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Concealment
UpLit2025 · 352 pp

Concealment

Elisabeth Hammer

While Napoleon and his army march on the European continent, it is blessedly peaceful in Christiansand in the spring of 1807. The harsh grip of winter is slowly giving way, and spring thaws the town. Amalie Gren knows both the town's drafty living rooms and its pompous ballrooms, but dearest to her is the small skipper's room where she grew up. When she finally returns, the long-awaited reunion with her mother is shattered by a shocking revelation from Mrs. Gyllenmark. Her mother has been carrying a secret so heartbreaking and scandalous that Amalie cannot comprehend that it is true. Back in Villa Gyllenmark, the atmosphere is still tense. Mrs. Gyllenmark is more malicious than before, the master of the house has shown his true self – and the servants are on their toes. Worse still is the truth about Captain Sjaaland. At the same time, Amalie realises that she has been deeply mistaken about Mr. Wickfall. As Amalie's emotions rage inside her, time is running out. Soon the big spring masquerade ball is approaching, where Mrs. Gyllenmark will expose Amalie and her mother's great shame to the whole town - and get her final revenge on Amalie.

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Temptation
UpLit2025 · 336 pp

Temptation

Elisabeth Hammer

When young Miss Amalie Gren arrives in Copenhagen in the spring of 1807, she is suddenly married to one of Denmark's most sought-after noblemen. At least that's what everyone thinks. Through a misunderstanding, she was mistaken for Mr. Wickfall's wife, and to preserve her honor, they have both continued their act. Amalie knows that marriage is the last thing Wickfall wants, and he says he will find a solution. But Amalie can't imagine what it will be, and the more time they spend together, the riskier it becomes. Not because he is mean or unkind in any way, but because it is becoming increasingly difficult not to give in to the passion that sparks between them. Back in Christiansand, Marte and Jacob have finally found each other again, and there is nothing fake about Jacob's proposal or Marte's yes. But Jacob is not yet of age, and he does not have the means to support himself or a wife - yet. So when his father suspects that he is having an affair with Marte, they must be more careful than ever. But will it be enough when Mr. Gyllenmark has decided to destroy their happiness once and for all?

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Good Mother
Literature and Fiction2025 · 160 pp

Good Mother

Nora Kristina Eide

Your child comes into the world, you have carried him, and as you look down at him, nothing happens. Life is not infinitely good and meaningful. Love is not absolute. It sounds terrible, but depressive symptoms in connection with childbirth and pregnancy are extremely common, experienced by around 1 in every 10 women. Resistance, coldness, rejection. Negative emotions that in turn create new negative emotions: shame, self-loathing and anger. Good Mother is a strong and dark, but at times also surprisingly comical story about postpartum depression, about the newborn and the newlywed and about the world around them.

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The Hare
Literature and Fiction2025 · 384 pp

The Hare

Lars Saabye Christensen

The Hare is a rich, entertaining, surprising, funny and thought-provoking collection of short stories from one of our foremost authors. The collection consists of twenty short stories move from what might happen when you’re out walking and encounter someone who doesn’t have control of their dog via forgotten and hidden songs to people who “remembered their wedding day but forgot their marriage”. In between, we must do lifesaving, meet a new colleague, learn a round of art history – and several laps of Bislett Stadium. Lars Saabye Christensen is one of Norwegian contemporary literature's most significant writers, and is particularly celebrated for his ability to capture the essence of everyday life with humor and empathy. He is one of true masters of the short story form, as he is able to skillfully crafts memorable characters and poignant moments, employing his keen eye for detail and his talent for revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary. In the short story, Saabye Christensen's unique writing style stands out, brimming with turs of phrases and word plays like only he can. «..short story writing at its finest. This is an absolute must-read!»NETTAVISEN, six/six stars The Master of the Short Story«That distinctive blend of the poignant and the witty, which is Lars Saabye Christensen's trademark, permeates this collection of short stories and makes it a truly rewarding reading experience.»DAGBLADET, five/six stars «A diverse collection of short stories, both short and long, touching and unsettling, beautiful, cheerful and sad.»KLASSEKAMPEN «...short stories that are truly fantastic tales in their most compressed and effective form.»AFTENPOSTEN A Master of Writing the Short Story«...a sophisticated blend of recognisable literary qualities and encounters with astonishing life stories. [...] Lars Saabye Christensen showcases the unruly nature of life in that astonishingly vital and creative language that is uniquely his.»DAGSAVISEN Masterly Short Stories«Not only is Saabye Christensen's language almost unmatched, especially in short pieces, but his characters are also utterly priceless. [...] The Hare. What a text!»FRI FAGBEVEGELSE

