Books set in Sweden (110)


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The Deal of a Lifetime by Frederik Backman EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
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It's Christmas Even morning. Years ago a man abandoned his son to pursue professional success; now he wonders if it's too late to forge a relationship with him. One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. When the man is given the chance to do something selfless that could change the destiny of the little girl in the hospital bed, he needs to find out what his own life has actually been worth in the eyes of his son before he makes the deal of a lifetime.

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The Details by Ia Genberg EN

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Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
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Featured in The New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" *Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize "The literal fever that begins the book mirrors the feverish beginnings and endings of these relationships, as well as the fever of reading -- how it forces the reader inward, then leaves an invisible imprint in its wake. Genberg's marvelous prose is also a kind of fever, mesmerizing and hot to the touch." -The New York Times Book Review An intoxicating novel in the vein of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, about a woman in the throes of a fever remembering the important people in her past, her memorie... continue

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The Dog by Kerstin Ekman EN

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Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
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A beautiful fable exploring the unique bond between man and dog.

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The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
From the Publisher: Book One-introduces Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their 3 young children, and 11 others who make up a resolute party of Swedes fleeing the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Smaland in 1850.

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The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Serbia flag Serbia
Description:
Combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy, this book tells stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and reality range across many epochs and settings.

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The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg EN

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Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
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Chronicles the author's meditative, obsessive pursuit of hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden and how his findings have reflected the history of entomology.

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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning : How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
*The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions* A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, a... continue

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The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson EN

Rating: 4 (11 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNS The iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide. "Even more gripping and astonishing than the first" Sunday Times Lisbeth Salander can be viciously violent. Mikael Blomkvist knows it - and owes his life to it. When a criminologist and a journalist who works with Blomkvist at Millennium magazine are killed on the brink of publishing a brutal exposé of human trafficking, the evidence points in one direction. Salander's prints are on the murder weapon. But Blomkvist knows Lisbeth would never act without reason, and he cannot find one h... continue

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The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Jonas Jonasson's picaresque tale of how one person's actions can have far-reaching--even global--consequences, written with the same light-hearted satirical voice as his bestselling debut novel, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. On June 14th, 2007, the King and Prime Minister of Sweden went missing from a gala banquet at the Royal Castle. Later it was said that both had fallen ill: the truth is different. The real story starts much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of Nombeko Mayeki in a shack in Soweto. Nombeko was fated to grow up fast and die early in her pover... continue
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson EN

Rating: 4 (25 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
*********************** The phenomenal international bestseller - 100 million copies of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series sold worldwide. One of the Bookseller's 30 most influential books of the last 30 years. "What a cracking novel! I haven't read such a stunning thriller debut for years. Brilliantly written and totally gripping" Minette Walters With an Introduction by Val McDermid Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that ... continue