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Home / Authors / Henning Mankell Henning Mankell Swedish author Henning Mankell is best known for his internationally acclaimed Kurt Wallander detective series. His books have sold over 40 million copies worldwide and earned numerous awards, including the German Crime Fiction Prize. This page provides the Henning Mankell books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1990 The Eye of the Leopard POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1990 A Bridge to the Stars POoJGB · 1 Buy ↗ 1991 Faceless Killers POoKWB · 1 Buy ↗ 1991 Shadows in the Twilight POoJGB · 2 Buy ↗ 1992 The Cat Who Liked Rain POoCB · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 The Dogs of Riga POoKWB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 The White Lioness POoKWB · 3 Buy ↗ 1994 The Man Who Smiled POoKWB · 4 Buy ↗ 1995 Secrets in the Fire POoSAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Chronicler of the Winds POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Sidetracked POoKWB · 5 Buy ↗ 1996 When the Snow Fell POoJGB · 3 Buy ↗ 1996 The Fifth Woman POoKWB · 6 Buy ↗ 1997 One Step Behind POoKWB · 7 Buy ↗ 1998 The Journey to the End of the World POoJGB · 4 Buy ↗ 1998 Firewall POoKWB · 8 Buy ↗ 1999 The Pyramid: The First Wallander Cases POoKWC · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 The Return of the Dancing Master(With: Laurie Thompson) POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2001 Playing with Fire POoSAB · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 I Die, But the Memory Lives On POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Before the Frost POoLWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 The Fury in the Fire / Shadow of the Leopard POoSAB · 3 Buy ↗ 2005 Kennedy's Brain POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2007 The Man from Beijing POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2009 Italian Shoes POoFW · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 The Troubled Man POoKWB · 9 Buy ↗ 2012 The Shadow Girls / Tea-Bag POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2013 A Treacherous Paradise POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 2014 Quicksand POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Wallander's First Case POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 An Event in Autumn POoKWB · 10 Buy ↗ 2017 After the Fire POoFW · 2 Buy ↗ 2020 The Rock Blaster POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Children's Books 1 book · 1992
01 The Cat Who Liked Rain 1992 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Kurt Wallander Collections 1 book · 1999
01 The Pyramid: The First Wallander Cases 1999 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2014
Publication Order of Fredrik WelinBooks 2 books · 2009–2017
02 After the Fire 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Linda Wallander Books 1 book · 2005
01 Before the Frost 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 10 books · 1990–2020
01 The Eye of the Leopard 1990 Buy ↗ 02 Chronicler of the Winds 1995 Buy ↗ 03 The Return of the Dancing Master(With: Laurie Thompson) 2000 Buy ↗ 06 Kennedy's Brain 2005 Buy ↗ 07 The Man from Beijing 2007 Buy ↗ 08 The Shadow Girls / Tea-Bag 2012 Buy ↗ 09 A Treacherous Paradise 2013 Buy ↗ 10 The Rock Blaster 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Sofia Alface Books 3 books · 1995–2005
01 Secrets in the Fire 1995 Buy ↗ 02 Playing with Fire 2001 Buy ↗ 03 The Fury in the Fire / Shadow of the Leopard 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 2 books · 2004–2014
01 I Die, But the Memory Lives On 2004 Buy ↗ 02 Wallander's First Case 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Joel Gustafsson Books 4 books · 1990–1998
01 A Bridge to the Stars 1990 Buy ↗ 02 Shadows in the Twilight 1991 Buy ↗ 03 When the Snow Fell 1996 Buy ↗ 04 The Journey to the End of the World 1998 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Kurt Wallander Books 10 books · 1991–2014
01 Faceless Killers 1991 Buy ↗ 02 The Dogs of Riga 1992 Buy ↗ 03 The White Lioness 1993 Buy ↗ 04 The Man Who Smiled 1994 Buy ↗ 06 The Fifth Woman 1996 Buy ↗ 07 One Step Behind 1997 Buy ↗ 09 The Troubled Man 2011 Buy ↗ 10 An Event in Autumn 2014 Buy ↗