Mystery

Martin Beck

Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

10 books

Stockholm detective Martin Beck investigates murders across Sweden in the foundational Scandinavian crime series — written as a Marxist critique of society that invented the entire genre.

Reading Order

  1. 1.

    Roseanna

    The series that invented Scandinavian noir — essential reading.

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  2. 2.

    The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

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  3. 3.

    The Man on the Balcony

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  4. 4.

    The Laughing Policeman

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  5. 5.

    The Fire Engine That Disappeared

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  6. 6.

    Murder at the Savoy

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  7. 7.

    The Abominable Man

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  8. 8.

    The Locked Room

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  9. 9.

    Cop Killer

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  10. 10.

    The Terrorists

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