022.
“Åsa Larsson has, since her debut in 2003, spellbound both critics and readers with her novels.”
Malma Station, Alex Schulman’s latest novel, tops the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction for the third consecutive week– this week at #2.
We Know You Remember, the first installment in Tove Alsterdal’s High Coast Series, ranked as the #1 listened to book during the month of August at Fabel.
With Those Who Sow in Snow debut writer Tina Harnesk spins a tall tale that shifts seamlessly between laugh-out loud humor and profound depictions of what it means to love and lose within a family.
”One of the most important books of the year! An unusually well-written, but above all touching, memoir.”
Tröstrapporter, marking Alex Schulman’s debut as a playwright and director, premiered on Friday September 16th at the Swedish national stage for theater, Dramaten.
You Will Never Be Found, the second installment in Tove Alsterdal’s High Coast Series, is #1 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling paperback fiction for the fourth consecutive week.
Malma Station, Alex Schulman’s latest novel, tops the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction at #1 for the second consecutive week.
Nicolas Lunabba has received numerous awards for his tireless work as a youth counsellor and is a critical voice in the public debate in Sweden. His memoir Will You Care if I Die? is a blazingly topical and universal story.
“Åsa Larsson has, since her debut in 2003, she has spellbound both critics and readers with her novels.”
Camilla Grebe has been nominated for Bookbeat’s Suspense Writer of the Year-award. Bookbeat, one of Sweden’s leading book streaming services.
The shortlist will be revealed on October 11th and the winners of 2022 Year’s Prix Médicis will be announced on November 8th.
The Night Singer, Johanna Mo’s first installment in her Island Murder Series, was the best-selling translated book in Norwegian bookstores in August.
Malma Station, Alex Schulman’s latest novel, tops the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction for the second consecutive week– this week at #1.
“There is no way out of Schulman’s meticulous novel-building, I am heading towards Malma station as inescapably as everyone else in this book.”
“All the stories available about motherhood and equality were false. I couldn’t find any truthful accounts. That’s why I wanted to write about this, because I knew that Sylvia also wrote about motherhood, frustration, and despair.”
“The new novel by Christoffer Carlsson tells with epic power a story of guilt, accountability and entanglement, about the meaninglessness and upheaval of good intentions.”
The Sins of Our Fathers, the concluding installment of Åsa Larsson’s Rebecka Martinsson Series, enters the list of the 100 bestselling titles in Spain at #12 in its first week of publication.
Tina Harnesk is a librarian who moonlights as a writer. Her debut novel Those Who Sow in Snow will be published by Bokfabriken on September 21st.
Malma Station, Alex Schulman’s latest novel, takes place on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction, covering the dates August 22nd-28th, at #4 2 days after its publication.
Christoffer Carlsson’s latest novel Blaze Me a Sun is #1 on German Krimibestenliste for the second consecutive month.
Ann-Helén Laestadius’ critically acclaimed novel Stolen will be adapted into a feature film for Netflix.
“Tove Alsterdal introduces the Eira Sjödin-triology with this subdued Nordic Noir, where she puts emphasis on the characters and their social environment.”
“Liljestrand’s feverish, oftentimes elliptic writing, combined with a fragmented composition, distinguished by its leaps through time and space, results in the effect of a gigantic collage of moments in time. (…...
Master storyteller and international bestselling author Alex Schulman returns in a new novel that is as emotionally powerful as it is stylistically elegant.
Paloma Agency authors continue to take place on Der Spiegel’s bestseller lists.
“As thrilling and contemporary as Jens Liljestrand’s accounts on the impending catastrophe are, the masterstroke of the author, cultural journalist and literary critic lies, above all, in the choice of his antiheroes. Liljestrand succeeds, with sensitiv...
“The Shadow Lily is a perfect crime novel for rainy days, one of those books that does well together with a cup of tea, a blanket and lazy days in the summer house.”
“A thrilling, densely narrated and masterfully composed crime novel that approaches its characters with psychological sensitivity.”
Bread and Milk, Karolina Ramqvist’s latest book, is on Svenska Dagbladet’s list of bestselling novels, 23 weeks after publication – this week on #3.
Astra House just revealed their cover for the US edition of Lydia Sandgren’s award-winning novel Collected Works on their social media.
