New Books
Some English translations of Swedish and Finland-Swedish books published in 2012
New Books 2012
Some of the Swedish and Finland-Swedish books published in English translation in 2012
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Let the Old Dreams Die
by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Quercus, October 2012
The Circle
by Sara Bergmark Elfgren and Mats Sandberg, translated by Per Carlsson
Hammer Paperback, June 2012
Drowned
by Therese Bohman, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Other Press (US), May 2012
Inshallah
by Donald Boström, translated by Yvonne King
Bokförlaget Arena (Sweden), July 2012
Babylon
by Camilla Ceder, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Orion, September 2012
Island of the Doomed
by Stig Dagerman, translated by Laurie Thompson
U. of Minnesota Press, January 2012
Misterioso: A Crime Novel
by Arne Dahl, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, July 2012
Yok
by Tim Davys, translated by Paul Norlen
HarperCollins, July 2012
Sail of Stone
by Åke Edwardson, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
Simon & Schuster, March 2012
Outside the Calendar
by Kjell Espmark, translated by Robin Fulton Macpherson
Marick Press, October 2012
The Cat Did Not Die
by Inger Frimansson, translated by Laura Wideburg
Caravel Books, October 2012
The Gingerbread House
by Carin Gerhardsen, translated by Paul Noren
Stockholm Text (US), June 2012
Some Kind of Peace
by Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff, translated by Paul Noren
Simon & Schuster, July 2012
Dark Secrets
by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Murdoch Books, May 2012
Sebastian Bergman
by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Trapdoor, July 2012
Yesterday's News
by Kajsa Ingemarsson, translated by Neil Betteridge
Stockholm Text, May 2012
Killer's Island
by Anna Jansson, translated by Henning Koch
Stockholm Text, May 2012
Art in Nature, and Other Stories
by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal
Sort Of Books, June 2012
The Moomins and the Great Flood
by Tove Jansson, translated by David McDuff
Sort Of Books, November 2012
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson, translated by Rod Bradbury
Hesperus Press, June 2012
Autumn Killing
by Mon Kallentoft, translated by Neil Smith
Hodder, September 2012
Summertime Death
by Mons Kallentoft, translated by Neil Smith
Hodder, May 2012
The Fire Witness
by Lars Kepler, translated by Laura A. Wideburg
Blue Door, July 2012
The Nightmare
by Lars Kepler, translated by Laura A. Wideburg
Blue Door, September 2012
She's Never Coming Back
by Hans Koppel, translated by Kari Dickson
Sphere, January 2012
Easy Money
by Jens Lapidus, translated by Astri von Arbin Ahlander
Pantheon Books, April 2012
The Expo Files
by Stieg Larsson, translated by Laurie Thompson
MacLehose Press, March 2012
Pippi Goes Aboard
by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Tony Ross, translated by Marianne Turner
Oxford University Press, April 2012
Pippi in the South Seas
by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Tony Ross, translated by Marianne Turner
Oxford University Press, April 2012
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Tony Ross, translated by Edna Hurup
Oxford University Press, April 2012
Pippi Moves In
by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Ingrid Vang-Nyman, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Drawn and Quarterly, October 2012
Saharan Journey
by Sven Lindqvist, translated by Joan Tate
Granta Books, February 2012
The Myth of Wu Tao-Tzu
by Sven Lindqvist, translated by Joan Tate
Granta Books, February 2012
The Shadow Girls
by Henning Mankell, translated by Ebba Segerberg
Harvill Secker, September 2012
Last Will
by Liza Marklund, translated by Neil Smith
Corgi, September 2012
Vanished
by Liza Marklund, translated by Neil Smith
Corgi, February 2012
Hour of the Wolf
by Håkan Nesser, translated by Laurie Thompson
Pan Macmillan, April 2012
The Viper
by Håkan Östlundh, translated by Per Carlsson
Minotaur Books, September 2012
Another Time, Another Life
by Leif G. W. Persson, translated by Paul Norlen
Pantheon, March 2012
Selected Plays, vols I-II
by August Strindberg, translated by Evert Sprinchorn
University of Minnesota Press, August 2012
The People of Hemsö
by August Strindberg, translated by Peter Graves
Norvik Press, October 2012
Breathless
by Anne Swärd, translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner
MacLehose Press, March 2012
The Asylum
by Johan Theorin, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Transworld, October 2012
Night Rounds
by Helene Tursten, translated by Laura Wideburg
Soho Press, February 2012
Death of a Carpet Dealer
by Karin Wahlberg, translated by Neil Betteridge
Stockholm Text, May 2012
Strindberg's Star
by Jan Wallentin, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
Corvus, June 2012
Favourite Swedish Stories of Hasse Z
by Hasse Zetterström, translated by Paul Goldsman
Penfield Books, December 2012