2011 Nordic Challenge Update

The 2011 Nordic Challenge is hosted by Zee at Notes from the North and runs from January 1 2011 to December 31 2011. The Rules are simple. There is no need to make a list before hand. Any book by any author born in a Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and/or Sweden) or a book set in a Nordic country. They can be from any genre but I have restricted myself to crime fiction only. There are 5 levels, and I decided to join in at the highest possible level, in a fit of insanity. Valhalla Level: Read 20+ books. My count so far:

• Three Seconds, by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
• Yours Until Death, by Gunnar Staalesen
• The Redeemer, by Jo Nesbo
• Red Wolf, by Liza Marklund
• El chino, de Henning Mankell (The Man from Beijing)
• Nadie lo ha visto, de Mari Jungstedt (Unseen)
• The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo
• The Leopard, by Jo Nesbo
• The Abominable Man, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
• Echoes from the Dead, by Johan Theorin
• Mercy, by Jussi Adler-Olsen 
• The Inspector and Silence, by Hakan Nesser
• Voices, by Arnaldur Indridason
• Bad Intentions, by Karin Fossum 
• The Locked Room, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

It looks like I’m still on track, with only 5 left to reach 20.

Nordic Crime Fiction Still In Good Health

Right now I have in my TBR pile:

• Lethal Investments, by K O Dahl
• The Quarry, by Johan Theorin
• Outrage, by Arnaldur Indridason

High in my wish list are:

• Dregs, by Jørn Lier Horst
• The Boy in the Suitcase, by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis 
• Until Thy Wrath be Past, by Asa Larsson

For further information:

• Scandinavian Crime Fiction published in 2011 part 1 
• Scandinavian Crime Fiction published in 2011 part 2