Booklists

If, like me, you've been addicted to Arne Dahl's BBC4 Intercrime adaptations, as well as The Killing and The Bridge, you've probably already torn through the books and you're hungry for more!

Never fear... I've had a look through the Booktrust archive of books and found these tasty crime thrillers in translation from all around the world to whet your appetite.

These books will take you deep into Scandinavia, to the heady heights of Havana, Cuba to Italy and beyond.

It's Mother's Day this weekend. We hope you've bought a card and some flowers and are planning an elaborate lunch or breakfast for her! If you're looking for any book recommendations for your mum, here are some suggestions for you, including the painfully funny and honest graphic memoir about a summer a mother and her son spend together, Days of Bagnold Summer.

Following Hilary Mantel's historic win of the Booker and the Costa in the same year with a historic novel here are some more books that talk of the past and sing of days of yore.

New year, new books to read... but what of the new novelists, the debuts that come out every year? That's why we've put together a list of some of our favourite debut novels of the last few years. Enjoy these writers at the very start of their career because each one of them will be going on to bigger things. Some of them already have.

It's been quite a while since there was a year when there were too many short story collections to get through. It really has been a great year for short stories. Here are 5 collections that really impressed us.

It's been a great year of books. We've had returns from heavyweights such as Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz and more. We've had impressive debuts from Ben Fountain, Chad Harbach and Jenni Fagan. The wealth of independent publishers like And Other Stories throwing out interesting pieces of work. We had the first book for adults from Harry Potter author J K Rowling. I don't know if you saw that. It's hard to choose your favourite books of the year. In fact, looking back at this list, all I can see is ones I missed out. But choose we did, and we even went over the allocated number. So, here are 15 of our top ten books of the year. Because to get it down to ten was impossible.

So, if you're looking for Christmas present ideas, books to read over the cold winter months or just the next one in line for your reading pile... here you go.

Well, the weather outside IS frightful. And the nights are drawing in. Gone are the days of flip-flops and shorts. The scarves and gloves are out of storage. The big coat is on the back of your chair. If we're staying in and enjoying the warmth, what better way to curl up with these brrrrrrrr-illiantly cold books.

Quench your bloodthirst and get your teeth into these books for Halloween.

Celebrating the announcement of Mo Yan as 2012's Nobel Laureate in Literature, we thought we'd dig into our bookfinder archives and show you some books by previous Nobel Laureates.

A year on from the riots, as part of our youth focus season, we give you five books that explore the issues facing young people today - from the demonization of the working class to gang culture to the austerity cuts...