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Sjón “The blue fox”

Sjón is an Icelandic writer whose novel „The Blue Fox“ has been translated into many…

Posted in Fiction

Sylvia Plath „The Bell Jar“

I consumed every word, every letter and it nourished me like no book had ever…

Posted in Crime Fiction Thriller

Søren Sveistrup „The Chestnut Man“

This gritty  and suspenseful Scandinavian thriller takes place in Copenhagen.  As the book begins, the…

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Fredrik Backman “Beartown”

“Late one evening towards the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barrelled shotgun,…

Posted in Fiction Romance Young Adult

Jennifer Niven „All the Bright Places“

Theodore Finch is a troublemaker and a misfit. Violet Markey is a popular girl who…

Posted in Fiction Science Fiction

Martha Wells “All Systems Red”

Artificial creatures, beings that are made and not born, have been described in oral history…

Posted in Fiction Mystery

Gerbrand Bakker „Detour“ (US title „Ten White Geese“)

A woman in her midlife is renting an old greystone Welsh farmhouse. She has left…

Posted in Fiction Young Adult

Angie Thomas „On The Come Up“

Brianna Jackson knows what she wants and after the first time in The Ring she…

Posted in Fiction Horror Science Fiction Thriller

Stephen King „The Institute“

In his latest novel, Stephen King does what he does best: tells a macabre supernatural…

Posted in Fantasy Fiction Mystery

Mishell Baker „Borderline“

„The Arcadia Project“, #1 A cynical, disabled film director with borderline personality disorder gets recruited…

Posted in Art Fiction

Daniel Kehlmann „Me and Kaminski“

Sebastian Zöllner, a mediocre art critic, is searching for breakthrough. His career hasn’t been very…

Posted in Fiction Short Stories

„The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat and Other Stories from the North“

This anthology includes stories written by the authors from eight Nordic lands: Denmark, Norway, Sweden,…

Posted in Fiction Mystery Thriller

Stina Jackson „The Silver Road“

In Sweden’s rural town Glimmersträsk a girl suddenly goes missing. No one knows what happened…

Posted in Fantasy Fiction Young Adult

Leigh Bardugho „Six of Crows“

Kaz Brekker is a 17 year old young criminal mastermind, who would do anything to…

Posted in Fiction Romance

Jojo Moyes “Me Before You”

Cheerful and bubbly Louisa lives an ordinary life until she unexpedly loses her job at…