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Katarina Bivald is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend and The Murders in Great Diddling.

She grew up working part-time in a bookshop and lives in Sweden outside Stockholm with her books and her dog.

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	The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald (Goodreads Author), Alice Menzies (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 46,321 ratings — published 2013 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murders in Great Diddling (Berit Gardner, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 4,575 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins 3.23 avg rating — 2,404 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Another Dead Author (Berit Gardner #2) 3.61 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Livet, motorcyklar och andra omöjliga projekt 3.43 avg rating — 716 ratings — published 2015 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dödligt nyår på Teneriffa 3.24 avg rating — 112 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liket på Tallholmen (Berit Gardner, #4) 3.44 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman Who Wouldn't Die Quietly: A Novel (Berit Gardner, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 47 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La bibliothèque des cœurs cabossés by Katarina Bivald (Goodreads Author), Carine Bruy (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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One matriarch. One powerful family. And one very suspicious fall.

If you’ve spent your entire life running your family as ruthlessly as you’ve run the family business, it is perhaps not the best idea to gather them all on

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“For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.”
― Katarina Bivald, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

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“Can you smell it? The scent of new books. Unread adventures. Friends you haven't met yet, hours of magical escapism awaiting you.”
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“People were strange like that. They could be completely uninterested in you, but the moment you picked up a book, you were the one being rude.”
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

by Katarina Bivald Reminiscent of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, this is a warm, witty book about friendship, stories, and love.

6 votes 33.3%

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler A sweeping and captivating debut novel about a young librarian who is sent a mysterious old book, inscribed with his grandmother's name. What is the book's connection to his family?

4 votes 22.2%

The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book

by Wendy Welch A book about losing your place, finding your purpose, and immersing yourself in what holds community, and humanity, together—books

3 votes 16.7%

The Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.

2 votes 11.1%

First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

by Charlie Lovett A thrilling literary mystery co-starring Jane Austen from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman’s Tale

1 vote 5.6%

The Giant's House

by Elizabeth McCracken An unusual love story about a little librarian on Cape Cod and the tallest boy in the world, "The Giant's House" is the magical first novel from the author of the 1994 ALA Notable collection Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry.

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The Library of Unrequited Love

by Sophie Divry One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight.

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