Nordic Noir

Nordic noir is a genre comprising crime fiction written in the Nordic countries with certain common characteristics, typically in a realistic style with a dark, morally complex mood, breaking away from the older "whodunit" influenced by the British country house murder mystery. ...more

Hildur (Hildur, #1)
Hidden in Snow (The Åre Murders, #1)
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
The Girl with Ice in Her Veins (Millennium #8)
Wolf Hour: A Novel
Rósa & Björk (Hildur, #2)
Hidden in Shadows  (The Åre Murders #2)
Locked In (Department Q, #10)
The Kingdom
The Mirror Man (Joona Linna, #8)
El mentalista (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #1)
Blood Ties (Kongeriket, #2)
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons (Millennium, #7)
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Jakob (Hildur, #3)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
Snowblind (Dark Iceland, #1)
The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1)
Faceless Killers (Wallander, #1)
Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4)
Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2)
The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)
Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)
The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5)
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenSilence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Snowman by Jo NesbøThe Redeemer by Jo NesbøThe Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
Scandi Crime Fiction
24 books — 33 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenAn Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene TurstenThe Chestnut Man by Søren SveistrupThe Lost Village by Camilla Sten
52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
129 books — 96 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Nordic Noir
161 books — 72 voters
My First Murder by Leena LehtolainenThe Nightingale Murder by Leena LehtolainenDerailed by Leena LehtolainenBelow the Surface by Leena LehtolainenCopper Heart by Leena Lehtolainen
Finnish Noir
16 books — 1 voter



Selin Senol-Akin
Some mistakes require a price before freedom..."- The Penance (Book 2 of 'The Catalyst' trilogy) ...more
Selin Senol-Akin , The Penance

Michal Polgar
Together then. Together, and sealed it with a kiss that tasted of copper and starlight.
Michal Polgar, Krelløy: A Lovecraftian Horror Novel of Arctic Isolation and Cosmic Annihilation

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