Stieg Larsson

Books by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson
- Paperback, 655 pages
The Girl Who Played With Fire

by Stieg Larsson
- Paperback, 630 pages
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson
- Paperback, 10 pages

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Big Questions: Life In 2100, Hawking On God, And Larsson's Last?

February 22, 201210:12 AM

This week brings the final installment in Stieg Larsson's Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, a send-up of Nabokov and Shakespeare by Arthur Phillips, and a spiritual fantasy by Kevin Brockmeier. In nonfiction, physicist Michio Kaku peers into the future, and Stephen Hawking regards the universe's grand design.

Book Reviews

Larsson's Just The Tip Of The Nordic Literary Iceberg

by Maureen Corrigan

August 09, 2010 1:00 PM

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy has taken U.S. readers by storm. Not since the arrival of Ikea on these shores has Sweden made such an inroad into the American home and imagination. But critic Maureen Corrigan says the impressive "Ice Age" of Nordic mystery writing is well under way.

What We're Reading

What We're Reading: May 25-31

May 25, 2010 6:00 AM

Maureen Corrigan hails the "genius" of Stieg Larsson's vision, as revealed in his final "Girl Who" mystery. Is Anthropology of an American Girl the next Catcher in the Rye? Neda Ulaby says no. And novelist Aimee Bender evokes the taste of love in The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake; Anthropology Of An American Girl; The Girl Who Kicked The Horn

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'Hornet's Nest': In Stinging Mystery, Feminist Fury

by Maureen Corrigan

May 24, 201012:00 AM

In The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the final book in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, the mysteries of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist come to a thrilling conclusion. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the book reveals the soaring architectural ambition of Larsson's unforgettable series.

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American Readers, Waiting Impatiently For 'The Girl'

by Lynn Neary

April 05, 201012:00 AM

The first two books in Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy are megahits, and the third, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, comes out in May. But some American readers don't want to wait that long — they're importing the book from England, where it was released last year.

Best Books of 2008

Top Five Crime And Mystery Novels Of 2008

by Maureen Corrigan

November 18, 2008 4:38 PM

To swipe the immortal lines uttered by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, a great mystery should take "the lid off life and let [you] look at the works." Maureen Corrigan's picks for the top five crime novels of the year do just that.

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The Making Of A Posthumous Best-Seller

by Martha Woodroof

November 13, 200812:01 AM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an unlikely best-seller — it's the first book in a trilogy of thrillers written by Stieg Larsson, a previously unknown Swedish journalist who died of a heart attack in 2004.

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Super-Smart Noir With A Feminist Jolt

by Maureen Corrigan

September 23, 2008 5:09 PM

An anti-social Goth gal-pal adds fun and a bracing feminist perspective to Stieg Larsson's witty, hard-boiled tale, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Author Interviews

A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

Arthur Fiala, shown here in 1918 and 2005, was a private in the 26th Company of the 20th Engineers Regiment during World War I.

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Stieg Larsson

Books by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson has written books about:

NPR stories about Stieg Larsson

New In Paperback

Big Questions: Life In 2100, Hawking On God, And Larsson's Last?

Book Reviews

Larsson's Just The Tip Of The Nordic Literary Iceberg

What We're Reading

What We're Reading: May 25-31

Book Reviews

'Hornet's Nest': In Stinging Mystery, Feminist Fury

Books

American Readers, Waiting Impatiently For 'The Girl'

Best Books of 2008

Top Five Crime And Mystery Novels Of 2008

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The Making Of A Posthumous Best-Seller

Book Reviews

Super-Smart Noir With A Feminist Jolt

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Books by Stieg Larsson

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A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of May 23, 2013

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