Author · guide verified September 8, 2026
Stieg Larsson Books in Order
Every Stieg Larsson book in publication order — 7 in total, spanning 2005–2015.
Stieg Larsson never saw a single copy of his books in a shop. A Swedish journalist who spent his career investigating the far right, he delivered three crime novels to his publisher and died of a heart attack in 2004 at fifty, months before The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo appeared. What followed was one of the great publishing stories of the century: the Millennium trilogy sold tens of millions of copies, made Lisbeth Salander — pierced, brilliant, ferociously private — one of the most original heroines in crime fiction, and has since been continued by two other Swedish writers.
Publication Order of Millennium Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Girl Who Played with Fire | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Millennium: The Graphic Novels Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Book 2 | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Girl Who Played with Fire | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Expo Files | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 7, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Expo Files | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Book 2 | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Stieg Larsson on screen
Salander has been played by Noomi Rapace, Rooney Mara and Claire Foy — three very different takes on a character readers feel fiercely protective of.
- 2009The Girl with the Dragon TattooFilm — Swedish; Noomi Rapace. The whole trilogy was filmed in 2009.
- 2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooFilm — David Fincher; Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig.
- 2018The Girl in the Spider's WebFilm — Claire Foy; from the first David Lagercrantz continuation.
Frequently asked
What order should I read the Stieg Larsson books in?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2006) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2007). The second and third are effectively one story, so read them together.
Who wrote the Millennium books after Stieg Larsson died?
David Lagercrantz wrote books four through six — The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2015), The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (2017) and The Girl Who Lived Twice (2019) — and Karin Smirnoff took over with The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons (2022).
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