Hole is a brilliant and driven detective with unorthodox. Marekors, also known as the devils star published in the year 2003 and in english in the. Jo nesbos harry hole novels are complex, ambitious constructions where suspenseful and fastpaced crime plots reflect our globalized modern world. The novels place harry in many places in oslo and give an unabashed view of the city, both good and bad. Its no surprise that this book sounds absolutely fantastic. The protaganist and title character of the series is harry hole, a hardened detective who works the streets of oslo. Cbtbs beginners guide to jo nesbo crime by the book. The leopard was followed the phantom in 2011, and in it we get to delve even further into harry hole s personal life when his potential son is linked with a murder in oslo. The protaganist and title character of the series is harry hole. On may 9, 2017, knopf will be releasing book 11 in the harry hole series, the thirst. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Harry hole is a police officer with the oslo crime squad created by norwegian. The bat, that was published in the year 1997,takes harry to sydney to observe.
The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of release. Detective harry hole is one of the great antiheroes of modern mystery fiction. Critics link the personality of harry hole to those of the famous literary detectives. Harry hole series, blood on snow series, doctor proctor series, all standalone novels. The eighth book in the harry hole series, the leopard, was published in 2009, with hole again on the trail of a serial killer. Harry hole is a character and series of crime fiction novels by norwegian author jo nesbo. Hall wauwatosa, wisconsin united states im reading and enjoying the entire series of books.
If the series has an order, add a number or other descriptor in parenthesis after the series. Jo nesbo with more than twentythree million copies sold worldwide, and translated into over forty languages, jo nesbos harry hole series is an international. The first book in the series was written by jk rowling and released in the uk in. The harry hole series of of crime fiction novels written by the norwegian crime fiction author jo nesbo. Nesbo is a terrific writer and he has created a compelling character in harry hole. He has sold over a million and a half copies of his books in norway alone. A complete list of jo nesbo books in chronological order. But, he is a brilliant detective in the oslo police force who will do whatever it takes to crack a case, at whatever cost to himself. The victim is a twentythree year old norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. When the norwegian ambassador to thailand is found dead in a bangkok brothel, inspector harry hole is dispatched from oslo to help hush up the.
As well as the bestselling series featuring harry hole, jo writes fastpaced. Below is a list of jo nesbos harry hole novels in publication and chronological order. The bat serves as an introduction to the character of harry hole. Though some of his standalone work has been adapted for the screen, its the harry hole series for which jo has received the most acclaim, of which there are, at the time of writing, 11 titles.
The moral conundrums in knife are dostoevskian, the surprises are breathtaking, the oneliners are amusing and the suspense is unrelenting. The harry hole novels are multilayered, violent and often feature women in peril, as typified by the snowman. In brackets, you can find the original titles and their publication date in norwegian. Harry potter, ron and hermione return to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner. Harry hole series the series is presented in the reading order.
Well, fans of the series can rejoice because today harvill secker has announced police, the 10th harry hole novel and the story takes up where phantom left off. The harry hole mystery series in order jo nesbo fictiondb. His books have garnered countless international awards, sold over forty million copies, and been translated into fifty languages. I want to read the snowman but i learned its not the first one. Harry hole is a classic loose cannon with few close friends, a problem with alcohol and some unorthodox methods. The harry hole series began in 1997 with the bat, although the first to be released in english was the redbreast. The brand new harry hole thriller from sunday times number one bestseller jo nesbo. Jo nesbo also wrote the tv series occupied, and a harry hole novel, the snowman, is being released in 2017. Nesbos literary career began in 1997 with flaggermusmannen the bat in the harry hole series. The second chapter of the novel, harry hole, the cockroaches. He is sent to sydney to aid a murder investigation, with strict orders to keep to himself and away from any sign of trouble.
In it, he sets to stop out murderers, bank robbers, gangsters and more. This is a complete list of all the characters that appear in the harry hole novels. Inspector harry hole of the oslo crime squad is dispatched to sydney to observe a murder case. Harry hole is the main character in a series of, so far, eleven crime novels written by jo nesbo. How to read the jo nesbo books in order books reading order. Detective harry hole specializes in tracking down coldblooded killers across scandinaviaand beyond. Harry hole series audiobooks listen to the full series. Browse ebooks from the harry hole series to read online or download in epub or pdf format. As most of the books are also part of the socalled oslo sequence or oslo series, i have included in brackets their order as well they are all part of harry hole.
