Scandinavian Crime Best Seller List – February 16, 2012

This week's Scandinavian Crime Best Seller List has not changed much from last week: Stieg Larsson's books are still Top 3; Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole novels dominate the list and The Boy In The Suitcase remains unchanged as the 9th top selling book.

The newcomers are Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell which was not on the top 50 books and now is #12 and Viktor Arnar Ingolffson's The Flatey Enigma which was 34th last week and has made a huge jump to #14. We believe the recent release of the "Faceless Killers" paperback version and the buzz around the Wallander TV series have been partially responsible for the jump in Henning Mankell's novels.

Mystery Tribune publishes the list of Best Sellers in Scandinavian Crime category given the increasing interest in the Nordic works of crime fiction. The information is based on the sales data in the United States and is updated on a weekly basis.

 

THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK

COMBINED SCANDINAVIAN TITLES

COUNTRY

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1

1

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

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2

2

The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

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3

3

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

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4

5

The Leopard: A Harry Hole Novel, by Jo Nesbø (Knopf Publishing Group)

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5

4

The Redbreast, by Jo Nesbø (Harper Collins)

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6

8

Nemesis: A Novel (Harry Hole), by Jo Nesbø (Harper Collins)

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7

6

The Snowman: A Harry Hole Novel, by Jo Nesbø (Knopf Publishing Group)

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8

7

The Devil's Star: A Harry Hole Novel, by Jo Nesbø (Harper Collins)

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9

9

The Boy in the Suitcase, by Lene Kaaberbol (Soho Crime)

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10

10

Headhunters, by Jo Nesbø (Vintage)

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11

21

The Pyramid: The First Wallander Cases, by Henning Mankell (Vintage)

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12

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Faceless Killers, by Henning Mankell (The New Press)

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13

17

The Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallander Mystery, by Henning Mankell (The New Press)

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14

34

The Flatey Enigma, by Viktor Arnar Ingolffson (AmazonCrossing)

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15

13

Voices: A Thriller, by Arnaldur Indridason (Minotaur Books)

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Also Selling:

16. The Hypnotist: A Novel, by Lars Kepler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

17. One Step Behind: A Kurt Wallander Mystery, by Henning Mankell (The New Press) 

18. 1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen Novels), by Anne Holt (Scribner)

19. The Draining Lake: A Thriller, by Arnaldur Indridason (Minotaur Books)

20. Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery, by Henning Mankell (The New Press)

21. Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery, by Henning Mankell (The New Press)

21. The Fifth Woman: A Kurt Wallander Mystery, by Henning Mankell (The New Press)

22. Arctic Chill: A Thriller (Reykjavik Thriller), by Arnaldur Indridason (Minotaur Books)

23. Detective Inspector Huss, by Helene Tursten (Soho Crime) 

24. The Man from Beijing, by Henning Mankell (Vintage)

25. The Man Who Smiled: A Kurt Wallander Mystery, by Henning Mankell (Vintage)