2008:1

Lena Andersson has written a diabolical satire about cravings, mass paranoia and mechanisms of control in a society that calls itself democratic.

Ernst Brunner's novel documents the planning, execution and aftermath of a thrilling art raid.

Tim Davys’s first book is about Mafia pressure on soft toys.

Jörn Donner, himself a significant Finland-Swedish author and film expert, has written a biography of one of the more important Modernists that Finland has known: Elmer Diktonius.

Inger Edelfeldt combines her fascination with fantasy with a serious concern for the psychological and social pressures of the teenage years.

What sets Dick Harrison and Kristina Svensson's book apart from many Viking studies is its detailed use of archaeology – in many cases a more reliable source of information than the Icelandic sagas.

Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s second full-length novel is aimed exclusively at the internet generation.

Jessica Kolterjahn's novel is a sustained, understated but moving portrayal of a person, sometimes baffled and sometimes euphoric, exploring her own feelings, sexuality and reactions to the world.

Åsa Linderborg's autobiographical work has been hailed as a classic of the growing-up genre so central to Sweden’s literary canon.

Katarina Mazetti is well known in Sweden for her humorous novels and short stories. Her fiction is hilarious, often bordering on the farcical.

Bengt Ohlsson’s novel is remarkably expressive, with powerful descriptive writing.

Agneta Pleijel's historical fiction demonstrates elegantly how history can aid maturity through observing and identifying with the humanity of shadowy figures from the past.

Agneta Pleijel's historical fiction demonstrates elegantly how history can aid maturity through observing and identifying with the humanity of shadowy figures from the past.

Jerker Virdborg’s novel might better be called a reading experience, written by a cinematographer.