Ake Edwardson Books in Order
Ake Edwardson has written 8 books, published between 1997 and 2005. The first book is Death Angels (1997) and the newest is Room No. 10 (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1997–2005
- Pages on record
- 2,032 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,032 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Åke Edwardson, born 10 March 1953 in Eksjö, Småland, is a Swedish author of detective fiction and a former journalism lecturer at the University of Gothenburg. Many of the Inspector Erik Winter novels are set in Gothenburg. Edwardson has won the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Award for best crime novel three times. Sun and Shadow was the first title translated into English, in 2005, followed by Never End in 2006. The catalogue lists 8 books from Death Angels (1997) to Room No. 10 and Samurai Summer (both 2005).
How many Ake Edwardson books are there?
Ake Edwardson has 8 books, released between 1997 and 2005. 7 of them belong to the Inspector Erik Winter series.
Ake Edwardson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Ake Edwardson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119972972/4
- 219983382/4
- 319994002/4
- 420003082/4
- 52001–2/4
- 62001–2/4
- 7Samurai Summer2005 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/420052422/4
- 820054472/4
Ake Edwardson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Inspector Erik Winter in order
7 booksStandalone books
1 book1 Ake Edwardson title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ake Edwardson books in order?
You only need to read Ake Edwardson books in order within the Inspector Erik Winter series, which holds 7 of the 8 Ake Edwardson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Ake Edwardson
Start with Death Angels (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ake Edwardson book?
Room No. 10 (2005) is the newest Ake Edwardson book released so far.
Is there a new Ake Edwardson book coming?
No next Ake Edwardson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Ake Edwardson has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Ake Edwardson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Author of the Year2003Won
- Best Swedish Crime Novel Award1997Won
Ake Edwardson at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Ake Edwardson title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Ake Edwardson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,032 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 323 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ake Edwardson books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Ake Edwardson books are about
All 8 Ake Edwardson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: detectives is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Detectives 4 of 8 books
- Erik Winter (Fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 8 books
- Investigation 3 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 8 books
- Sweden 3 of 8 books
- Crime 2 of 8 books
- Murder 2 of 8 books