Euro bookblog » Stieg Larsson http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com Crime & fiction books Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:01:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stieg Larsson on the New York Times bestseller list! http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/stieg-larsson-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list/ http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/stieg-larsson-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:25:48 +0000 Euroman http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/?p=173 I was delighted to open the book section of New York Times today, and find the Stieg Larsson’s excellent crime fiction book, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, was now number 4 on the list of paperback fiction bestsellers. I have been unable to understand why this book has not been selling better than it has in the US, as it is one of my all time favorites. Now, however, it seems the publisher is doing a little more promotion of the book, and it seems to be paying off.

Here is the top 10 list:

1. My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult. A girl sues her parents when learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.

2. The Shack, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to a shack, apparently by God.

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. A journalist travels to Guernsey.

4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.

5. Olive Kitteridge: Fiction, by Elizabeth Strout. A math teacher is the link in 13 stories set on the Maine coast.

6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. The classic retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”

7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein. A Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.

8. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. Life with a dashing librarian who travels in time.

9. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. A Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt for treasure.

10. A Summer Affair: A Novel, by Elin Hilderbrand. A successful married artist is attracted to a billionaire on Nantucket.

For a lover of Scandinavian crime fiction, this is a good day. I hope 2009 will contine to be a good year for crime fiction and thrillers from Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland!

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.]]> http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/stieg-larsson-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list/feed/ 1 The Girl Who Played With Fire – youtube, movie teaser http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-youtube-movie-teaser/ http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-youtube-movie-teaser/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:00:40 +0000 Euroman http://bookblog.european-viewpoint.com/?p=99 [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

The movie is now playing in Scandinavia, and is a great success. See also review of The Girl Who Played With Fire, and a nice blog post about Stieg Larsson and that girl with the dragon tattoo.

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