Håkan Nesser





Håkan Nesser

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February 21, 1950 in Kumla, Sweden

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Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages.

Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York.

Series:
* Inspector Van Veeteren
* Inspector Barbarotti


Average rating: 3.59 · 5220 ratings · 748 reviews · 46 distinct works
Borkmann's Point (Inspector...
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3.64 of 5 stars 364 avg rating — 1072 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions
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Mind's Eye (Inspector Van V...
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3.55 of 5 stars 355 avg rating — 1168 ratings — published 1993 — 22 editions
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Woman with Birthmark (Inspe...
3.69 of 5 stars 369 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions
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The Return (Inspector Van V...
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3.65 of 5 stars 365 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 1995 — 20 editions
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The Inspector and Silence (...
3.49 of 5 stars 349 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions
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Kim Novak badade aldrig i G...
3.43 of 5 stars 343 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
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En helt annan historia (Bar...
3.68 of 5 stars 368 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Människa Utan Hund (Barbaro...
3.58 of 5 stars 358 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions
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Berättelse om herr Roos (Ba...
3.74 of 5 stars 374 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
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Och Piccadilly Circus ligge...
3.65 of 5 stars 365 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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More books by Håkan Nesser…
Mind's Eye Borkmann's Point The Return Woman with Birthmark The Inspector and Silence Münsters Fall Der unglückliche Mörder.
Inspector Van Veeteren (10 books)
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3.6002369668246446 of 5 stars 360 avg rating — 4220 ratings
Människa Utan Hund En helt annan historia Berättelse om herr Roos De ensamma
Inspector Barbarotti (4 books)
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3.6842105263157894 of 5 stars 368 avg rating — 418 ratings

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“We are closer to the end of the world than to that minute that has just passed by, because that is lost forever.”
Håkan Nesser, Mind's Eye

“Imagine a twelve-year-old-girl.
Imagine her being attacked, raped and murdered.
Take your time.
Then imagine God.

M. Barin, poet”
Håkan Nesser, The Inspector and Silence

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