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Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo
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Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbø is the most successful Norwegian author of all time. He has sold millions of books, which are published in twenty-five different languages globally, and he is widely recognized as one of Europe’s foremost crime writers. The author... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. In a climbing wall at Ton Sai, Thailand
Learn more about Jo Nesbo
Who Cut the Cheese? will be released on November 27, 2012 in Trade Paperback
May 24, 2012
Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series is now available in eBook
Apr 17, 2012
Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series will be released on April 17, 2012 in eBook
Apr 12, 2012
Who Cut the Cheese? will be released on January 03, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Who Cut the Cheese? is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Who Cut the Cheese?
Dec 16, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub will be released on November 15, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 15, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 15, 2011
Middle School Survival Kit is now available in
Oct 04, 2011
Middle School Survival Kit will be released on October 04, 2011 in
Oct 04, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Bubble in the Bathtub
Jan 05, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub will be released on January 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 04, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 04, 2011
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 07, 2010
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder will be released on December 07, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Dec 07, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
What are your 5 favorite songs?
Aug 25, 2010

Jo Nesbo Revealed

Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Rock climbing and guitar playing Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. One. Perfect Skin, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Strawberry Fields by the Beatles, Independence Day by Bruce Springsteen, Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello, There She Goes by the Las. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Joker Q. What’s your best quality? A. Imagination Learn more about Jo Nesbo

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Anniston Star, May 11, 2012
...“The Leopard”by Jo Nesbø, translated from the Norwegian original by Don Bartlett; Knopf, 2011; 517 pages; $26.95“It was like an animal that had been chained up, but it had been fed, it had grown and was stronger than ever. And now it was free.”...
Christian Science Monitor, May 8, 2012
...1. Deadlocked, by Charlaine Harris, Ace 2. Calico Joe, by John Grisham, Doubleday 3. Sacré Bleu, by Christopher Moore, Morrow 4. The Wind Through the Keyhole, by Stephen King, Scribner 5. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, by Alexander McCall...
Poten & Partners, May 3, 2012
...15) HHHH If you warm to Nordic noir, Morten Tyldum's fun, fast and furious adaptation of the Jo Nesbo bestseller is a must see. The Hunger Games (12A) HHHH A sharp, engrossing, thrill-a-minute drama based on the bestseller by Suzanne Collins. Irvine...
NPR, May 2, 2012
...and nonfiction releases from Kevin Wilson, Adrian Burgos Jr. and Melissa Fay Greene. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Jo Nesbo, Albert Brooks, Jo Ann Beard and James Tate. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org...
NPR, May 2, 2012
...and nonfiction releases from Kevin Wilson, Adrian Burgos Jr. and Melissa Fay Greene. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Jo Nesbo, Albert Brooks, Jo Ann Beard and James Tate. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org...
CNN, May 2, 2012
..."The Scream," a painting by Edvard Munch, could become the most expensive painting ever sold. It's up for auction at Sotheby's, here in New York City, today. Art experts expect it to sell for anywhere between $80 million and $150 million. That would...
Christian Science Monitor, May 1, 2012
...1. The Wind Through the Keyhole, by Stephen King, Scribner 2. Calico Joe, by John Grisham, Doubleday 3. Sacré Bleu, by Christopher Moore, Morrow 4. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon 5. The Innocent, by David...
Film Journal International, April 23, 2012
...In Headhunters, a new and arrestingly original Norwegian thriller from Magnet Releasing, both meanings of the title combatively pop up, generating genuine sparks and surprises. In one corner is “a recruiter of personnel at the executive level,” Roger...
New York Magazine, April 23, 2012
...(Photo: Courtesy of Magnet Releasing) There are two kinds of thrillers: the newfangled shaky-cam ones that tap into your fight-or-flight responses and make you sick with fear, and the Hitchcockian ones that toy with you, that give you the time and space...
Newcastle University Courier, April 23, 2012
...do is be both stimulating and darkly funny at the same time. Based on a popular book by Jo Nesbo, Headhunters follows the story of Roger Brown (Askel Hennie), a cooperate head-hunter by day, but moonlights by stealing valuable works of art and replacing...
Big Think, April 22, 2012
...Over the past year, I've read about a half dozen of Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo's novels. If you are heading on vacation this summer, I recommend you pick a few up at the bookstore. Now the first of his books appears in U...
The Press NZ, April 22, 2012
...of Touch, I picked up a book and read around 34 pages (I'm in the middle of Jo Nesbo's Phantom right now). I waited until 9.49pm to start watching House And really, that paragraph features a better number-centric story than anything we've seen on Touch...
Dominion Post, April 22, 2012
...of Touch, I picked up a book and read around 34 pages (I'm in the middle of Jo Nesbo's Phantom right now). I waited until 9.49pm to start watching House And really, that paragraph features a better number-centric story than anything we've seen on Touch...
Examiner.com, April 22, 2012
...If you loved ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ you are definitely going to love 'Headhunters'. This film is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride exploding with suspense and intrigue. Based on the best-selling novel by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø, the film...