Nordic Noir Required Reading

1.
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,795 ratings
2.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,895 ratings
3.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,345 ratings
4.
Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)
Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 31,782 ratings
5.
Mind's Eye (Inspector Van Veeteren #1)
Mind's Eye (Inspector Van Veeteren #1) 3.59 avg rating — 12,483 ratings
6.
Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1)
Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 18,388 ratings
7.
The Crow Girl
The Crow Girl 3.69 avg rating — 7,718 ratings
8.
The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
by: Jo Nesbø
3.94 avg rating — 107,415 ratings
9.
Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)
Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 77,850 ratings
10.
The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1)
The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 86,143 ratings
11.
The Boy in the Suitcase (Nina Borg, #1)
The Boy in the Suitcase (Nina Borg, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 35,572 ratings
12.
The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5)
The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5)
by: Jo Nesbø
4.06 avg rating — 74,613 ratings
13.
The Exception
The Exception 3.81 avg rating — 2,727 ratings
14.
Silence of the Grave (Inspector Erlendur, #4)
Silence of the Grave (Inspector Erlendur, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 21,167 ratings
15.
Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara, #1)
Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 4,623 ratings
15.
Outside
Outside 3.02 avg rating — 5,787 ratings
17.
Don't Look Back (Konrad Sejer #2)
Don't Look Back (Konrad Sejer #2) 3.78 avg rating — 11,620 ratings
18.
The Princess of Burundi (Ann Lindell, #4)
The Princess of Burundi (Ann Lindell, #4) 3.42 avg rating — 4,483 ratings
19.
Sun Storm (Rebecka Martinsson, #1)
Sun Storm (Rebecka Martinsson, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 22,515 ratings
20.
Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4)
Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4)
by: Jo Nesbø
3.98 avg rating — 78,719 ratings
21.
Headhunters
Headhunters
by: Jo Nesbø
3.79 avg rating — 38,980 ratings
22.
Unwanted (Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht, #1)
Unwanted (Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 10,601 ratings
23.
Murder on the Thirty-first Floor (Inspector Jensen #1)
Murder on the Thirty-first Floor (Inspector Jensen #1) 3.46 avg rating — 789 ratings
24.
Detective Inspector Huss (Inspector Huss #1)
Detective Inspector Huss (Inspector Huss #1) 3.67 avg rating — 5,471 ratings
25.
Linda, As in the Linda Murder (Evert Bäckström #1)
Linda, As in the Linda Murder (Evert Bäckström #1) 3.22 avg rating — 1,949 ratings
25.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow 3.73 avg rating — 51,269 ratings
27.
The Forgotten Girls (Louise Rick #7)
The Forgotten Girls (Louise Rick #7) 3.57 avg rating — 17,678 ratings
28.
The Witches of Vardø
The Witches of Vardø 3.90 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
29.
Cold Coast
Cold Coast 4.23 avg rating — 549 ratings
30.
Burial Rites
Burial Rites 4.04 avg rating — 121,001 ratings
31.
Nights of Awe (Ariel Kafka, #1)
Nights of Awe (Ariel Kafka, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 442 ratings
31.
We Know You Remember (High Coast series)
We Know You Remember (High Coast series) 3.65 avg rating — 7,138 ratings
33.
End of Summer (Seasonal Quartet #1)
End of Summer (Seasonal Quartet #1) 3.70 avg rating — 3,499 ratings
34.
The Fourth Man (Gunnarstranda & Frølich, #5)
The Fourth Man (Gunnarstranda & Frølich, #5) 3.61 avg rating — 1,850 ratings
35.
1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #8)
1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #8)
by: Anne Holt
3.35 avg rating — 6,029 ratings
36.
Yours Until Death (Varg Veum, #2)
Yours Until Death (Varg Veum, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 740 ratings
36.
Fireraiser (Oslo Crime Files #3)
Fireraiser (Oslo Crime Files #3) 3.49 avg rating — 298 ratings
38.
Death By Water (Oslo Crime Files #2)
Death By Water (Oslo Crime Files #2) 3.69 avg rating — 389 ratings
39.
Frozen Assets (Officer Gunnhilder, #1)
Frozen Assets (Officer Gunnhilder, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 2,678 ratings
39.
Medusa (Oslo Crime Files #1)
Medusa (Oslo Crime Files #1) 3.43 avg rating — 566 ratings
41.
Last Rituals (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #1)
Last Rituals (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 11,809 ratings
41.
Europa Blues (A-gruppen/Intercrime #4)
Europa Blues (A-gruppen/Intercrime #4)
by: Arne Dahl
3.92 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
43.
Missing
Missing 3.60 avg rating — 3,420 ratings
43.
My Name Is N
My Name Is N 3.46 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
45.
Death Angels (Inspector Winter, #1)
Death Angels (Inspector Winter, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
45.
Betrayal
Betrayal 3.61 avg rating — 1,783 ratings
47.
Blackwater
Blackwater 3.65 avg rating — 5,482 ratings
47.
Die Frauen, die er kannte
Die Frauen, die er kannte 4.18 avg rating — 9,528 ratings
49.
Erwartung (Sonderdezernat Q, #5)
Erwartung (Sonderdezernat Q, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 21,132 ratings
50.
Killer's Island (Maria Wern, #11)
Killer's Island (Maria Wern, #11) 3.46 avg rating — 947 ratings
50.
The Son
The Son
by: Jo Nesbø
4.08 avg rating — 48,329 ratings
52.
Unseen (Anders Knutas #1)
Unseen (Anders Knutas #1) 3.57 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
52.
Erlösung (Sonderdezernat Q, #3)
Erlösung (Sonderdezernat Q, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 39,363 ratings
54.
Midvinterblod
Midvinterblod 3.49 avg rating — 6,637 ratings
54.
Erbarmen (Sonderdezernat Q, #1)
Erbarmen (Sonderdezernat Q, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,795 ratings
56.
The Hypnotist (Joona Linna, #1)
The Hypnotist (Joona Linna, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 71,456 ratings
57.
The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)
The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5) 4.01 avg rating — 31,255 ratings
58.
The Disappeared (Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #3)
The Disappeared (Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 5,556 ratings
59.
Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
by: Jo Nesbø
4.11 avg rating — 50,484 ratings
60.
Studio sex (Annika Bengtzon, #1)
Studio sex (Annika Bengtzon, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 4,777 ratings
60.
Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)
Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)
by: Jo Nesbø
4.10 avg rating — 62,731 ratings
62.
The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedström, #1)
The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedström, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 86,143 ratings
63.
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime (Fall of the Welfare State #1)
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime (Fall of the Welfare State #1) 3.36 avg rating — 2,377 ratings
64.
The Beast (Grens & Sundkvist #1)
The Beast (Grens & Sundkvist #1) 3.64 avg rating — 2,806 ratings