Cover of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Thriller · Crime

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Bestseller: about 30 million copies (estimate)

A disgraced journalist is hired to look into the decades-old disappearance of a girl from a wealthy Swedish family, and teams up with a prickly, brilliant hacker named Lisbeth Salander.

First published
2005
Pace
medium
Length
long
Format
Standalone

Read this if you like a cold, atmospheric Scandinavian mystery with a standout heroine.

Skip this if you can't read graphic scenes of sexual violence.

The feel

Content warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Violence
  • Torture
  • Abuse
  • Death

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