Paloma Agency authors continue to take place on German newspaper Der Spiegel’s bestseller lists.
“Johanna Mo’s new novel, The Shadow Lily, is a solid police procedural that brims with twists, turns and surprising revelations. […] The mark of a promising series is that each installment can stand alone, and readers can begin with any book....
July 25th marked the ten-year anniversary of the publication of Karolina Ramqvist’s cult-status novel The Beginning. The novel, read by a generation of young women, was highlighted in an article from Dagens Nyheter in relation to its...
“I often write about Sami identity, on the right to identify yourself and the strength you find in Sami society. I have a strong sense of what is right and wrong, and I am driven towards injustice and getting justice done. And often that doesn’t work ou...
We Know You Remember is on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling trade paperback fiction for the third consecutive week – this week climbing to #5.
Several authors have taken place this week on Der Spiegel’s lists for bestselling paperback and hardcover fiction, Germany’s most notable bestseller lists.
“[Even if Everything Ends] spans one apocalyptic week […], offers convincing characters and a compelling narrative and is incredibly topical. An outstanding and unsettling novel.”
“The rugged and ever-shifting coastline, which Nors paints as harsh and unforgiving but not without beauty. […] Norsʼs portrait of her connection to a landscape both ‘harsh and mild’ enchants.”
Christoffer Carlsson’s latest novel Blaze Me a Sun is #1 on German Krimi-Bestenlist in August.
“[We Know You Remember] whets the appetite for the two upcoming books. With detective Eira Sjödin [Alsterdal] has introduced a multifaceted character whose development is as exciting as the next case.”
We Know You Remember climbs to #7 this week on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling trade paperback fiction. White as Snow is also, for the third consecutive week, on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling trade pap...
”The best Swedish crime novel of the year […]. This is not only of enormous sophistication, but also of an emotional impact that is rarely experienced in a crime novel.”
Johanna Mo’s The Shadow Lily, the second book in her Island Murders Series, is published in the US and UK today.
“I wanted to tell a story about the climate crisis as a part of our everyday lives, not as something that is a sudden chock. A story about the abnormal as something normal.”
White as Snow climbs to #6 this week on Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction.
Today, Sommar i P1 aired the episode that Lydia Sandgren hosts. In her episode, Lydia discusses her ongoing educational journey; from being a child and going to the library in her with her grandmother, attending music school and later on university...
We Know You Remember enters Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction at #10 in its second week of publication.
“Giolito wanted to portray the effects of gang violence, but she, at the same time, effectively reminds the reader that the awful crimes are sometimes committed by children.”
“The third part about Öland-police Hanna Duncker who is haunted by her past while trying to solve a 20-year-old crime. The story takes place during a week in December, but with many threads leading back in time. The skillfully told story, about carrying ...
White as Snow, the fourth installment in Samuel Bjørk’s bestselling Mia & Munch Series, enters Der Spiegel’s list for bestselling paperback fiction at #16 in its first week of publication.
“Motherhood and food. It is around these two subjects that Karolina Ramqvist creates a novel so appetizing that I can’t help but devour it in one sitting. The mandarins, the toasted bread, the rice pudding.”
“It was the thriller of the year last year, according to the Swedish Academy of Crime Fiction and almost everyone else. It is the 6th and last installation of Åsa Larsson’s Kiruna Series and is as usual a loving tangled mess of shame and guilt...
Swedish national television SVT has listed three must-read books this summer, Malin Persson Giolito’s Deliver Me was highlighted with the motivation: “[…] It is one of the truest books that have been written about contemporary Sweden...
Johanna Mo’s The Dark Elm was highlighted among the bestselling books of the month of June according to the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction – a great achievement!
“The four main stories about Didrik, Melissa, André and Vilja, in a choir of well-constructed mutual references, composes a mosaic where one dominant figure is brought to life: the climate crisis.”
“The true stroke of genius in Cullhed’s book is the honest writing, which is so straight forward, so raw about the female mind. What if the real Sylvia Plath had read Euphoria, then she possibly wouldn’t have felt so lonely.”
It has just been announced that Åsa Larsson is the winner of the prestigious German Radio Bremen Crime Prize for The Sins of Our Fathers, the latest and final novel of her Rebecka Martinsson Series.
