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Jo Nesbø

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Jo Nesbø is a bestselling Norwegian author and musician. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in economics. Nesbø is primarily famous for his crime novels about Detective Harry Hole, but he is also the main vocals and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. In 2007 Nesbø also released his first children's book, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver.

Series:
* Harry Hole
* Doktor Proktor

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Average rating: 3.93 · 1,088,081 ratings · 74,331 reviews · 140 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7) by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author), Don Bartlett (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 141,760 ratings — published 2007 — 269 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 120,502 ratings — published 1997 — 221 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 104,303 ratings — published 2000 — 267 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4) by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author), Don Bartlett (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 76,161 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5) 4.06 avg rating — 72,056 ratings — published 2003 — 218 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8) 4.10 avg rating — 60,382 ratings — published 2009 — 198 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2) by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author), Don Bartlett (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 59,815 ratings — published 1998 — 188 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantom (Harry Hole, #9) by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author), Don Bartlett (translator) 4.11 avg rating — 48,487 ratings — published 2011 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Police (Harry Hole, #10) 4.24 avg rating — 45,966 ratings — published 2013 — 190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Son by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author), Charlotte Barslund (translator) 4.08 avg rating — 46,893 ratings — published 2014 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Midnight Sun to be adapted into film The Hanging Sun

The Hanging Sun, a Sky Original film adaptation of Jo’s novel Midnight Sun, will close the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 10th September.

The story follows hitman Jon, who is on the run after betraying Oslo’s biggest crime lord: the Fisherman.

Fleeing to an isolated corner of Norway so far north that the sun never sets, Jon hopes to find sanctuary hiding out in a shepherd’s c

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Doktor Proktor (5 books)
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3.99 avg rating — 7,501 ratings

It's always the perfect time to lose yourself in a mystery or thriller...but there's nothing like summer to curl poolside with a...

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Lost Illusions

by Honoré de Balzac

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Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean

by Morten A. Strøksnes

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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink

by Elvis Costello

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“Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.”
― Jo Nesbo

tags: death, depression, despair, life

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“Bjarne Møller, my former boss, says people like me always choose the line of most resistance. It's in what he calls our 'accursed nature'. That's why we always end up on our own. I don't know. I like being alone. Perhaps I have grown to like my self-image of being a loner, too....I think you have to find something about yourself that you like in order to survive. Some people say being alone is unsociable and selfish. But you're independent and you don't drag others down with you, if that's the way you're heading. Many people are afraid of being alone. But it made me feel strong, free and invulnerable.”
― Jo Nesbø, Frelseren

tags: independence, loner, self-image

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“Harry looked at Bellman. He could not help but admire him. The way you admire a cockroach you flush down the toilet and it comes creeping back again and again and in the end it inherits the world.”
― Jo Nesbo

tags: harry-hole-cockroach

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Polls

2024 Modern Mystery series - poll 1

Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbø
First book: The Bat

4 votes, 44.4%

Inspector Lynley series by Elizabeth George
First book: A Great Deliverance

3 votes, 33.3%

Gereon Rath series by Volker Kutscher
First book: Babylon Berlin

1 vote, 11.1%

Bree Taggert series by Melinda Leigh
First book: Cross Her Heart

1 vote, 11.1%

Frieda Klein series by Nicci French
First book: Blue Monday

0 votes, 0.0%

9 total votes

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