Helene Tursten Books in Order
Helene Tursten has written 15 books, published between 2003 and 2020. The first book is Detective Inspector Huss (2003) and the newest is Snowdrift (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 2003–2020
- Confirmed
- 15 of 15 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,307 in 12 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 55–83 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,307 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Helene Tursten, born in Gothenburg in 1954, writes Swedish crime fiction. Police procedurals make up most of the catalogue: the Detective Inspector Huss books, which open with Detective Inspector Huss (2003), and the later Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom series, both following women officers through murder investigations. The Äldre dam books run alongside the police novels. Fifteen titles are catalogued, ending with Snowdrift (2020).
How many Helene Tursten books are there?
Helene Tursten has 15 books, released between 2003 and 2020. They include 3 separate series.
Helene Tursten Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Helene Tursten 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.
- 120033923/4
- 220062933/4
- 320073203/4
- 42012–3/4
- 520133403/4
- 620143063/4
- 720153103/4
- 8201513/4
- 920162913/4
- 1020172753/4
- 1120181713/4
- 1220192883/4
- 1320193203/4
- 142020–3/4
- 152020–3/4
Helene Tursten characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Inspector Huss books in order 10 books
Helene Tursten 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.
Detective Inspector Huss in order
10 booksDetective Inspector Embla Nystrom in order
3 booksÄldre dam in order
2 booksHelene Tursten Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Helene Tursten books run from Detective Inspector Huss (2003) to Snowdrift (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Helene Tursten in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Helene Tursten books in order?
You only need to read Helene Tursten books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Helene Tursten
Start with Detective Inspector Huss (2003), the first Inspector Huss book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Helene Tursten book?
Snowdrift (2020) is the newest Helene Tursten book released so far.
Is there a new Helene Tursten book coming?
No next Helene Tursten 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 Helene Tursten has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Helene Tursten. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Värmland author of the year2009Won
Helene Tursten at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Helene Tursten title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Helene Tursten books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,307 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 300 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Helene Tursten books, 10 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Helene Tursten books are about
13 of the 15 Helene Tursten books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, police procedural is tagged on 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 7 of 13 books
- Sweden 7 of 13 books
- Investigation 6 of 13 books
- Murder 6 of 13 books
- Police 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 13 books
- Crime 3 of 13 books
- Irene Huss (Fictitious character) 3 of 13 books
- Policewomen 3 of 13 books