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Curated and edited by Darcy Hurford
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Eldar och is
Birgitta Stenberg has written an inventive autobiographical hybrid which subverts the genre.
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Hypnotisören
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.
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Diplomaten
The second instalment in Alexander Ahndoril’s planned trilogy of novels based loosely on the lives of three living Swedes.
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De ensamma
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.
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Drömfabriken
The tradition of Swedish worker literature is currently in revival; Maria Hamberg's novel continues that revival.
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Kan du säga schibboleth?
Fans of the Persepolis graphic novels will surely be charmed by Marjaneh Bahktiari's feisty young female characters.
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Den siste greken
Aris Fioretos has written a wry meditation on human identity, loss and longing, and what it is to be Greek.
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Flickvännen
Karolina Ramqvist's gangster girlfriend plays happy homes in a novel highlighting the ease with which women (and men) can slide into a conscience-free virtual reality of glamour and luxury.
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Sånt man bara säger
Helena von Zweigbergk is an accomplished storyteller, and the problem of this unfortunate family is compelling.
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Mordets praktik
Kerstin Ekman’s first-person narrator, a down-at-heel physician, follows up on a chance encounter with the writer Hjalmar Söderberg by providing him with information on potassium cyanide pills as an instrument of death...
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The Procession of Memories. Selected Poems 1929–1945
This bilingual edition fills a gap and introduces readers to Harry Martinson's poetry.
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Kall feber
Jerker Virdborg is back, with an engrossing, fast-paced, deeply unsettling dystopian tale.
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Men hur små poeter finnes det egentligen?
Eva-Stina Byggmästar's poems are about the joy of writing poetry, of being a poet, of what poetry is and means.
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Edens bakgård
P.C. Jersild's novel raises questions concerning some of the odder reaches of Swedish life – the ‘back yard of Eden’.
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Hitta hem
Elisabeth Rynell captures the mystical mood of her earlier novels – the wonder of the awe-inspiring scenery, the changing seasons – with the quality of legend.
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De oförglömliga
Gabriella Ahlström's first novel for adults is unlike other popular contemporary Swedish books in its focus on character over plot, and readers can appreciate its minutely detailed portrait of a woman who is constantly disappointed by her family and aware of their many faults and yet remains faithful and devoted to them.

















