The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 7 books · 2005 to 2022 · Set in Stockholm

Stieg Larsson

Crime and mysteryNoir and hardboiled

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist of Millennium magazine and hacker Lisbeth Salander team up against abusers of power in Sweden. After Larsson’s death the series was continued by David Lagercrantz and then Karin Smirnoff.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Books after the first three are by David Lagercrantz (2015 to 2019) and Karin Smirnoff (from 2022).

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Stieg Larsson books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Millennium

7 books · Set in StockholmNoir and hardboiled
  1. 1The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2005With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Girl Who Played with Fire2006With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest2007With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Girl in the Spider’s Web2015With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye2017With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Girl Who Lived Twice2019With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons2022With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBuy on Amazon

Characters

11 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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