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Children's Books902Literature and Fiction722Narrative Non-fiction336Self Help179Crafts and Hobbies146Mystery and Crime143Cook Books107UpLit82

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2025 and newer2020–20242015–20192014 and older

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Picture books318Easy read235Read-aloud184Children's novels238Young adult121Children's non-fiction181Comics33

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The Embalmed Wolf
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 256 pp

The Embalmed Wolf

Gert Nygårdshaug

Fredric is on a fishing trip with, among others, his uncle and KRIPOS investigator Skarphedin Olsen, when the latter has his fly rod shot to pieces. An amputated woman's arm and a sheep's heart are discovered on a stone table. Wolves howl, more shots ring out, and very quickly the purpose of the trip becomes something quite different from catching half-kilo trout.

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THE MYSTERIOUS OBERON QVIST
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Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018

THE MYSTERIOUS OBERON QVIST

Knut Nærum

Oberon Qvist, known from Knut Nærum's critically acclaimed crime novels Boat of the Dead and Voodoo on the West Side, solves nine mysteries. In the tenth it seems he is the murderer. In classic fair-play tradition, all clues are put on the table so that the observant reader can find the explanation themselves. Oberon Qvist is a long love letter to the golden age of classic crime.

The Magic Cardboard Box
Children's Books2018 · 32 pp · Age 3 - 6

The Magic Cardboard Box

Kristin Bortolotti

All children have played in a box. In this picture book, it's a simple, brown cardboard box that sends the small adventurers on a journey. They go back in time to the paleocontinent of Pangea and into the future. With simple rhyming verse lines and fantastic illustrations, the reader is taken on an educational and fantastical journey. The Magic Cardboard Box is artist Kristin Bortolotti's debut book.

THE TRUE HORIZON
Literature and Fiction2018 · 72 pp

THE TRUE HORIZON

Lisa Him-Jensen

Lisa Him-Jensen's poetry is about insolence, voicelessness and doubt, about longing, lust and trust; and about the possibility of change in another person. A person who also remains a closed world. An element that recurs in Lisa Him-Jensen is the desire for transparency, that the world should be as it seems, in other words that we should be able to describe it – understand and make ourselves understood.

The Water´s Edge
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 240 pp

The Water´s Edge

Karin Fossum

A middle-aged couple out walking in the woods discover the body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine´s horror her husband, Reinhardt, begins to take photographs of the body on his mobile phone. But this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case. Inspector Sejer is called to the scene, but he can find no immediate cause of death, nor can he uncover the identity of the agitated man that the couple saw moments before their discovery. Then a second boy goes missing and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken. This is the eighth book about Inspector Sejer.An exceptionally fine story, Fossum´s real narrative appeal rests on her ability to see the humanity in even the most wretched soul.NEW YORK TIMESIf you´re in search of an antidote to the in-your-face energy of American crime fiction, this quiet, slender, bracingly bleak tale could well be it.SUNDAY TIMESTaut, tense...The Water´s Edge can scarcely be better.INDEPENDANT

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The Third Sister
Mystery and Crime2018 · 432 pp

The Third Sister

Terje Bjøranger

Three sisters. Two murdered. One witness. Nadia should have been killed. Her sisters Samira and Nazma are brutally murdered, but Nadia manages to hide just in time. Who is behind the murders? Why were the sisters killed? What will happen to Nadia? As the case unravels, it takes us into closed environments in Oslo and faraway villages in Pakistan. Mikkel, a journalist, colleague and friend of Nadia, is the one who will seek to find the answer to the mystery. The third sister is a dramatic story, told in a realistic and direct way. And the author never let the narrative become dry and theoretical, all the way illustrating what he wants us to see in an action-packed way. Presenting his agenda without letting it affect the nerve and the level of action. DAGBLADET

Where it Burns
Literature and Fiction2018 · 240 pp

Where it Burns

Benedicte Meyer Kroneberg

B. lives in Singapore and works at a shelter for women who have fled from their employer. They have arrived in the country looking for a better life, but the working conditions are demanding, and for many, life has become a nightmare. We follow B. over the course of a dramatic day, both for herself and for the women, balancing precariously between safety and danger. An intense depiction of happiness and misfortune. Where It Burns is a disturbing novel about modern slavery and personal responsibility. ‘… an ambitious and impressive novel rich in perspectives.’ STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ‘Where it Burns places it self at an arm's length, from exhausting thoughts and twisted perspectives. All in all, Benedicte Meyer Kroneberg's hushed writing creates the feeling that the author actually ventures where it is burning.’ MORGENBLADET ‘A novel whose author and protagonist literally takes its title seriously by going where it burns for themselves and in the world right now.’ VG

WHERE YOU STAND IS THE NAVE OF PAIN
Literature and Fiction2018 · 368 pp

WHERE YOU STAND IS THE NAVE OF PAIN

Astrid Nordang

The title is a quote from Nelly Sachs, whom the main character in the novel is struggling to translate. Our hero finds herself in a failing relationship. They have bought a farm/place together that they have done up and made their own. An old derelict smallholding that has been transformed into a free artistic paradise on the bank of the Tyrifjord. But that was before … now the cracks are starting to show.

Where No One Can Find Us
Children's Books2018 · 128 pp · Age 9 - 12

Where No One Can Find Us

Mathias Nyhagen Asplund

Journey into the fantasy – to a place where no one can find us! He's sick – so sick that he can't even go to school. She is not enjoying school because the others are being mean to her. The two meet between their apartment buildings, and he takes her into a fairytale they make themselves. They find a robber castle, they are trapped in the underworld, they escape the plague… but they manage! At least in the fantasy…

DESSERTS
Cook Books2018 · 184 pp

DESSERTS

Elin Vatnar Nilsen

Pastry chef and blogger Elin Vatnar Nilsen shows you how to make over 60 gorgeous desserts, everything from everday desserts, soufflé and mousse to tarts, cakes, ice cream and Christmas specialities. You will also find recipes for sauces and custards, and extra information on how to make meringues, whip cream and melt chocolate, among other things. Detailed recipes and step­by­step pictures make you sure to succeed.

There is a room inside me that is empty
2018 · 72 pp

There is a room inside me that is empty

Linda Klakken

Linda Klakken´s fourth book is a collection of existential love poetry, at times tormented and dark, but also with the bright, stellar relationship between her and her. Both having and not having each other. Knowing that it could have happened, and that it never will happen. An impossible future caught in a hopeless now; an empty room inside you. The poems are short, simple and energetic, with strong and quivering imagery. Allen Ginsberg once said that his poems are naked. When he was asked by a person in the audience what he meant by that, he got undressed as an answer. These poems are also naked. But we are not taking questions from the audience.

The Green Tree
Children's Books2018 · 64 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Green Tree

Max Estes

In the little village of Snippen, there are more apple trees than residents! But it only takes one tree to get the attention of the entire world. One tree where the leaves never disappear, and there are always fresh apples – even in the winter. When the tree gets famous, the whole world comes to Snippen. But it turns out that not all attention is good.