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Kurt Wallander Series

10 primary works • 15 total works
This series features Kurt Wallander and is related to the Linda Wallander series: Linda is Kurt's daughter. Books 5A and 5B are simply a translation of book 5 published in two halves, and, similarly, books 6A and 6B are a translation of book 6 published in two halves.

Books listed here in published order.

The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander My…

Book 1

Faceless Killers
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3.76 · 78847 Ratings · 4338 Reviews · published 1991 · 58 editions
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold nigh…

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    Book 2

    The Dogs of Riga
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    3.72     · 30457 Ratings · 1940 Reviews · published 1992 · 162 editions
    Second in the Kurt Wallander series.

    Sweden, winter…

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    Book 3

    The White Lioness
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    3.87     · 23775 Ratings · 1430 Reviews · published 1993 · 140 editions
    The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife …

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    Book 4

    The Man Who Smiled
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    3.95     · 25940 Ratings · 1139 Reviews · published 1994 · 13 editions
    The Man Who Smiled begins with Inspector Kurt Wall…

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    Book 5

    Sidetracked
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    4.08     · 24826 Ratings · 1083 Reviews · published 1995 · 167 editions


    In the award-winning Sidetracked, Kurt Wallander i…

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    Book 5A

    Fałszywy trop 1
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    3.43     · 14 Ratings · published 1995 · 1 edition
    Skania, sielski zakątek Szwecji, upalne lato 1994,…

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    Book 5B

    Fałszywy trop 2
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    3.82     · 11 Ratings · published 1995 · 1 edition
    Skania, lato 1994 roku. W okolicach Ystad grasuje …

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    Book 6

    The Fifth Woman
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    4.04     · 28225 Ratings · 1199 Reviews · published 1996 · 156 editions
    Sixth in the Kurt Wallander series.

    In an African c…

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    Book 6A

    Piąta kobieta 1
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    2.60     · 5 Ratings · 1 edition
    W algierskim klasztorze ginie z rąk fundamentalist…

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    Book 6B

    Piąta kobieta 2
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    2.25     · 4 Ratings · 1 edition
    W algierskim klasztorze ginie z rąk fundamentalist…

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    Book 7

    One Step Behind
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    4.11     · 22356 Ratings · 1011 Reviews · published 1997 · 11 editions
    It is Midsummer's Eve, three young friends gather …

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    Book 8

    Firewall
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    3.97     · 20692 Ratings · 970 Reviews · published 1998 · 7 editions
    Stopping to get money from a cash machine one even…

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    Book 9

    The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
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    3.86     · 14125 Ratings · 953 Reviews · published 1999 · 30 editions
    Filling in the missing pieces of the international…

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    Book 9.5

    An Event in Autumn
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    3.68     · 9129 Ratings · 914 Reviews · published 2004 · 7 editions
    En höstdag 2002 får Kurt Wallander möjligheten att…

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    Book 10

    The Troubled Man
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    3.98     · 18928 Ratings · 1616 Reviews · published 2009 · 117 editions
    En vinterdag 2008 försvinner en pensionerad hög ma…

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