The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Swedish novelist, 1954–2004.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2005 novel by Stieg Larsson, translated from Swedish.
On 2 of the 10 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Stieg Larsson
- First published
- 2005
- Length
- 544 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Swedish
- Genre
- Thrillers and spy fiction, Crime, Political, Psychological
- Series
- Book 1 of Millennium
Is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo worth reading?
2 of the 10 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 98 | See the list |
Best edition of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The edition we link to is the MacLehose Press paperback (2026), 544 pages.
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press (paperback, 2026)
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 9781529452297
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 20% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 17% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
If you liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, try The Name of the Rose, 2666 or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon, 2003
On 3 of the 18 lists it was eligible for
