Books from Sweden
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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Maus : A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman EN
Description:
Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Characterising the Nazis as cats and the Jews as mice, this book recounts, through a complex and sustained allegory the experiences of the author's father in Auschwitz during WWII.
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Miss Julie by August Strindberg EN
Description:
One of the greatest classics of modern theater concerns a willful young aristocrat's seduction of her father's valet during a Midsummer's Eve celebration. Complete with Strindberg's highly-regarded critical preface.
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Mörder ohne Gesicht by Henning Mankell DE
Description:
Auf einem abgelegenen Bauernhof ist ein altes Ehepaar überfallen und getötet worden. 'Ausländer, Ausländer!' waren die letzten Worte der sterbenden Frau. Als die Öffentlichkeit davon erfährt, wird Schonen von einer Welle ausländerfeindlicher Gewalt überrollt. Doch plötzlich führen die Ermittlungen in eine ganz andere Richtung ... Kommissar Wallanders erster Fall, mit dem Henning Mankell den Grundstein zu seiner Karriere als Erfolgsschriftsteller gelegt hat.
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry : A Novel by Fredrik Backman EN
Description:
Seven-year-old Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending the girl on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. By the internationally best-selling author ofA Man Called Ove. Illustrations.
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O hipnotista by Lars Kepler PT
Description:
Erik Maria Bark é o mais famoso hipnotista da Suécia. Acusado de falta de ética, e com o casamento à beira do colapso, jurou publicamente nunca mais praticar a hipnose nos seus pacientes e há dez anos que se mantém fiel à sua promessa. Em Estocolmo, uma família é brutalmente assassinada e a única testemunha está internada no hospital em estado de choque; Josef Ek, de apenas 15 anos, presenciou o massacre dos seus pais e irmã mais nova, sendo ele próprio encontrado numa poça de sangue, vivo por milagre. Nessa mesma noite, Erik Maria Bark recebe um telefonema do comissário Joona Linna solicitand... continue
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Olor a lana by Lars Gustafsson ES
Description:
Lars Herding ha muerto, atropellado por un camión en Tunnenberg; eso sabemos en las primeras páginas de la novela a través de un primer narrador que recibe la visita de un familiar. Y así nos adentramos, en la página 32 a la narración del propio Herding (Gustaffson, al igual que en Muerte de un apicultor, hace un rodeo antes de llegar a la historia central).
Lars Herding ha planificado y postergado su propio suicidio sabemos de su boca en las primeras páginas de su narración, agobiado por una vida estéril, en medio de un paí... continue
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Pippi Langstrumpf by Astrid Lindgren DE
Description:
Grotesk-komische Erlebnisse und phantastische Einfälle eines unmöglichen kleinen Mädchens.
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren EN
Description:
The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. "A rollicking story."--The Horn Book Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!
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Popmuziek uit Vittula by Mikael Niemi NL
Description:
Een voorval in Nepal doet een jongeman denken aan zijn jeugd in het hoge noorden van Zweden