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Best Norwegian Crime Novels

Description: An experiment in obscurity. The initial list (mine - "Geitebukkeskjegg") is a sum of two popular voted lists (newspaper Dagbladet 2009, list of 25 + newspaper VG 2001, first 25 of a longer list). Don't agree / miss your favourite? Feel free to add, thumb down or thumb up.

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Iron Chariot

by Stein Riverton

99 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

2

Historien om Gottlob

by Torolf Elster

17 members

3

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

3

Døde menn går i land

by André Bjerke

34 members

½ 4.3

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4

by Gunnar Staalesen

103 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

5

Death in the Blue Lake

by André Bjerke

89 members

4.2

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

6

Calling Out for You

by Karin Fossum

1,190 members

45 reviews

3.8

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

7

54 members

½ 3.7

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8

by Jon Michelet

49 members

2 reviews

2.8

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

9

Two Living and One Dead

by Sigurd Christiansen

36 members

3.1

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

10

14 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

11

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,441 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

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12

by Torolf Elster

12 members

4

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

13

Bortreist på ubestemt tid

by Sigrun Karin Christiansen

11 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

14

51 members

2.8

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

15

Ein letzter Schatten von Zweifel

by Kjell Ola Dahl

21 members

2

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

16

4,910 members

167 reviews

3.8

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

17

Jernkorset : en roman mot nazisme og nynazisme

by Jon Michelet

35 members

3

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

18

The Land of Dreams

by Vidar Sundstøl

278 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

19

Raymond Isaksens utgang : kriminalroman

by Jørgen Gunnerud

6 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

20

Den siste revejakta

by Ingvar Ambjørnsen

51 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

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21

Perdido, Perdido-

4 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

22

by Jon Michelet

40 members

3

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23

Nattsug : roman

by Fredrik Skagen

17 members

1 review

4

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

24

Til Herr Politimesteren : roman

by Harald Thaulow

2 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

25

by Unni Lindell

177 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

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26

Mitt navn er Knoph

7 members

1 review

5

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

27

Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster

by Gerd Nyquist

25 members

1 review

2.8

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

28

43 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

29

245 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

30

Yours until Death

by Gunnar Staalesen

189 members

6 reviews

3.2

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31

8 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

32

Mississippi : roman

by Morten Harry Olsen

18 members

4

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33

In the Darkness

by Karin Fossum

815 members

41 reviews

½ 3.5

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34

by Ingvar Ambjørnsen

27 members

½ 3.3

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35

by Gert Nygårdshaug

69 members

1 review

3.1

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

36

Nattens joker : roman

by J.F. Johnson Tandberg

2 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

37

by Bergljot Hobæk Haff

55 members

3.8

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38

by Jan H. Jensen

2 members

4

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39

Farlige hvetebrødsdager

by Axel Kielland

13 members

4

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40

Det svundne er en drøm

by Aksel Sandemose

96 members

½ 4.3

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

41

Metoden : roman

5 members

3

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

42

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst

402 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

43

"Bergenstoget plyndret i natt!"

by Jonathan Jerv

14 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

44

Morderen fra mørket

by Stein Riverton

13 members

3

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

45

Thomas Ribes femte sak

by Øystein Lønn

15 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

46

Natten til Fandens geburtsdag

5 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

47

by David Torjussen

5 members

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

48

by Stein Ståle

12 members

½ 3.7

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49

Valsekongens fall

by Audun Sjøstrand

1 member

Member: geitebukkeskjegg

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Started: geitebukkeskjegg
January 2014
Type: Numbered, Adding restricted

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