# The best Nordic noir novels

The Scandinavian crime novels that keep appearing on must-read lists: from Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Larsson, Mankell, Nesbø and Indriðason.

- 9 votes · 17 items
- May 20, 2022 · caliratondebiblioteca
- https://even.best/en/l/2956/the-best-nordic-noir-novels

## Top 17

1. **The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Stieg Larsson, 2005. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist; the book that started the boom.
2. **Faceless Killers** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Henning Mankell, 1991. The first Kurt Wallander case, set in Ystad.
3. **Roseanna** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, 1965. Martin Beck and the origin of the whole genre.
4. **The Laughing Policeman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sjöwall and Wahlöö, 1968. It won the Edgar and is the most celebrated Martin Beck book.
5. **Jar City** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Arnaldur Indriðason, 2000. Inspector Erlendur and a murder in Reykjavík.
6. **The Snowman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jo Nesbø, 2007. Harry Hole against a killer who leaves snowmen behind.
7. **Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Peter Høeg, 1992. A Danish thriller with Greenland in the background.
8. **Don't Look Back** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Karin Fossum, 1996. Inspector Konrad Sejer in a Norwegian village.
9. **Sun Storm** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Åsa Larsson, 2003. Lawyer Rebecka Martinsson returns to Kiruna.
10. **Silence of the Grave** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Arnaldur Indriðason, 2001. Winner of the Gold Dagger and the Glass Key.
11. **The Redbreast** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jo Nesbø, 2000. Harry Hole pulls a thread that leads back to the Second World War.
12. **The Ice Princess** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Camilla Läckberg, 2003. The start of the Fjällbacka series with Erica Falck.
13. **The Keeper of Lost Causes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jussi Adler-Olsen, 2007. Copenhagen's Department Q is born, with humour.
14. **Blind Goddess** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anne Holt, 1993. The first Hanne Wilhelmsen case in Oslo.
15. **The Hypnotist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lars Kepler, 2009. The pen name of a Swedish couple and Detective Joona Linna.
16. **Unseen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mari Jungstedt, 2003. Murders on the island of Gotland.
17. **Sidetracked** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Henning Mankell, 1995. Wallander in a bloody summer; it won the Gold Dagger.

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