Anne Holt Books in Order
Anne Holt has written 21 books, published between 1993 and 2022. The first book is Blind Goddess (1993) and the newest is Det ellevte manus (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1993–2022
- Confirmed
- 21 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,806 in 14 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 80–120 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,806 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Anne Holt's crime novels run to 21 catalogued books, from Blind Goddess (1993) to Det ellevte manus (2022). Holt is a Norwegian writer, lawyer and former Minister of Justice, born in 1958. Four series carry the work: Hanne Wilhelmsen, Vik & Stubo, Selma Falck and Sara Zuckerman. Hanne Wilhelmsen is the recurring detective, and the subject headings name Norway, women detectives, murder investigation and police procedure. Nothing new has appeared since 2022.
How many Anne Holt books are there?
Anne Holt has 21 books, released between 1993 and 2022. They include 4 separate series.
Anne Holt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Anne Holt 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.
- 119933434/4
- 219932114/4
- 319952624/4
- 419973364/4
- 519993363/4
- 620003233/4
- 720014003/4
- 820033073/4
- 92004–3/4
- 102006–3/4
- 1120073133/4
- 1220083983/4
- 132010–3/4
- 142012–3/4
- 152014–3/4
- 1620153263/4
- 1720163073/4
- 1820184643/4
- 1920204803/4
- 202021–3/4
- 212022–3/4
Anne Holt 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.
Hanne Wilhelmsen in order
11 booksVik & Stubø in order
5 booksSelma Falck in order
3 booksSara Zuckerman in order
2 books- 1. Flimmer
- 2. Sudden Death
Anne Holt Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Anne Holt books run from Blind Goddess (1993) to Det ellevte manus (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Anne Holt in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Anne Holt books in order?
You only need to read Anne Holt books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Anne Holt
Start with Blind Goddess (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Anne Holt book?
Det ellevte manus (2022) is the newest Anne Holt book released so far.
Is there a new Anne Holt book coming?
No next Anne Holt 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 Anne Holt has won
Wikidata records 5 awards for Anne Holt. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Riverton Prize2023Won
- Radio Bremen Crime Fiction Award2021Won
- Cappelen Prize2001Won
- Norwegian Booksellers' Prize1995Won
- Riverton Prize1994Won
Anne Holt at a glance
- Paused
- No new Anne Holt title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Anne Holt books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,806 pages across the 14 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 331 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anne Holt books, 7 of 21, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 4 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Anne Holt books are about
16 of the 21 Anne Holt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 9 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 9 of 16 books
- Murder 9 of 16 books
- Norway 7 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 16 books
- Crimes against 3 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 16 books
- Thrillers 3 of 16 books
- Missing persons 2 of 16 books
- Travelers 2 of 16 books