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Jo Nesbø

Norway (b.1960)

Jo Nesbø is a musician, songwriter, economist and author. His first crime novel featuring Harry Hole was published in Norway in 1997 and was an instant hit, winning the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel (an accolade shared with Peter Høeg, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson).

Series

Harry Hole
1. The Bat (2012)
2. Cockroaches (2013)
3. The Redbreast (2006)
4. Nemesis (2008)
5. The Devil's Star (2005)
6. The Redeemer (2009)
7. The Snowman (2010)
8. The Leopard (2011)
9. Phantom (2012)
10. Police (2013)
11. The Thirst (2017)
12. Knife (2019)
Harry Hole Thriller Collection 10 Books Set (omnibus) (2016)

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
1. Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (2009)
2. Bubble in the Bathtub (2011)
     aka Time-Travel Bath Bomb
3. The End of the World. Maybe (2012)
     aka Who Cut the Cheese?
4. The Great Gold Robbery (2013)
     aka The Magical Fruit
5. Silent (But Deadly) Night (2017)
     aka Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas?
Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series (omnibus) (2012) (with Tara Chace)
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder Boxset (omnibus) (2012)
The Tooting Good Collection (omnibus) (2015)
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder Collection (omnibus) (2018)

Blood On Snow
1. Blood on Snow (2015)
2. Midnight Sun (2015)
Blood on Snow / Midnight Sun (omnibus) (2016)

Novels

Headhunters (2011)
The Son (2014)

Omnibus

Bad Unicorn / Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder / Spy School (2016) (with Platte F Clark and Stuart Gibbs)

Series contributed to

Hogarth Shakespeare
7. Macbeth (2018)

Jo Nesbø recommends

The Steel Spring (1968)
Per Wahlöö
"The godfather of scandinavian crime fiction."

Yours Until Death (1993)
(Varg Veum, book 2)
Gunnar Staalesen
"A Norwegian Chandler."

The Blind Goddess (1993)
(Hanne Wilhelmsen, book 1)
Anne Holt
"Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction."

The Caller (2011)
(Inspector Sejer, book 9)
Karin Fossum
"A truly grat writer and explorer of the human mind."

Exposed At the Back (2014)
Arild Stavrum
"Finally. A football crime book!."

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