What is the name of Stieg Larsson’s third book?

December 15, 2008 by Nekkidblogger
Filed under: Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer, book news, crime book 

For a long time I have been certain that the third book in the Millennium-trilogy by Stieg Larsson would be named Castles in the Sky. That is that name many people use, and which is used at stieglarsson.com.

However, now I am not so sure. Just today I came across translator Steven T. Murray’s page on Wikipedia, and there I found that he was currently engaged in translating the third book of the Millennium-series, entiteled The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.

This title makes some sense – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – all titles with “The Girl Who”, so that it becomes a series by virtue of the naming. Also, Castles in the Sky makes sense from the point of view of the content of the book, but since the book is to a large extent about Lisbeth Salander, so does “The Girl Who Kicke the Hornets Nest“.

Oh well. I guess we will soon know which it is!

PS: See reviews of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire at ScandinavianBooks.com!

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3 Comments on What is the name of Stieg Larsson’s third book?

  1. Reg Keeland on Fri, 19th Dec 2008 12:39 am

    2. Hi NekkidBlogger. That Hornet’s Nest title is the latest info I have from Quercus Books in London. Why they picked that I have no idea. I guess “The Girl Who Blew Up Castles in the Air” wasn’t snappy enough for them.

    I finished translating book 3 in December 2006 — that’s how long it takes a book to come out.

    Best,
    Reg

  2. admin on Thu, 25th Dec 2008 10:20 pm

    3. Hi! Thanks for confirming. I am amazed that it takes such a long time!

    Best
    Nekkidblogger

  3. Stieg Larsson - about the titles of his books in English | Nordic Bookblog on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 3:48 pm

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