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In The Belly of the Whale
UpLit / Literature and Fiction2025 · 272 pp

In The Belly of the Whale

Hilde Rød-Larsen

In mid-July, newly divorced Jonas Sverdrup travels from Bergen to his hometown of Oslo, after his ex-wife has gone on holiday with their son. For three weeks, Jonas is borrowing a friend's flat, and he wants to spend the time following the impulse method. But the impulses fail to materialise, in a city abandoned by family and friends. Maud Elvebakken has no need to travel from her hometown of Oslo. She likes change of atmosphere that July offers, the opportunities it provides. She wants to gather friends and acquaintances who are left in the city around a long table in her backyard, and see what happens. Also Jonas, whom she hasn't seen since they were children in the teeming garden of her father. These summer weeks will open up to new human connections, but also to a past that Jonas and Maud in their adult lives have tried to shield against. In the Belly of the Whale is a standalone sequel to In the House of Pantaloon. «Like the previous novel pointed to the meaning of solidarity between individuals, the message from Rød-Larsen seems to be that it’s only when we, with our small lives, join forces, that the larger history can be challenged. The new generation represented by the passive Jonas and the obstinate Maud, has a golden opportunity to cry out on behalf of the victims of their forefathers’ cruelty.»VÅRT LAND «As always, Rød-Larsen has a firm grip on the text, with dialogues that flow effortlessly. She writes entertainingly, and most of the tension is in the exploration of the characters.»ADRESSEAVISEN

A feelgood story with literary elements
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Come Home, Amadou
Mystery and Crime2025 · 224 pp

Come Home, Amadou

Karin Fossum

In the fifth book about Chief Inspector Eddie Feber, Karin Fossum lets the past strike back At Store Gaupen farm, the late summer silence is broken by a violent roar from the sky. For farm owner Nancy Nesbit, the sound is an ominous echo of something far more threatening, of an event she experienced as a ten-year-old, when a white van stopped by the roadside and changed everything. When she, in a magazine, reads about the unsolved disappearance of eight-year-old Sonia Sanningen in 1987, the memories come back in full force. The information she has may be what finally solves the case, or what tears up everything she has tried to bury. Eddie Feber must dig into a 36-year-old mystery, where repressed memories, old clues and new threats are woven together. Come Home, Amadou is an intense crime novel about guilt, silence and about how one observation can change everything. NOMINATED FOR THE RIVERTON PRIZE 2025

New thriller by Norway's Queen of Crime
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Cocks
Literature and Fiction2025 · 256 pp

