Reviews

An historical novel about Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the Finnish national poet of the nineteenth century. With such a topic most readers would expect quite a serious approach. However, this novel was written by Erik Wahlstöm – and that makes all the difference.

Beate Grimsrud’s story about madness and creativity.

Bengt Ohlsson bids us believe that our contemporary psychology can shape the future of individuals, as happens in this novel.

Torsten Pettersson's first work of crime fiction.

A YA novel by Sara Kadefors about life as a latchkey kid.

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.

Peter Törnqvist's first novel is an intellectual and urban work speculating upon the world from oblique and baroque angles.

Sigrid Combüchen has finally won the prestigious August Prize for this cleverly composed work delving into the details of a ladies’ novel without plunging into the chicklit category.

Niklas Ekdal, like Stieg Larsson, has a background in journalism; and, like Larsson, he uses the thriller genre to criticise aspects of Sweden’s recent history.

A quote from Henrik Berggren explains the drive behind this biography: ‘Checking the newspaper cuttings about Palme, I realised I had found a source referring to much of the history of the twentieth century.’