A Book by a Nordic Author

Updated January 13, 2026
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A man called Ove
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon--the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars...
Anxious people : a novel
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and "writer of astonishing depth" (The Washington Times) comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who...
The harbor : a novel
Engberg, Katrine
Paper Book
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Butterfly House, called "brazen and original" by The Toronto Star, comes a timely, suspenseful, and darkly original new novel about a missing child and the web of lies that has threatened his life--and may prevent him from ever...
The chestnut man : a novel
Sveistrup, Sr̜en
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE BARRY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST MYSTERY/CRIME NOVEL A Best Book of the Year: New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Library Journal, FROM THE CREATOR OF THE HIT TELEVISION SHOW THE KILLING, "a full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson...
Blood on snow
Nesb,̜ Jo
Paper Book
From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a new, electrifying stand-alone thriller set in Oslo in the 1970s: the story of an unusually complicated contract killer--the perfectly sympathetic antihero--that is, as well, an edgy, almost lyrical meditation on death and love....
The kingdom : a novel
Nesbo, Jo
Paper Book
Jo Nesbo, author of the bestselling Harry Hole crime series, is back with a vivid psychological thriller about the bond between orphaned brothers. How far would you go to be your brother's keeper? Before Roy's father died in the car crash that also killed Roy's mother, he told...
The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared
Jonasson, Jonas
Paper Book
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...

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