Cocks

Erlend Loe

One morning, while taking a shower, Tander's penis simply falls off. It’s awkward. It’s inconvenient. It’s… quite a problem, to say the least. He places it carefully in a box marked "Raspberries" and stores it in the freezer before cycling to the emergency room. Surely, someone must be able to reattach it? The doctors are fascinated, but unable to help. One even offers to buy it. Tander declines. He returns home without answers — and with some difficult questions. Should he tell his wife? Can he keep his job at the motor magazine? Has this happened to other men? Cocks is a sharply funny story about loss, identity, and modern masculinity. With Erlend Loe’s signature absurdism and satire, it explores what it really means to be a man — and to be whole. «The author’s dry, witty style is perfect for absurd stories like this. […] This is fun. A lot of fun.»Stavanger Aftenblad, five/six stars «When did a novel last make me laugh out loud? I mean, outright hooting with laughter? […] t's the outrageously original connections Erlend Loe makes between the important and the unimportant that make the laughter burst forth.»NRK, five/six stars «He’s a worldclass artist, and he’s still going strong after all the books he’s written.»Framtida «Loe is funny, extremely funny.»Dagbladet «Loe is, as always, a funny writer. He writes with an ease you have to admire.»VG «Mundane, you may think? Remember that this is one of Norway’s craziest writing minds, who regularly pumps out main characters with champagne problems you never would have been able to imagine.»Bok365 «Only Loe can come up with something so crazy and original – here is enough material to cure a light autumn depression. […] Loe writes amusingly in a wild and lush language.»Adresseavisa

Investigation into modern masculinity
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Men Falling
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2025 · 368 pp

Men Falling

Ellen Sofie Lauritzen

He is finally dead. The brilliant writer, the master manipulator. The man convicted of rape, then acquitted. Now, collapsed on the street and instantly dead. For journalist Selna Bru, this incident is the best birthday gift she could have asked for. RT Remi destroyed her career, branding her a plagiarist and left her with nothing. With his death, she is given the chance to reclaim her name and expose the world that protected him. But as she digs deeper, she finds herself trapped in a web of power, lies, and deceit. Suddenly she finds herself not just an observer, but also a player. Looking for love in all the wrong places, Selna might also fall victim to her own weaknesses, blinding her when she needs to be at her very sharpest. Men Falling is a suspenseful novel about power, truth and the fine line between justice and revenge. Blending psychological intrigue, MeToo revelations, and crime elements, it pulls the reader into a world where no one are really who they seem. [Men Falling is] a novel that satirises the ‘culture man’ and literary institutions, complicating the Manichaeism of crime fiction. It's crime fiction for women who have studied literature. … [The book] is an enjoyable depiction of a dusty, romanticised environment and an industry that ultimately answers to the bottom line, and where everyone is governed by recognition, love, and money. If there's a moral here, it might be this: The freelancer is always an easy target.BOKMAGASINET First and foremost, this is an exuberant, Sex and the City-esque story about a woman who wants to freeze her eggs and stop messing around, but who still usually gets drunk. … It is equally a cheerful mockery of the media industry and how publishers disregard ethical objections in their desperate quest to launch the most scandalous celebrity books.MORGENBLADET ... [the novel can] undoubtedly add insight into how complex they are, the stories of the women who are victims of sexual abuse, how much belief and doubt and self-loathing they can experience along the way, with partly foggy memories of what was done to them. In this way, the novel is good, as it never simplifies or trivialises, rather it problematises, while it is takes meetoo completely seriously.SAMTIDEN

Debut by a journalist and literary critic
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Murder in the Bookshop
UpLit / Mystery and Crime2025 · 368 pp

Murder in the Bookshop

Gunn Helene Arsky

When Minna Gabler is found dead at the foot of the stairs in her alternative bookshop, it’s quickly concluded to be the result of a tragic fall. But for Angel and her sister Isa-Linn, who suddenly inherit both the bookshop and a mysterious heirloom, it soon becomes apparent that there might be more to aunt Minna’s untimely death than meets the eye. Although Engel and Isa-Linn didn’t know their aunt, Engel moves to the charming small town of Halden with her wise Siamese cat, Luna. Once there, she discovers that the bookshop needs far more than just a bit of love and clever marketing. Minna has also left behind an unsolved mystery, leading Engel into a world of secret documents, old love stories, and encounters with the town’s quirky characters. With help from the bubbly neighbour Camilla and the irresistible journalist Adam – who makes her heart beat just a little faster – Engel embarks on a quest for answers. Who killed aunt Minna, and what secrets lie hidden between the pages of the old bookshop? Perhaps the answer is closer than she thinks... Murder in the Bookshop delivers charm, suspense, and small-town coziness – with a dash of humour and a cat that never fails to impress. Perfect for readers who adore cozy mysteries with a twist!

