The most sold books in Norway 2024..

[@becomingabookworm]

What was your country's best selling novel in 2024?

[@ImogenReeves]

Godt nytt år, Øystein! 🥳 Jeg ønsker deg et fantastisk 2025 fylt med glede, suksess og flott innhold. The Housemaid av Freida McFadden var den bestselgende romanen i landet mitt i 2024, en bok jeg ennå ikke har lest 📚

[@joaomedina1]

In Portugal the number one book was about the Norwegian empire! Just joking, it was some sutupid book by Colleen McFadden or whatever.

[@becomingabookworm]

Godt nytt år! Eg tippar McFadden er på mange topplister dette året. Ynskjer deg eit flott år :)

[@becomingabookworm]

@@joaomedina1 haha! I would read a portugese book about the Norwegian empire 😅

[@Mick_Holland]

The YT algorithm brought me here and I'm glad it did, I really enjoyed this video - your sardonic delivery brought a smile to my face. I was quite surprised that home grown crime fiction' is so big in Norway. I can see the appeal of 'Nordic/Scandi Noir' over here in the UK and elsewhere in mainland Europe as there is an exotic element to it for us; those brooding skies, bitter winds, moody people, bland food (haha), and so on. Now to go through your video history. Happy New Year! Cheers👍🏼

[@becomingabookworm]

Thanks! Haha, yes, you would think we get enough nordic noir in our everyday lives, but we still love reading/watching it.. Happy new year!

[@punktzbiegu]

"Whatever from Aushwitz" has become a sad literary meme in Poland, an awful lot of these books are being written, it is a disgusting exploitation of human tragedy, but it sells. From this list, I only know Coleen (whom I hate) and Jo Nesbo, whom my mother loves. In Poland these lists also make no sense, nothing of value, just commercial garbage.

[@becomingabookworm]

Yes, I don´t mind stories from Auschwitz in general but as you say a lot of them seem to be made just for the money.

[@OhioEddieBlack]

That is SO true!! Never thought about it before but I personally have read the Librarian of Auschwitz and The Dressmaker of Auschwitz and The Tattooist of Auschwitz. No wonder with the third one I thought I had already read it but it was just the repetitive naming convention that made me think I'd already read it.

[@becomingabookworm]

Haha, I am glad I could shine a light on the subject.. I think about it each time I browse through airport bookshops.. There are always a new one in that category it seems..

[@erinh7450]

Im actually awaiting the third book in that series, lol. I dont mind a bit of magical realism mixed in with historical fiction... Erika Fatland's books are great. I read Grensen, and am about to start the one about the Himalayas. I have friends who've read Sovietistan and recommend it.

[@becomingabookworm]

Hope you end up liking it. Heard a lot of great things about Fatland, will check her books out at some point.

[@lindastormonth4764]

My book club (Scotland) read the Valerie Perrin book and we really liked it. Now I am going to be controversial and get myself trolled and piled on by saying it is a book that more women than men will enjoy, a little sentimental, quirky, but full of heart. The main character ends up working as a cemetery warden so dealing with death and grief are major themes. Interesting you should say that there are more male crime writers on the list than female. There are loads of female crime authors around. Nice video!

[@becomingabookworm]

Cool! I think there is something to what you say. I might enjoy books like it, but they have to be read at the right time. When you mention it I do know more foreign female crime fiction writers than Norwegian ones. I have not read the books but I like the tv series "Shetland" based on Ann Cleeves books :)

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

I think 'Atlas'is the matchpoint of this series. What I find so faszinating with that series is that each book tells another story, kind of. And Atlas binds them all together. You really can just read the second book(Ww 2 , Bergen , music) and Atlas, and this is O. K., but the other stories/books are also very interesting, I think, or it's a girll/women series, I don't know.

[@becomingabookworm]

Cool! I haven´t really considered reading them but they are nevertheless hugely popular. Happy new year by the way!

[@sooh6299]

I read a ton of crime fiction, from men and women, Scandinavian and otherwise. I find them quite quick and easy reads with a clear purpose, and when I read for entertainment that's usually what I'm after. Hello from Hadeland 😊

[@becomingabookworm]

I agree. If I don´t know what to read I usually go for crime fiction or one of my fantasy series. They are good to have in that sense. Thanks for watching :)

[@GrumpyScamp]

I'm from Finland and speak Swedish too and our literary scene is similarly bleak/predictable each year with mostly crime fiction etc etc rofl Personally I don't care since most of my reading is in English. Storygraph says I've read liek 17% in Swedish in five years so, which is a shame really that I'd need to correct because there's a lot of good stuff in Swedish and Finnish-Swedish too! I read Erlend Loe in Swedish though. I like his early works "Expedition L" and "tatt av kvinnen" which is "Blåst" in Swedish! Keep it up, i subbed!

[@becomingabookworm]

Good to know we are not the only ones with a list like this one.. It varies a lot what I like to read, but I do like to be familiar with what kind of books my country and region produces. Erlend Loe is at times amazing! Thanks for subscribing :)

[@bjornstjernebjornson9046]

Romance and romantasy have had a big upswing thanks to Tiktok. It's mostly young women reading them. Engman wants to desperately be Stig Larsen. And I always root for Horst, because he does not drown you with descriptions the way most Scandinavian mystery writers do.

