Reading order · 7 books · 2005 to 2022 · Set in Stockholm
Millennium Books in Order
The Millennium books follow Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist at Millennium magazine, and Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant, fiercely private hacker, as they take on men who abuse power in Sweden. After Stieg Larsson’s death the series was continued by David Lagercrantz and then Karin Smirnoff.
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Series facts
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2005 to 2022
- First book
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Latest
- The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons (2022)
- Setting
- Set in Stockholm
The reading order
Every Millennium book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
7 books · Set in Stockholm
- 1The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2005With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistMikael Blomkvist, a journalist just convicted of libel, is hired by an elderly industrialist to find out what happened to his great-niece, who vanished from the family’s island forty years ago.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Girl Who Played with Fire2006With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistTwo researchers working on a Millennium exposé of human trafficking are murdered, and Lisbeth Salander’s fingerprints are on the gun.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest2007With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistLisbeth Salander lies in hospital under police guard, facing trial, while Blomkvist fights to expose a secret group within the Swedish security police.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Girl in the Spider’s Web2015With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistA brilliant researcher in artificial intelligence is murdered, and his young son, who saw the killer, is in danger.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye2017With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistLisbeth Salander, in prison, protects a young woman from a violent gang, while looking into the secrets of her own childhood.Buy on Amazon
- 6The Girl Who Lived Twice2019With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistA homeless man dies in Stockholm with Mikael Blomkvist’s phone number in his pocket, while Lisbeth hunts her twin sister in Moscow.Buy on Amazon
- 7The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons2022With Lisbeth Salander and Mikael BlomkvistBlomkvist travels to the far north of Sweden for his daughter’s wedding, and Lisbeth finds herself looking after the niece she never knew.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The first three books form one story.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Lisbeth Salander | Mikael Blomkvist | Erika Berger | Dragan Armansky | Holger Palmgren | Alexander Zalachenko | Ronald Niedermann | Annika Giannini |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | |||
| 2 The Girl Who Played with Fire | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | MMajor | MMajor | |
| 3 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
| 4 The Girl in the Spider’s Web | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ||
| 5 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | |||
| 6 The Girl Who Lived Twice | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ||||
| 7 The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons | LLead | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Millennium books
11 characters from Stieg Larsson’s chart, with the number of Millennium books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Lisbeth SalanderHacker and investigator with a violent past | 7 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |
| Mikael BlomkvistInvestigative journalist at Millennium | 7 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |
| Erika BergerEditor of Millennium and Blomkvist’s lover | 7 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |
| Dragan ArmanskyHead of the security firm that employs Lisbeth | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |
| Holger PalmgrenLisbeth’s former guardian | 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |
| Alexander ZalachenkoLisbeth’s father, a Soviet defector | 2 | The Girl Who Played with Fire 2006 |
| Ronald NiedermannZalachenko’s giant enforcer | 2 | The Girl Who Played with Fire 2006 |
| Annika GianniniBlomkvist’s sister, a lawyer | 2 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest 2007 |
| Camilla SalanderLisbeth’s twin sister | 2 | The Girl in the Spider’s Web 2015 |
| Henrik VangerIndustrialist who hires Blomkvist | 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |
| Harriet VangerHenrik’s missing niece | 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2005 |