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96 popular swedish books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Sweden. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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Benny & Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti EN

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Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Why is it so impossible to get a relationship to work between two mature single people, driven by an enormous longing and loudly ticking biological clocks? Especially when they are struck by a totally unexpected passion when they first meet.

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Berouw by Sofie Sarenbrant NL

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Rechercheur Emma Sköld onderzoekt een moordzaak waarbij haar zus zijdelings betrokken is.

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Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
The New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Anxious People captivates readers with this “warm and satisfying” (People) story “about a woman rediscovering herself after a personal crisis…fans of Backman will find another winner in these pages” (Publishers Weekly). Britt-Marie can’t stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. She is not one to judge others—no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. It’s just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggest... continue
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Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman EN

Rating: 5 (7 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Combined here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the Holocaust through cartoons the author captures the everyday reality of fear and the sensation of survival.
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De 100-jarige man die uit het raam klom en verdween by Jonas Jonasson NL

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Op zijn honderdste verjaardag ontvlucht een man het door hem zo gehate bejaardencentrum en ontvreemdt bij het busstation een zware koffer die gevuld blijkt te zijn met zwart geld.

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De 100-jarige man die uit het raam klom en verdween by Jonas Jonasson NL

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Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Op zijn honderdste verjaardag ontvlucht een man het door hem zo gehate bejaardencentrum en ontvreemdt bij het busstation een zware koffer die gevuld blijkt te zijn met zwart geld.
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Der Verein der Linkshänder by Håkan Nesser DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Kommissar Van Veeteren und Inspektor Barbarotti auf der Spur eines Mörders, der alle zum Narren hält. Kommissar Van Veeteren - mittlerweile im Ruhestand, aber so legendär wie eh und je - bereitet sich innerlich darauf vor, seinen 75. Geburtstag zu feiern, als ein früherer Kollege auftaucht, um ihm von einem alten Fall zu berichten. Damals waren in einer Pension in Oosterby vier Menschen ums Leben gekommen, die nur eines gemeinsam hatten: die Mitgliedschaft in einem "Verein der Linkshänder". Da das fünfte am Treffen teilnehmende Mitglied verschwunden war, wurde der Mann schnell als Täter identi... continue

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Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Detective Inspector Irene Huss is called to the scene of an apparent suicide. A wealthy financier, he was connected through an old-boys' network to the first families of Sweden. But the 'society suicide' turns out to have been a carefully plotted murder.



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