All reading lists 2018-2023

Here are all the books we have read in the Literary Agenda the first four years, and next years list (2022/2023). 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 - Exiting 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.