The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Stockholm

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
530 The Red Room August Strindberg 1879 Swedish Swedish
1275 The Laughing Policeman Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö 1968 Swedish Swedish
1417 Karlson On The Roof Astrid Lindgren 1955 Swedish Swedish
1516 The People of Hemsö August Strindberg 1887 Swedish Swedish
1761 The Serious Game Hjalmar Soderberg 1912 Swedish Swedish
1773 Doctor Glas Hjalmar Soderberg 1905 Swedish Swedish
2189 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
2305 Stockholm series Per Anders Fogelström 1960 Swedish Swedish
3193 The Aesthetics Of Resistance Peter Weiss 1975 German German
3227 Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
3637 The Century Of The Child Ellen Key 1900 Swedish Swedish
5112 Let The Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist 2004 Swedish Swedish
5292 The Terrorists Maj Sjöwall 1975 Swedish Swedish
5470 Markings Dag Hammarskjöld 1963 Swedish Swedish
6091 Herr Gustafsson Himself Lars Gustafsson 1983 Swedish Swedish
6336 The Worldly Philosophers Robert Heilbroner 1953 American English
6408 My Mother Gets Married Moa Martinson 1936 Swedish Swedish
6689 Romanen Om Olof Eyvind Johnson 1934 Swedish Swedish
6717 The Son of a Servant August Strindberg 1886 Swedish Swedish
8162 The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson 2006 Swedish Swedish
8292 Fredman's Epistles Carl Michael Bellman 1999 Swedish Swedish
8504 The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson 2007 Swedish Swedish
8587 Jack Ulf Lundell 1976 Swedish Swedish
9707 Common Security The Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues 1982 Unknown English
9915 The Messiah Of Stockholm Cynthia Ozick 1987 American English
10043 Statarna Ivar Lo-Johansson 1936 Swedish Swedish
10045 Poems Of Karin Boye Karin Boye 1941 Swedish Swedish
10540 My Struggle: Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgård 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
10969 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11017 The Story Of San Michele Axel Munthe 1929 Swedish English
11180 In Every Moment We Still Are Alive Tom Malmquist 2015 Swedish Swedish
11232 Godnatt, Jord Ivar Lo-Johansson 1933 Swedish Swedish
11402 The Alfie Atkins Series Gunilla Bergström 1972 Swedish Swedish
11486 The Living Landscape In Sweden Sten Selander 1955 Swedish Swedish
11615 Utvald Att Leva Jerzy Einhorn 1996 Swedish Swedish
11618 Collected Poems Gunnar Ekelöf 1960 Swedish Swedish
11630 Death By Video Game Simon Parkin 2015 British English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11853 Children's Island P. C. Jersild 1976 Swedish Swedish
12147 Gentlemen Klas Östergren 1980 Swedish Swedish
12191 Mitt Liv Herbert Tingsten 1966 Swedish Swedish
12391 Vävarnas Barn Per Anders Fogelström 1981 Swedish Swedish
13290 Stjärnor Utan Svindel Louise Boije af Gennäs 1996 Swedish Swedish
13518 The March Of The Musicians P. O. Enquist 1978 Swedish Swedish
13733 Vendetta Jan Guillou 1991 Swedish Swedish
13747 I Miss You, I Miss You! Peter Pohl 1992 Swedish Swedish
13813 Vinterviken Mats Wahl 1993 Swedish Swedish
13930 The White Lioness Henning Mankell 1993 Swedish Swedish
14212 The Confession Of A Fool August Strindberg 1893 Swedish Swedish
14404 Blaue Frau Antje Rávik Strubel 2021 German German
14517 Brev Från Nollpunkten Peter Englund 1996 Swedish Swedish
14549 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14984 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
17130 Stalker Lars Kepler 2014 Swedish Swedish
17130 All In Simona Ahrnstedt 2014 Swedish Swedish
17130 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17130 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17130 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17130 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17130 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17130 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17130 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17130 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17130 Flight Of The Eagle Per Olof Sundman 1967 Swedish Swedish
17130 The Legionnaires Per Olov Enquist 1968 Swedish Swedish
17130 For The Living And The Dead Tomas Tranströmer 1989 Swedish Swedish
17130 Klf John Higgs 2012 British English
17130 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17130 True Believer Jack Carr 2019 American English
17130 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17130 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish