13 must-read scandinavian literature books like Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf

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Jerusalem

By: Selma Lagerlöf

4.05

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

"Jag visste ingenting om dem. Jag visste inte, om de voro få eller många. Jag hade ingen aning om, …

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Cover of Doctor Glas by Margaret Atwood, Hjalmar Söderberg, Paul Britten Austin

1. Doctor Glas

By: Margaret Atwood , Hjalmar Söderberg , Paul Britten Austin

3.70

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of enduring power,  Doctor Glas  confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping in… read more

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  • classics
  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
"We know so little about one another. We embrace a shadow and love a dream."

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

"Besynnerligt, att det alltid går en rysning genom luften före soluppgången."

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

"Nothing diminishes and degrades a human being more than the knowledge of being unloved."

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

"La moralidad es un servicio doméstico, no una divinidad. Conviene usarla, pero no debe mandar"

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

Cover of 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel

2. 1Q84

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Philip Gabriel

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmati… read more

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  • fiction
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3. Jerusalem

By: Selma Lagerlöf , Velma Swanston Howard

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The novel describes how a Chicago mystic sparks a religious revival in the community that leads peo… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • classics
  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature

4. The End of Eddy

By: Édouard Louis , None

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The most talked-about European novel since My Struggle--a sexually frank, brutally honest coming-of… read more

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5. Middlemarch

By: Michel Faber , George Eliot

4.02

Format: 912 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"People are almost always better than their neighbours think they are" George Eliot’s most ambit… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"After all, the true seeing is within."

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

"I protest against any absolute conclusion."

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

"I shall do everything it becomes me to do."

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?"

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

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6. The Eighth Life

By: Nino Haratischwili

4.52

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearin… read more

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  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And if you don’t know who you are, then look at all the possible versions of you, find the most impossible one, and become that."

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"and you asked me where people keep their childhood, and I remember telling you that we keep it hidden, between our ribs, in little liver spots and moles, in the roots of our hair, above our heart, in…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"Love was slow, creeping poison, loge was treacherous and insincere, love was a veil thrown over the misery of the world, love was sticky and indigestible, it was a mirror in which one could be what o…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

Cover of Je m’appelle Agneta (Agneta, #1) by Emma Hamberg

7. Je m’appelle Agneta (Agneta, #1)

By: Emma Hamberg

3.77

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Agneta är 49 år med utflugna ungar som bara kommunicerar via Swish, äkta mannen Magnus som cyklar j… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
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8. Trilogía

By: Jon Fosse

3.90

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
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9. Om udregning af rumfang I

By: Solvej Balle

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

''Om udregning af rumfang I'' er første del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele, der hører til i genr… read more

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  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
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10. Stacken

By: Annika Norlin

4.16

Format: 300 pages, ebook

Vad är det som händer nere vid vattnet? Emelie har flytt staden förr skogen och ser plötsligt en g… read more

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  • novels
  • swedish literature
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
Cover of La plus secrète mémoire des hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

11. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

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12. The Shards

By: Bret Easton Ellis

4.00

Format: 595 pages, Hardcover

A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that t… read more

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  • fiction
"Non investivo nel mondo reale – perché avrei dovuto? Non era fatto per me o per i miei bisogni o desideri."

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"Eravamo adolescenti, bambini superficialmente sofisticati, che non sapevano davvero nulla di come funzionava il mondo - lo stavamo sperimentando, immagino, ma senza averne cognizione. Almeno fino a q…"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"And I just stood there in the fading afternoon light, realizing at seventeen that I was already staring into my past — that the past had a meaning that would always define you. I remember this being …"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

Cover of Jag for ner till bror (Jana Kippo, #1) by Karin Smirnoff

13. Jag for ner till bror (Jana Kippo, #1)

By: Karin Smirnoff

4.11

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

I Smalånger är det mesta som vanligt. Maria har hittats död. Hennes bror håller på att supa ihjäl s… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Jävla karlar by Andrev Walden

14. Jävla karlar

By: Andrev Walden

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."

-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar

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15. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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16. Om udregning af rumfang II

By: Solvej Balle

3.96

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

''Om udregning af rumfang II'' er anden del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele. Tara Selter er ef… read more

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  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Om udregning af rumfang III by Solvej Balle

17. Om udregning af rumfang III

By: Solvej Balle

4.13

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

''Om udregning af rumfang III'' er tredje del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele, der hører til i ge… read more

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  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius

18. Stolen

By: Ann-Helén Laestadius

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbø in this spellbinding Swedish novel that fo… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • sweden
"Plötsligt började áhkku sjunga, högt, med klar röst. En samisk psalm. Hanna stod en bra bit bort men hon vände sig om, lyssnade och sjönk ihop, såg ut att kunna ramla. "

-Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen

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19. Samlade verk

By: Lydia Sandgren

4.08

Format: 689 pages, Hardcover

I Göteborg förbereds en stor retrospektiv över konstnären Gustav Beckers verk från 1980-talet och f… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
"You’re right,"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

"People engage in a lot of self-deception,"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

"Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about what a person has a right to tell other people. As a therapist, it’s simple: everything you’re told is confidential. Outside the clinic, however, there are un…"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

Cover of Jente, 1983 by Linn Ullmann

20. Jente, 1983

By: Linn Ullmann

3.70

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

«Gjennom å skrive det som skjedde, gjennom å fortelle historien så sannferdig som jeg kan, forsøker… read more

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  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Jag vill sätta världen i rörelse: En biografi över Selma Lagerlöf by Anna-Karin Palm

21. Jag vill sätta världen i rörelse: En biografi över Selma Lagerlöf

By: Anna-Karin Palm

4.21

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

Selma Lagerlöf. Folkkär och världsberömd, framgångsrik och hyllad. Men bakom den etablerade bilden … read more

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  • swedish literature

19 must-read fiction books like Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf

Transform Your Habits

Doctor Glas

Margaret Atwood , Hjalmar Söderberg , Paul Britten Austin

3.70

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1Q84

Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Philip Gabriel

3.35

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Jerusalem

Selma Lagerlöf , Velma Swanston Howard

3.21

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Middlemarch

Michel Faber , George Eliot

4.02

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Wees onzichtbaar

Murat Isik

4.25

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Johan Harstad

4.43

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Luister

Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

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4.52

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