[@Unpotted]

This was interesting. I wonder which titles are in the top 15 in other countries? Would the list look similar in Japan or Brazil? Ah, I’m too busy(lazy) to search for that information, lol. Thanks for the idea. Maybe I’ll look into it another time. 😺✌️

[@becomingabookworm]

I wonder the same thing. Something tells me that the nordics could be a bit similar, but I doubt that the lists outside of the region look the same.

[@Unpotted]

@ I will do some research before I order books again. It’s always good to expand one’s experiences into other cultures. ❤️❤️

[@dianesellepedrosa1876]

God Jul! And Happy 2025

[@becomingabookworm]

God jul og godt nytt år :)!

[@Zivilin]

Crime fiction popular in Scandinavia? What a surprise (not) 😂 It's pretty much the same here in Denmark. Can't say I've read any of those. I got a lot of new-ish danish SFF novels in 2024 I'm going through.

[@becomingabookworm]

Haha, no should not be a surprise but half the list.. I had hopes for something else to be there. Anything else almost. Do you know which book was the most sold in Denmark this year? And cool, can´t say I have read that many SFF novels myself.

[@Zivilin]

@becomingabookworm Not really. Not sure where to look for those data. 😅

[@becomingabookworm]

Actually tried googling without any luck. Would be interesting to see if the Scandinavian countries had the same habits in their book buying :)

[@MattMilu]

“Who are the People that Read these Books?”… LOL 🤣

[@tarotenhajzer]

I replayed that bit a couple of times and couldn't stop laughing😂

[@petra1995]

I'm Swedish. Maybe I should try some Scandi crime novels to see what all the fuzz is about 😂

[@becomingabookworm]

Haha, there is at least plenty to take from.. 😅

[@НатальяФролова-з5х]

in Russia as most sold books we have a bunch of fantasy and horror fictioon, one non-fiction book about self love and Master and Margarita lol

[@becomingabookworm]

Do I sense that Master and Margarita is always on the list? I have it in my shelf, but I have so far not read it.

[@НатальяФролова-з5х]

@@becomingabookworm yes, Master and Margarita is always very popular because it’s very entertaining and engaging on top of being a classic. Its often recommended as an starting point to reading “more serious” literature so a lot of people buy it every year

[@dominikakalkowska8753]

OMG, I laughed so much watching this video. Best quote "Yeah... We have Internet..."

[@becomingabookworm]

Glad you did!

[@alia7368]

I recommend Disability Visibility by Alice Wong. I believe Norway needs some influence with their constitution and laws pertaining to disability in the country. My friend who's lived in Norway with Muscular Dystrophy has not had the greatest experience with autonomy there.

[@Richard.HistoryLit]

Totally agree. There are of course thousands of genetic disorders that are not apparent to the human eye. And categorisation inevitably remains.

[@becomingabookworm]

Thanks for the suggestion! Will check it out.

[@annaravetta]

Hello! Best selling novel in Italy in 2024: Joel Dicker, 'Un animal sauvage' (A savage animal).

[@becomingabookworm]

Cool! Never heard of that one. Tried looking it up on goodreads but could not find an english title, so that probably why.

[@annaravetta]

@becomingabookworm he's a French Swiss writer 😉. Happy 2025 🥂

[@becomingabookworm]

@ happy 2025 to you too :)

[@LunaciaBooks]

The Lucinda Riley series has ended. She passed away, and Atlas was the last book, completed by her son. THAT being said, I'm not going to read the series either. Also, I haven't read any of the books on the list. I was not at all surprised by number one, it's IMENSLY popular.

[@becomingabookworm]

After I finished recording the video I began thinking about how many people were getting Sjøfareren for christmas and how many will actually read it. There has to be quite a few copies sold just because of the hype. But I am still intrigued.

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

@@becomingabookworm Wait until you can buy it 2. hand😄 BTW: To make your mood better , you can begin hearing the podkast 'Bibelen'by Are Sende Olsen (NRK/he did Kongerekka as well)😁

[@becomingabookworm]

Yes, that´s the plan. Should be easy to get hold of. Have thought about listening to both those podcasts, but I haven´t found the time yet..

[@LunaciaBooks]

@@becomingabookworm I got it for my dad, and I'm sure he'll read it, as my whole family are readers. 🙂

[@dqan7372]

Lists in U.S. differ, but these seem representative: 1 The Women Kristin Hannah 2 A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas 3 Dog Man: the Scarlet Shedder Dav Pilkey 4 The Housemaid Freida Mcfadden 5 It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 6 Atomic Habits James Clear 7 Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros 8 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 9 A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas 10 It Starts With Us Colleen Hoover

[@becomingabookworm]

Oooh! If I should have guessed bestselling books from what people read on booktube recommend, it would look something like that. I am pretty convinced that the Norwegian list would more similar to that one if the same books were translated more quickly. Also impressed with how many books Maas and Hoover still sell!

[@Unpotted]

🙄🫣 At least some people are reading, I guess. I do like popular fiction, but I tend to read more adult fare, or at least science fiction and mystery. 😺✌️

[@becomingabookworm]

Agreed!

[@eivetjafrasenja]

Lucinda Riley is not publishing more. Because she is dead.

[@annmyhre]

On Mytting ... we are two. I stopped after ten pages. On Fatland, it might be because Portugal seems to be a hotspot for Norwegians to travel to nowadays? And her Sovjetistan was very good. I liked to your view on things, by the way.

[@becomingabookworm]

Maybe your onto something, there seem to be more people going to Portugal these days. Nice to know Sovjetistan is good, will get to it eventually. Thanks!