Books from Sweden
143 popular swedish books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Sweden.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman EN
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Seven-year-old Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending the girl on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. By the internationally best-selling author ofA Man Called Ove. Illustrations.
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No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg EN
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This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests
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O hipnotista by Lars Kepler PT
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Erik Maria Bark é o mais famoso hipnotista da Suécia. Acusado de falta de ética, e com o casamento à beira do colapso, jurou publicamente nunca mais praticar a hipnose nos seus pacientes e há dez anos que se mantém fiel à sua promessa. Em Estocolmo, uma família é brutalmente assassinada e a única testemunha está internada no hospital em estado de choque; Josef Ek, de apenas 15 anos, presenciou o massacre dos seus pais e irmã mais nova, sendo ele próprio encontrado numa poça de sangue, vivo por milagre. Nessa mesma noite, Erik Maria Bark recebe um telefonema do comissário Joona Linna solicitand... continue
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Olor a lana by Lars Gustafsson ES
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Lars Herding ha muerto, atropellado por un camión en Tunnenberg; eso sabemos en las primeras páginas de la novela a través de un primer narrador que recibe la visita de un familiar. Y así nos adentramos, en la página 32 a la narración del propio Herding (Gustaffson, al igual que en Muerte de un apicultor, hace un rodeo antes de llegar a la historia central).
Lars Herding ha planificado y postergado su propio suicidio sabemos de su boca en las primeras páginas de su narración, agobiado por una vida estéril, en medio de un paí... continue
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Our House Is on Fire : Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Beata Ernman EN
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"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta’s distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet. Steered by Greta’s determinatio... continue
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Pippi Langstrumpf by Astrid Lindgren DE
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Grotesk-komische Erlebnisse und phantastische Einfälle eines unmöglichen kleinen Mädchens.
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren EN
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The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. "A rollicking story."--The Horn Book Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!
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Popmuziek uit Vittula by Mikael Niemi NL
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Een voorval in Nepal doet een jongeman denken aan zijn jeugd in het hoge noorden van Zweden
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Quicksand : A Novel by Malin Persson Giolito EN
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Named an NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017" Named the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers Academy An incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm’s wealthiest suburb. Eighteen-year-old Maja Norberg is charged for her involvement in the massacre that left her boyfriend and her best friend dead. She has spent nine months in jail awaiting trial. Now the time has come for her to e... continue