Swedish Literature

Sweden ranks third in the list of countries with most Nobel Prize laureates in literature. Famous Swedish writers include Astrid Lindgren, Gustaf Fröding, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Vilhelm Moberg, and August Strindberg.

When the Cranes Fly South
The Sisters
The Colony
Jävla karlar
Liken vi begravde
Hidden in Memories (The Åre Murders #3)
The Distinctly Competent District Councillor
The Couples Trip
The Details
El mentalista (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #1)
Vitön.
The Mountain King (The Asker, #1)
Spindeln (Joona Linna, #9)
The Divorce
Kult (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #2)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
A Man Called Ove
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
Let the Right One In
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
Anxious People
Doctor Glas
The Brothers Lionheart
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Kallocain
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellIt by Stephen  King
Big Fat Reads Worth The Effort 2.0
45 books — 72 voters
Cirkeln by Mats StrandbergHär ligger jag och blöder by Jenny JägerfeldI taket lyser stjärnorna by Johanna ThydellI Miss You, I Miss You! by Peter PohlSyskonkärlek by Katarina von Bredow
Swedish youth novels
154 books — 58 voters

The Little Book of Hygge by Meik WikingThe Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta MagnussonLagom by Niki BrantmarkNorwegian Wood by Lars MyttingLagom by Linnea Dunne
Scandinavian Lifestyle Books
53 books — 34 voters
En man som heter Ove by Fredrik BackmanExpeditionen by Bea UusmaDoktor Glas by Hjalmar SöderbergUtvandrarna by Vilhelm MobergKärleken by Jonas Gardell
Svensk Litteratur
61 books — 13 voters

Becoming Leidah by Michelle GriersonCoral by Margot McMahonCarl and Karin Larsson by Michael SnodinThe Elves and the Otterskin by Elizabeth H. BoyerHappiness Is by Mette Odderskov
Scandinavian Roots
13 books — 13 voters
Hvem sa hva? Kvinner, menn og språk by Helene UriThe Real Valkyrie by Nancy Marie BrownFactfulness by Hans RoslingOm muser og menn by Marta BreenLife 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Best Scandinavian Nonfiction
6 books — 2 voters


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