David Lagercrantz Books in Order

David Lagercrantz has written 15 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is Ultimate High (1997) and the newest is Post Mortem (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1997–2026
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
2,453 in 7 of 15 books
Photo of David Lagercrantz, author

David Lagercrantz, born on 4 September 1962, is a Swedish journalist and bestselling writer and a columnist for the newspaper Expressen. I Am Zlatan (2014) and The Girl in the Spider's Web (2015) are the works Lagercrantz is known for, and the catalogue records Millennium among the associated series; Lagercrantz wrote the fourth through sixth Millennium installments. The catalogue lists 15 books from Ultimate High (1997) to Post Mortem (2026), including Fall of Man in Wilmslow (2009). Rekke & Vargas is the Lagercrantz series on record. Subjects include hackers, journalists, Stockholm, inventors and soccer players.

How many David Lagercrantz books are there?

David Lagercrantz has 15 books, released between 1997 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Rekke & Vargas series.

David Lagercrantz Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 David Lagercrantz 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.

  1. 1
    Ultimate HighDavid Lagercrantz Non-Fiction #11997 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997240
  2. 2
    StjärnfallDavid Lagercrantz Standalone Novels #12001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001
  3. 3
    Där gräset aldrig växer merDavid Lagercrantz Standalone Novels #22002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002
  4. 4
    Underbarnets gåtaDavid Lagercrantz Standalone Novels #32003 · confirmed 3/4
    2003
  5. 5
    Himmel över EverestDavid Lagercrantz Standalone Novels #42005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005
  6. 6
    Ett svenskt geni. Berättelsen om Håkan LansDavid Lagercrantz Standalone Novels #52006 · 283 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006283
  7. 7
    Fall of Man in WilmslowDavid Lagercrantz Standalone Novels #62009 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009400
  8. 8
    I Am ZlatanDavid Lagercrantz Non-Fiction #22014 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014416
  9. 9
    The Girl in the Spider's WebMillennium #42015 · 399 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015399
  10. 10
    The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an EyeMillennium #52017 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017368
  11. 11
    The Girl Who Lived TwiceMillennium #62019 · 347 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019347
  12. 12
    Dark MusicRekke & Vargas #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  13. 13
    Fatal GambitRekke & Vargas #22024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024
  14. 14
    False NoteAlibis Collection #32025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025
  15. 15
    Post MortemRekke & Vargas #32026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026

David Lagercrantz books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

David Lagercrantz Standalone Novels

6 books

6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Rekke & Vargas in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dark Music
  2. 2. Fatal Gambit
  3. 3. Post Mortem

Millennium books in order

3 books by David Lagercrantz
  1. 4. The Girl in the Spider's Web
  2. 5. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
  3. 6. The Girl Who Lived Twice

David Lagercrantz Non-Fiction

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Alibis Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read David Lagercrantz books in order?

You only need to read David Lagercrantz books in order within the Rekke & Vargas series, which holds 3 of the 15 David Lagercrantz books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with David Lagercrantz

Start with Ultimate High (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Lagercrantz book?

Post Mortem (2026) is the newest David Lagercrantz book released so far.

Is there a new David Lagercrantz book coming?

No next David Lagercrantz book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

David Lagercrantz at a glance

Still publishing
David Lagercrantz published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
David Lagercrantz books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,453 pages across the 7 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Lagercrantz books, 6 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the David Lagercrantz books are about

6 of the 15 David Lagercrantz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: journalists is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.