I have not read the books about harry hole but i can tell you one thing from my experience that reading all the 10 books will be important and in series because. Jo nesbo is a norwegian novelist who is best known for his harry hole book series. Hole is a brilliant and driven detective with unorthodox methods, a classic loose cannon in the police force. Falling firmly into the classic troubled but brilliant cop genre, jo nesbo writes clever, violent, and troubling mysteries featuring the brilliantly tenacious and occasionally alcoholic norwegian policeman harry hole.
The harry hole series of detective novels is a thrilling addition to the wave of dark scandinavian crime fiction. Sorgenfri, also known as nemesis, published in the year 2002 and in english in the year 2008. Sherlock holmes, hercule poirot, jules maigret, and nero wolfe, but in the word of jo nesbo himself it is to michael connellys harry bosch, that he refers as a tribute more than a simple inspiration. Order history my details email alerts log out help. The harry hole novels are listed by the original name, publication order, chronological reading order and the english date of translation for each book. Hole is a classic loose cannon in the oslo norway pol. Besides his crime fiction, he also writes the childrens book series doctor proctor. Harry hole works as a detective in the oslo crime squad, and is of indigenous origin.
A mainstay of contemporary scandinavian noir, jo nesbos harry hole thrillers are amongst the bestselling crime novels in the world. Set in scandinavia, this series of pulsepounding, bonechilling thrillers features one of the greatest antiheroes of modern detective fiction. The last book, deathly hallows was split into two different parts for the movie adaption. It is amazing i have worked with a norwegian company for more than 12 years but never felt the slightest inclination to visit norway. The official website for jo nesbo, author of the harry hole detective crime novels including the bat, the snowman and more bestselling thrillers, blood on snow. Hole has to solve a murder case in sydney a 23 yr old woman. The complete series list for a harry hole mystery jo nesbo. Harry hole books in order publication order of harry hole books. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. But it is a dark soul, so it is as always both a thrill and a chilling, emotionally exhausting experience. Jo nesbos detective, harry hole rhapsody in books weblog. Although oslo is the background for nesbos stories, the nature of contemporary crime pitches harry against challenges in such remote corners of the world as australia and thailand, which lend.
It finds harry hunting down a serial murderer who is using tinder to trap his victims a case that finds him crossing paths with a nemesis from his past. Now i want to visit bergen and trondheim go to schroders i have read everything of his except the childrens book and the first 2 harry hole which has not been translated so far in to english. The bat is the first novel in the harry hole series featuring inspector harry hole, and many still refer to it as the best jo nesbo book yet. Is it a good idea to begin at the start or can i just jump in. Harry, a flawed, troubled officer struggling with alcoholism, often disobeys orders from his superiors and flouts the rules to get results. In 2009, he set up the harry hole foundation to help support education in the third world.
Harry hole series 110 bat, cockroaches, redbreast, nemesis, devils star, redeemer, snowman, leopard, phantom, police. Now an unruly teenager, oleg has been living in a squat and is accused of killing a junkie. In some cases, as with chronicles of narnia, disagreements about order necessitate the creation of more than one series. In addition to the harry hole series he is the author of standalone novels headhunters and the son, as. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. Like many quality films, harry potter was first adapted from a seven part book series. Blood on the snow is a new series jo started in recent years, while the doctor proctor series is. The bat harry hole is an inspector in the oslo crime squad. In 2018 he wrote macbeth, a crime novel based on shakespeares tragedy for the hogarth shakespeare project. Knife, the 12th harry hole book, translated from the norwegian by neil smith, is arguably the best entry yet in the authors outstanding series. The cockroaches, which is not available in english at this time, is the. Harry hole series, blood on snow series, doctor proctor series, all standalone novels, plus, a jo nesbo biography. A complex character, chainsmoking, harddrinking and uncompromising, harry hole is for many readers the ultimate detective. Jo nesbo has already sold around 20 million copies of his harry hole thrillers but the norwegian authors profile is set to reach stratospheric heights.