All reading lists 2018-2023

Here are all the books we have read in the Literary Agenda the first five years. The books are carefully selected by our advisory board and lists are free to use and share. Read with us!

2018/2019:

Johannes Anyuru - A Storm Blew in from Paradise (En storm kom från paradiset)
Sofi Oksanen - Purge (Utrensning)
Kerstin Ekman - Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten)
Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Den ovillige fundamentalisten)
Theodor Kallifatides - Another Life (Ännu ett liv)
Han Kang - The Vegetarian (Vegetarianen)
Julie Otsuka - The Buddha in the Attic (Vi kom över havet)

2019/2020:

Ian McEwan – Machines Like Me (Maskiner som jag)
Colson Whitehead – The Underground Railroad (Den underjordiska järnvägen)
Jamaica Kincaid – The Autobiography of My Mother (Min mors självbiografi)
Karolina Ramqvist – The White City (Den vita staden)
Han Kang – The White Book (Den vita boken)
Tara Westover - Educated (Allt jag fått lära mig)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri – I Call My Brothers (Jag ringer mina bröder)

2020/2021:

Ocean Vuong - On Earth We´re Briefly Gorgeous (En stund är vi vackra på jorden)
Edna O´Brien - Girl (Flicka)
Patrik Svensson - The Book of Eels (USA), The Gospel of Eels (GB) (Ålevangeliet)
Jeanette Winterson - Frankissstein
Viet Thanh Nguyen - The Refugees (Flyktingar)
Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing (Vända hem)
Therese Bohman - The other woman (Den andra kvinnan)

2021/2022:

Rumaan Alam - Leave the World Behind (Lämna världen bakom dig)
Fernanda Melchor - Hurricane Season (Orkansäsong)
Douglas Stuart - Shuggie Bain
Ben Lerner - The Topeca School (Topekaskolan)
Maja Lunde - The History of Bees (Binas historia)
Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times (Edith och Julian)
Tove Jansson - Moominsummer Madness (Farlig midsommar)

2022/2023:

Joseph Ponthus - On the line (Vid bandet). Original language French.
Pilar Quintana - The bitch (Tiken). Original language Spanish.
Yan Lianke - The Years, Months, Days (År månader dagar). Original language Mandarin.
Marie NDiaye - Ladivine. Original language French.
Elin Cullhed - Eufori (Euphoria). Original language Swedish.
Olivia Laing - The Lonely City (Den ensamma staden). Original language English.
Karl Ove Knausgård, Spring (Om våren). Original language Norwegian.

2023/2024:

Abdulrazak Gurna - By the sea (Vid havet). Original language English.
Andrej Kurkov, Grey bees (Grå bin). Original language Russian.
Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen (Stöld). Original language Swedish.
David Sedaris, Calypso. Original language English.
Ia Genberg, The details (Detaljerna). Original language Swedish.
Lea Ypi, Free (Fri). Original language English.
Mohsin Hamid, The last white man (Den siste vite mannen). Original language English.