These seven books are expected this spring, with hundreds already booked in libraries

Lucinda Riley books in the bookstore — The late Lucinda Riley’s Seven Sisters series will come to an end this spring.

Lucinda Riley’s book, due out in May, already has almost 2 000 reservations at the library.

1. Satu Rämö: Fox

Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, a policeman working in the remote fjords, sets out to solve another murder. He is joined by Jakob, a Finnish policeman who relaxes by knitting Icelandic sweaters.

The novel, due out in the coming days, will reveal the mystery of Hildur’s missing siblings.

Satu Rämö’s *Hilduri* was last year’s bestseller, and also the best-selling domestic book.

The face of author Satu Rämö. — Satu Rämö is already writing the third part of the Hildur series.

2. Alex Schulman: Hurry up, my love (in Finnish, Jaana Nikula, Nemo)

Now it’s the father’s turn.

Based on the *Burn these letters* novel about Schulman’s grandparents, there is a recently completed film.

stairs by Alex Schulman — Alex Schulman is a well-known figure in Sweden.

3. Cormac McCarthy: The Traveller (in Finnish, Kaijamari Sivill, WSOY)

McCarthy, who avoids publicity, has had a long career, but more than 15 years have passed since his last novel.

*Matkustaja* is a two-part work, the second part of which will be published in Finnish in the fall. The book series is believed to be McCarthy’s last.

In the United States, *Passenger* has received a mixed reception. Critics praise McCarthy’s narrative and philosophical reflections, but some critics have found the plot too confusing.

4. Enni Mustonen: Foster Daughter (Otava)

Kirsti Manninen is an unusually prolific writer. He has published about a hundred works, and more than a million copies of them have been sold.

Writer and screenwriter Kirsti Manninen photographed in the museum cafe Hedda Noora, which operates in the old main building of Alikartano (Alipytinki) in connection with the Nordenskiöld museum, Mäntsälä, 24 November 2022. — Kirsti Manninen knows the history of Alikartano well, as she has lived in the neighbourhood for a long time.

5. Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker: Atlas – Papa Salt’s story (in Finnish, Hilkka and Tuukka Pekkanen, Bazar)

Here is the most anticipated book of the spring. The book, which will be published in May, already has a reservation queue of almost 2,000 in the libraries of the capital region.

The novel will be published worldwide on May 11. More than a million copies of Lucinda Riley’s books have been sold in Finland alone.

6. Harry Salmenniemi: Shadow Consciousness (Siltala)

The novel can be characterized as auto-fictional, but at the same time it parodies the fashion trend in question. At the center of the events is the train journey from Helsinki to Jyväskylä. During the transition, the book describes consumer society, cultural journalism and the work of the writer with pinpoint precision. Salmenniemi’s novel is unintentionally funny.

7. Abdulrazak Gurnah: Paradise (in Finnish, Einari Aaltonen, Tammi)

Abdulrazak Gurnah Nobel Prize writer. Photographed in Tamme's library space on 31 May 2022 — Abdulrazak Gurnah has lived in the UK for most of his adult life. The photo was taken in 2022, when Gurnah visited Helsinki.

Gurnah received the Nobel Prize for literature in 2021. He was a fairly unknown writer in Finland before this.

Last spring, the first Finnish translation of Gurnah’s production was published. The author also visited Finland.