White as Snow is back on the Dutch National Bestseller 60- list, 32 weeks after publication. The book has been on the list for 30 weeks in total.
“Nors connects everything to everything, jumping back and forth in place and time. A Line in the World is yet another wonderful collection of stories by Nors.”
Swedish daily newspaper Göteborgsposten has listed the best previous episodes of Sommar i P1, the most prestigious individual long-format radio program in Sweden. Karolina Ramqvist’s episode from 1999 was highlighted as one of them.
Upsala Nya Tidning has listed the best audiobooks of the summer, and one of them is Karolina Ramqvist’s Bread and Milk.
Johanna Mo’s The Dark Elm has climbed even higher on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction this week: to #2 – an amazing feat!
Joakim Zander’s An Honest Life is being published as a serial in one of Sweden’s biggest newspapers, Sydsvenskan.
“Ramqvist’s excavation of the process of creation and research, delay and anxiety, is both multi-layered and intriguing.”
“It is thrilling from start to finish, with beautiful scenery and a whole bunch of interesting characters, and an ending that leaves me wanting for more. Right away.”
“Her writing is meandering, poetic, and apt. Nature evokes childhood memories, which she interweaves with observations about the coastal dwellers, their language and their history.”
The Dark Elm takes place on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction for the second consecutive week, this week climbing to #3!
“Jens Liljestrand’s climate novel Even if Everything Ends is a page turner. The story surprises with many twists and turns, but is so well constructed that it captivates the reader to the very last page. All in roughly 500 pages that leads us d...
The first trailer for Burn All My Letters (Original title: Bränn alla mina brev) was released today, June 27th. The feature film, based on the bestselling book by Alex Schulman with the same title, is set for a theatrical release in the fall of ...
Nordstedt’s Juridik recently did a big interview with Joakim Zander regarding his background in law, working with the EU, and his experience as an author.
Bread and Milk has now spent fourteen consecutive weeks on Dagens Nyheter’s Critics’ List, this week climbing to #3.
“Stolen is a brilliantly thrilling, glowing story, in which this sharp-eyed writer brings a whole new world to the reader.”
The Dark Elm has climbed to #5 on the Swedish Publisher’s Association’s list for bestselling hardcover fiction.
Dorthe Nors has been awarded the prestigious Blixen Prize in the category “Book of the Year”, for A Line in the World.
“Liljestrand is immensely skilled in laying bare the growing sense of panic. A climate thriller about spoiled Northern Europeans who thought themselves spared but who suddenly must save their own skin.”
Bread and Milk is #5 on Akademibokhandeln’s chart of bestselling novels.
Hunger is above all a warm and moving story, skillfully chiseled out, with complex and authentic characters.
“Even if Everything Ends is relevant, a story for and about our time. Recommended.”
Heart of Prey is #6 on Akademibokhandeln’s chart of bestselling paperback books.
Johanna Mo is back with The Dark Elm, the third book in the bestselling Island Murders Series.
“Zander problematizes different ways of thinking and ideals. ”
Lydia Sandgren has been selected as one of the hosts for Sommar i P1.
Stolen is the #1 bestselling book on PocketShop’s chart for the third consecutive month.
Netflix announces a TV-series adaptation of Giolito’s newest novel, Deliver Me (Original titel: I dina händer).
“It is dark and existential, well thought out and brilliantly executed.”
“During the entirety of the novel’s soot-stained song from the abyss, fetid with the smell of burning rubber, resounds a mild morale about the life we once lived. About the choices we are faced with. Or as Vilja puts it: ‘Fucking live with it....
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“Fans of realistic, detail-oriented police procedurals will appreciate this one.”
The Literary Stockholm-initiative has awarded Karolina Ramqvist an honorary plaque in recognition of her literary contributions to the city. The plaque holds a quote from her novel The Beginning and can be seen in Kungsträdgården in central Stock...
“In her debut novel, the Swedish author Lydia Sandgren creates a complex plot that obeys only the primary objective of contemplating art, of understanding the ins and outs of artistic creation and the way it connects with life. (…) A text that celeb...
“In this genre-defying work that combines fiction, investigation, and essay, Ramqvist seems most at ease when playing with formal constraints. […] a beautiful book, reflective, nuanced, deep, sharp.”
