Fans of Jo Nesbo’s may want to listen to Jo Nesbo Talks About The Kingdom from The New York Times. Jo Nesbo is the popular Norwegian author of crime novels. Nesbo’s previous novels include The Bat, The Redbreast, The Snowman, Phantom, The Thirst, and Knife from his Harry Hole series of novels. His stand-alone works include The Son and The Kingdom which was published this year.

In a 2017 New York Times “By the Book interview,” Nesbo suggested that he reads somewhat randomly–that he doesn’t plan out what he will read next: “Except for research, I don’t plan my reading. I read whatever’s on top of the pile on the floor by my bed. How they got there in the first place is often hard to recall.” That’s my favorite way to read.

A few nonfiction titles came in this week, including The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest by Ed Caesar, and A Promised Land by Barack Obama.

The Moth and the Mountain depicts an Englishman’s quest to be the first person to climb Mount Everest. Obama’s presidential memoir A Promised Land is the first installment in a planned 2-volume series.