2026 Reading Challenge

Wallander Series

12 primary works • 12 total works
This is the order of the books based on the internal chronology.

Book 1

The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
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3.86 · 14155 Ratings · 955 Reviews · published 1999 · 50 editions
Filling in the missing pieces of the international…

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    Book 2

    Faceless Killers
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    3.76     · 78973 Ratings · 4355 Reviews · published 1991 · 5 editions
    It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold nigh…

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    Book 3

    The Dogs of Riga
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    3.72     · 30534 Ratings · 1946 Reviews · published 1992 · 12 editions
    Second in the Kurt Wallander series.

    Sweden, winter…

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    Book 4

    The White Lioness
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    3.87     · 23838 Ratings · 1436 Reviews · published 1993 · 8 editions
    The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife …

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    Book 5

    The Man Who Smiled
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    3.95     · 25998 Ratings · 1140 Reviews · published 1994 · 7 editions
    The Man Who Smiled begins with Inspector Kurt Wall…

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    Book 6

    Sidetracked
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    4.09     · 24899 Ratings · 1090 Reviews · published 1995 · 167 editions


    In the award-winning Sidetracked, Kurt Wallander i…

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    Book 7

    The Fifth Woman
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    4.05     · 28286 Ratings · 1205 Reviews · published 1996 · 10 editions
    Sixth in the Kurt Wallander series.

    In an African c…

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    Book 8

    One Step Behind
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    4.11     · 22415 Ratings · 1015 Reviews · published 1997 · 7 editions
    It is Midsummer's Eve, three young friends gather …

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    Book 9

    Firewall
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    3.97     · 20749 Ratings · 972 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 editions
    Stopping to get money from a cash machine one even…

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    Book 10

    Before the Frost
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    3.85     · 14233 Ratings · 871 Reviews · published 2002 · 116 editions
    In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallande…

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    Book 11

    An Event in Autumn
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    3.68     · 9173 Ratings · 917 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    En höstdag 2002 får Kurt Wallander möjligheten att…

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    Book 12

    The Troubled Man
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    3.98     · 18967 Ratings · 1616 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
    En vinterdag 2008 försvinner en pensionerad hög ma…

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