High praise for Alex Schulman’s Burn All My Letters from Weekendavisen‘s critic:
“Rarely have I read something in this genre that has caught my attention and interest so intensely.”
Karolina Ramqvist’s text A Small, Embarrassing Triumph was published as part of the international supplement to Shelly Oria’s book I Know What’s Best For You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom.
“There is a momentum that makes the novel difficult to put down. The suspense is particularly present in our protagonist’s reflections, choices and insecurity. His desperate hunt for identity and community determines his existence and it is a breath...
Welcome to Eternity by Camilla Grebe was the #1 bestselling hardcover fiction title in Sweden during the month of April.
Hufvudstadsbladet’s critic is captivated by Karolina Ramqvist’s fascinating world, “… a book so full of wisdom and warmth […] that I am both grateful and moved.”
Lina Nordquist and Malin Persson Giolito have both been nominated for the Book of the Year Award 2022 for their novels Hunger and Deliver Me.
Welcome to Eternity by Camilla Grebe was the #1 bestselling hardcover fiction title in Sweden last week, according to the official bestseller list compiled by the Swedish Publishers’ Association.
Welcome to Eternity was publis...
The award is given annually to an author who is ”of great importance to the cultural life in Stockholm”. Congratulations to Karolina!
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten praises Alex Schulman’s novel Burn All My Letters in a six-star review:
“It [the novel] centers around loneliness and a longing for fellowship. About a meaning in – with – life. It is also about being taken advantage of, both by the upperclass brats the young law-student lives with, but by the new friends as well. A g...
Ann-Helén Laestadius has been awarded the prestigious prize “Your Book – Our Choice” for Stolen.
“A fantastic ending, well written – you simply cannot stop reading. The book is as fabulous as the cover, an incredible novel.”
“In the newly published divorce narrative Opt Out, the gaze is as relentlessly direct, heart-rending, and searching as in the debut. (…) As an observant guide through the human psyche and relationships Setterwall is astonishing.”
“As a writer, Zander moves in the same territory as Stieg Larsson, or rather David Lagercrantz, who picked up the ’Millennium’-flag after Larsson’s death. Not only because Lisbet Salander is so clearly reflected in Max as a character, but because of...
“Ramqvist writes hypnotically and with utter rhetorical control. The brilliance lies in the inconsolable ambivalence that the text conjures.”
“I’m impressed by Carolina Setterwall’s portrayal of Mary and John, but what impresses me even more is her completely stylistically pure prose. Carolina Setterwall doesn’t move a centimeter away from the dry and factual, and leaves it up to the read...
Joakim Zander has gotten a great early review for his latest novel An Honest Life, from Dagens Bok:
“An Honest Life is an intensely relatable story of the boredom of youth and the longing to feel alive. The hunt for magic...
“Karolina Ramqvist’s book has actually changed my view of life. The reason for that is her suggestive, utterly original language. To be able to write states of crisis and emotional deprivation from grain and dairy products – that demands a great write...
Åsa Larsson’s latest book has been crowned the winner of the Swedish audio book prize Storytel Awards 2022 in the crime/suspense category.
“The language is as close to real life as it gets, as is the dialogue and descriptions of place. (…) Surely one must become a worse person in several ways during a difficult divorce; meaner, vindictive and hurt. All of this is thoroughly mapped out by ...
Elin Cullhed’s nationally acclaimed novel Euphoria has been nominated for the Italian literature prize Premio Strega Europeo 2022.
Joakim Zander, author of the international bestseller The Swimmer, returns with a new literary suspense novel: An Honest Life.
Bread and Milk by Karolina Ramqvist has received a remarkable review in Expressen. Critic Martina Montelius writes: “Karolina Ramqvist’s book has actually changed my view of life.”
Dorthe Nors’s essay collection A Line in the World was praised in a review from Klassekampen in Norway: “It is hard to imagine a Danish writer who could have portrayed the region in a more fascinating way.”
Samuel Bjørk’s latest book White as Snow has been shortlisted for the 2022 Riverton Prize, the award for the best Norwegian crime novel of the year.
Johanna Mo’s The Shadow Lily was just released in Germany and it is already #4 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list.
Bestselling writer Camilla Grebe’s new book Welcome to Eternity is now out in Sweden.
