Reviews

Carola Sandbacka’s historical novel focuses on the often neglected details of everyday life during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

Johannes Anyuru's debut novel takes inspiration from Homer.

Leif GW Persson's crime novel draws on his deep knowledge of the Swedish legal system and police procedure.

Professor of Slavonic Studies and translator Bengt Jangfeldt's vänbok (notes in remembrance) and portrait of the poet Joseph Brodsky.

Therese Bohman's chilling, atmospheric debut plumbs the darker depths of relationships.

Niklas Rådström does justice to Lorenzo da Ponte.

Camilla Ceder’s second novel returns to Christian Tell and his team of detectives.

The second volume of Torsten Pettersson's planned crime trilogy.

Mikael Niemi's take on the YA novel is full of humour, often black.

Anne Swärd’s novel is beautifully written, in controlled, evocative, at times aphoristic language; there is writing to savour on every page.

True to his trademark style, Lars Jakobson’s novel is large and intricately constructed – a literary hybrid, alive with a pulse that oscillates between fiction and documentary.

Jan Mårtenson is a name that could feature alongside the several other Swedish crime novel authors who have gained a reputation in English translation.

An opportunity to reassess Stig Dagerman's novel.

Birgitta Stenberg has written an inventive autobiographical hybrid which subverts the genre.

When it became obvious that this first novel in the series was going straight to the top of the leader board, the media started to chase the elusive Lars Kepler.

The second instalment in Alexander Ahndoril’s planned trilogy of novels based loosely on the lives of three living Swedes.

The third in Johan Theorin’s quartet of novels set on the island of Öland.

Håkan Nesser’s crime novels featuring detective Van Veeteren have been translated into English. The stories about his latest detective, Gunnar Barbarotti, should be on the bookshelf of every English-speaking crime fiction fan.