“Kepler is a virtuoso at delivering scenes of suspense.”
Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
“Kepler will have you turning pages long after your bedtime.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Kepler [is] a master of disturbing psychological crime novels, showing the darker side of humanity.”
Library Journal
“Not surprisingly, Lars Kepler is being billed as the successor to Stieg Larsson. But Kepler, actually the pseudonym for a Swedish husband-and-wife writing team, casts a subtler, creepier spell than his countryman. /…/ Kepler has a remarkable feel for physical cruelty, and his ability to delve into a psychotic’s mind is truly shocking. Larsson is destined to have many heirs… Kepler is by far the best. /…/ It’s that good. It’s the hard stuff.”
TIME
The official 2024 bestseller lists in Sweden have been announced, with Lars Kepler securing the top spot in the hardcover fiction category for The Sleepwalker, released just last September.
Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker is shortlisted for this year’s Finnish Storytel Awards in the category Crime & Suspense. The winners will be announced at the Storytel Awards gala on March 13, 2025.
The Danish audio and e-book service Mofibo has announced this year’s nominees in the Mofibo Awards and competing for the title of Best Translated Fiction is Lars Kepler’s tenth installment in the Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker.
The official Finnish bestseller list for the month of November is out, and The Sleepwalker ranked No. 1 in the translated category for hardcover, audiobook, and e-book formats. Moreover, it secured the No. 5 spot across all formats.
Lars Kepler’s latest installment in the bestselling Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, debuts at No. 1 on the Czech Republic official bestseller list this week.
BookBeat, one of the leading streaming services for audiobooks in Sweden, have announced their most-listened-to titles of 2024. The Sleepwalker by Lars Kepler, released just two months ago, secures the No. 1 spot. Kepler is also the platform’s most-listened-to author throughout the year.
The nominees for the 2024 Adlibris Awards have just been announced. Adlibris is the leading book retailer in the Nordics and the award was founded in 2019 to celebrate the site’s biggest titles. The nominated works have been selected by a jury of Adlibris employees, but the winners will be voted forth by the public. Lars Kepler’s […]
Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker, the tenth installment in the Joona Linna series, stays put at No. 1 on the bestseller list for both hardcover fiction and e-books.
The Sleepwalker, the tenth installment in the Joona Linna series, makes its way to the Danish bestseller lists this week. The novel debuts at No. 1 on Bog & Idé’s list for crime fiction. It also dominates Saxo’s bestseller lists, coming in at No. 5 on the hardcover list, No. 1 on the e-book list, and No. 4 on the list for audio […]
Lars Kepler’s newly published The Sleepwalker, the tenth installment in the Joona Linna series, enters the Norwegian bestseller list at No. 1 for both hardcover fiction and e-books this week.