Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on NYT’s bestseller list!

November 1, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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The fantastic The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (see review), written by the deceased Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson has now, finally, entered the New York Times bestseller list. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has been one of the best selling books ever in Sweden, and in the other Nordic countries as well.

Hardcover Fiction

Published: October 3, 2008
This Week Last Week Weeks on List
1 THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death. 1 16
2 HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers investigates murder cases linked by a lemon in the mouth of each victim. 1
3 THE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane. A policman, a fugitive and their families persevere in the turbulence of Boston at the end of World War I. 1
4 HOT MAHOGANY, by Stuart Woods. A Stone Barrington mystery set amid the intrigues of the world of antiques and old and new money in New England. 1
5 ONE FIFTH AVENUE, by Candace Bushnell. The worlds of gossip, theater and hedge funds have one address in common. 1
6 THE OTHER QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. The story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in captivity under Queen Elizabeth. 2 2
7 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of an octogenarian’s niece 40 years ago. 4 2
8 TSAR, by Ted Bell. The Kremlin has a brutal killer working for it in America. 1
9 THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters. 5 9
10 THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender. 7 21
11 THE BOOK OF LIES, by Brad Meltzer. The murder of the father of Superman’s creator, Jerry Siegel, is linked to the biblical story of Cain and Abel. 6 4
12 AMERICAN WIFE, by Curtis Sittenfeld.A pretty librarian marries the alcoholic son of a wealthy political family who somehow becomes president. 9 4
13 FAEFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. MacKayla is caught in the middle as the faes battle in Dublin. 3 2
14 INDIGNATION, by Philip Roth. A Newark, N.J., college student in the Korean War era breaks with his parents and goes to a school in the Midwest. 10 2
15 ANATHEM, by Neal Stephenson.An order of cloistered mathematicians and scientists must save their Earth-like planet when catastrophe threatens. 8 3
16 THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY, by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel Dalhousie investigates drug fraud charges. 1

It is a wonderful crime novel. In my opinion, perhaps one of the best written after year 2000. I will be surprised if The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo does not end up on the top of the bestseller lists in the US!

You can read my review of Stieg Larsson’s high powered book The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo at ScandinavianBooks.com!

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