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Scandinavia

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The Secret of Snow

A Novel

by Tina Harnesk

Hardcover: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

This lyrical runaway Swedish hit follows a reclusive, elderly couple who cross paths with a pair of twentysomething newcomers in a small mountain town, revealing an unexpected, shared history and the reclamation of a nearly extinct culture.

The Night Guest

by Hildur Knútsdóttir

Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: Dec 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that's sure to keep you awake at night.

When the Cranes Fly South

A Novel

by Lisa Ridzén

Paperback: Aug 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man's struggle to maintain autonomy over his own life: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, and atonement that is already an international sensation.

Girl, 1983

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann

Hardcover: Jul 2025 | Paperback: Dec 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Called a "masterpiece" (Ali Smith), this stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.

Suggested in the Stars

by Yoko Tawada

Paperback: Oct 2024

Critics' Consensus:

On the heels of Scattered All Over the Earth, Yoko Tawada's new and irresistible Suggested in the Stars carries on her band of friends' astonishing and intrepid adventures.

A Death in Denmark

The First Gabriel Præst Novel

by Amulya Malladi

Paperback: Mar 2023

Critics' Consensus:

Meet Gabriel Præst, an ex-Copenhagen cop (who dresses with panache), jazz aficionado, and relentless pursuer of truth as he explores Denmark's Nazi-collaborator past and anti-Muslim present in a page-turning Nordic murder mystery with a ...

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

by Nathaniel Ian Miller

Hardcover: Oct 2021 | Paperback: Oct 2022

Critics' Consensus:

The "ceaselessly brilliant" story of one man who banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything (Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ...

The Bell in the Lake

Sister Bells Trilogy #1

by Lars Mytting

Hardcover: Sep 2020 | Paperback: Sep 2022

Critics' Consensus:

The engrossing epic novel - a #1 bestseller in Norway - of a young woman whose fate plays out against her village's mystical church bells.

The Mercies

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Hardcover: Feb 2020 | Paperback: Feb 2021

Critics' Consensus:

After the men in an Arctic Norwegian town are wiped out, the women must survive a sinister threat in this "perfectly told" 1600s parable of "a world gone mad" (Adriana Trigiani).

The End of the Ocean

by Maja Lunde

Hardcover: Jan 2020 | Paperback: Feb 2021

Critics' Consensus:

From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a ...

The Sacrament

A Novel

by Olaf Olafsson

Hardcover: Dec 2019 | Paperback: Sep 2020

Critics' Consensus:

The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims.

Hungry

Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World

by Jeff Gordinier

Hardcover: Jul 2019 | Paperback: Jul 2020

Critics' Consensus:

A food critic chronicles four years spent traveling with renowned chef René Redzepi in search of the most tantalizing flavors the world has to offer.

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