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Murder in the Library
UpLit2025 · 400 pp

Murder in the Library

Gunn Helene Arsky

Angel has now been running a bookshop in Halden for six months. During this time, the library has become one of her favourite places – it proved invaluable when she was searching for clues in the murder that took place at her bookshop. The library also hosts a reading circle, which Angel joins in an effort to get to know more people in her new town. But at one of the reading circle meetings, the head librarian suddenly falls ill – and a few hours later, she is dead. Several members of the reading circle know that Angel previously solved the mystery of her Aunt Milla's death, and they turn to her for help. Although Angel by no means considers herself a professional detective, she quickly decides to investigate the case. She is joined by her trusted new crew: Luna the cat, Camilla the confectioner, Adam the journalist, and her sister Isa-Linn. This time, Anot only does Angel want to find the murderer – she also has to clear her own name...

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Backwoods Fable
Literature and Fiction2025 · 192 pp

Backwoods Fable

Sigbjørn Skåden

When the old drunkard Nilsen dies in the Norwegianized Sámi village Planterhaug, once known as Láŋtdievvá, no one suspects anything criminal. Yet, the following autumn Inspector Huuva from the Oslo Criminal Police arrives in the village to investigate the death. Huuva is determined to uncover the truth about the village and find out about his father's fractured family history. Through his investigation, Huuva discovers that something Evil is haunting in the village, and the case propels him deep into the soul of Planterhaug. But is he truly uncovering new truths, or is he merely treading water in a place where secrets have long been silenced? Backwoods Fable is a novel about identity, about what it means to be Sámi, and about the search to find home – whatever that may be. It is both a deeply serious and deeply humorous novel about nature, culture and belonging. WINNER OF NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE 2026 NOMINATED FOR THE BRAGE PRIZE FOR BEST WORK OF FICTION 2025 «Skåden is a poet, it shows. The novel is full of fine, delicate and atmospheric descriptions. ... a creepy, subtle and remarkable novel with many layers and connections, which perhaps only reveal themselves to the reader after the book is closed.»STAVANGER AFTENBLAD, five/six stars Blood, betrayal and chess in Sápmi«Backwoods Fable mixes dark Nordic crime and Sami folklore into a meaty and original story with a lot of mystery and even more guts.»DAGSAVISEN Twin Peaks, Troms«The burlesque and the sorrowful come together into something unlike anything else I've read.»KLASSEKAMPEN «Written with force and drive and humour.»DAG OG TID

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The Sorrow in St. Peter Ording
Literature and Fiction2025 · 128 pp

The Sorrow in St. Peter Ording

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Ingvar Ambjørnsen is a major voice in contemporary Norwegian literature, renowned for his unflinching portrayals of marginalised individuals and his sharp social commentary.He is one of the grand masters of the short story, often employing a concise, unsentimental style to deliver powerful, resonant narratives exploring themes such as alienation, identity, and the search for meaning in a fragmented world. With The Sorrow in St. Peter-Ording, we are presented with seven new, dark and atmospheric short stories. In one story, two teenage boys—friends and birdwatchers—stumble upon a cabin with an open door. What begins as a night of adventure with beer, porn magazines, and other “treasures” takes a chilling turn. The ending is shocking—there’s a gruesome reason why the cabin’s owners won’t be returning that night. In another, a man takes the ferry Color Magic to Kiel. Memories from the past come flooding back, including one of a previous ferry trip where he and his girlfriend received an unexpected erotic invitation from another couple. Suddenly, the power goes out. The sound he hears is unlike anything he’s ever heard. The ferry hits bottom. He moves through the belly of the sinking vessel—again, an unlocked door, an open door—and inside, on a narrow bed, sits a crying woman with long hair.

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