Books from Sweden
96 popular swedish books
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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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Quicksand : A Novel by Malin Persson Giolito EN
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Named an NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017" Named the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers Academy An incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm’s wealthiest suburb. Eighteen-year-old Maja Norberg is charged for her involvement in the massacre that left her boyfriend and her best friend dead. She has spent nine months in jail awaiting trial. Now the time has come for her to e... continue
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Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö EN
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On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. Three months later, all that Police Inspector Martin Beck knows is that her name is Roseanna, that she came from Lincoln, Nebraska, and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people. With its authentically rendered settings and vividly realized characters, and its command over the intricately woven details of police detection, Roseanna is a masterpiece of suspense and sadness.
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Sommersonnenwende by Pascal Engman, Johannes Selåker DE
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Der packende Nr. 1-Bestseller aus Schweden! »Hochaktuell und spannend bis zur letzten Seite.« David Lagercrantz Die Sonne brennt heiß auf den Asphalt in einem Stockholmer Vorort, als eine junge Frau gefunden wird, vergewaltigt und erdrosselt. Kriminalkommissar Tomas Wolf kann den Anblick der Toten kaum ertragen – zu sehr erinnert sie ihn an die dunkle Zeit in seiner Vergangenheit, die er am liebsten vergessen würde. Doch in diesem Sommer '94 ist er der Erste am Tatort. Er ahnt nicht, dass auch die Journalistin Vera Berg in diesem Mordfall ermittelt und dabei alles aufs Spiel setzt – vor allem ... continue
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Speak : A Short History of Languages by Tore Janson EN
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How does a language come into being, and when does it disappear? What actually happened to Latin? When was English created? Will all people on Earth speak English or Chinese in 200 years from now? These are a few of the questions discussed in A Short History of Languages. It is about how historical conditions shape languages and how languages influence the course of history. The book starts with a discussion of the period of gatherers and hunters, when there was a huge number of languges.It moves on to Greek and Latin, to French and Italian, and naturally includes a full discussion of English.... continue
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Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius EN
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**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE-BESTSELLER**'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young Sámi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are Sámi - Scandinavia's indigenous people - and make their living herding reindeer. One morning when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her ... continue
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Strega : A Novel by Johanne Lykke Holm EN
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Powerfully inventive and atmospheric, a modern gothic story of nine young women sent to work at a remote Alpine hotel and what happens when one of them goes missing With toiletries, hairbands, and notebooks in her bag, and at her mother’s instruction, a nineteen-year-old girl leaves her parents’ home and the seaside town she grew up in. Out the train window, Rafa sees the lit-up mountains and perfect trees—and the Olympic Hotel waiting for her perched above the small village of Strega. There, she and eight other girls receive the stiff black uniforms of seasonal workers and move into their sha... continue
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Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd by Jonas Jonasson EN
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"Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn't occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all new Maasai warriors - which have him running back to Stockholm as fast as you can say circumcision without anaesthetic. Back in Stockholm, Kevin's path crosses with Jenny's - and they have an awful lot to talk ab... continue
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson EN
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The international publishing sensation--over two million copies sold A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too late to start over... After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he's still in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. A big celebration is in the works, but Allan really isn't interested (and he'd like a bit more control over his vodka consumption). So he decides to escape. He climbs out the window in his ... continue