Henning Mankell Books in Order
35 books are credited to Henning Mankell, published between 1990 and 2020; 2 of them appeared after Henning Mankell's death in 2015. The first book is A Bridge to the Stars (1990) and the newest is The Rock Blaster (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1990–2020
- Confirmed
- 35 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,063 in 25 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 134–202 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,063 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Kurt Wallander, a police detective in Sweden, is the figure Henning Mankell is known for. Mankell's catalogue holds 35 books, from A Bridge to the Stars (1990) to The Rock Blaster (2020), and takes in the Joel Gustafsson and Linda Wallander sequences, the Fredrik Welin novels, the Sofia Alface books, children's fiction and non-fiction. Faceless Killers (1991) and The Dogs of Riga (1992) are among the early titles.
How many Henning Mankell books are there?
Henning Mankell has 35 books, released between 1990 and 2020. 2 of them were published after Henning Mankell's death in 2015. They include 6 separate series.
Henning Mankell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Henning Mankell books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119901763/4
- 219903153/4
- 31991–3/4
- 419912083/4
- 519921413/4
- 619923363/4
- 719934483/4
- 819943253/4
- 919951763/4
- 101995–3/4
- 1119954323/4
- 121996–3/4
- 1319964383/4
- 1419974483/4
- 151998–3/4
- 1619984163/4
- 1719993923/4
- 18The Return of the Dancing MasterHenning Mankell Standalone Novels #32000 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/420004073/4
- 192000–3/4
- 2020012403/4
- 212004–3/4
- 2220044063/4
- 2320053833/4
- 2420051773/4
- 2520053283/4
- 262007–3/4
- 2720092563/4
- 282011–3/4
- 2920123293/4
- 3020133903/4
- 3120143033/4
- 322014–3/4
- 332014–3/4
- 3420174013/4
- 3520201923/4
Henning Mankell series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Kurt Wallander books in order 11 books
Henning Mankell 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.
Henning Mankell Standalone Novels
10 books10 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Joel Gustafsson in order
4 booksSofia Alface in order
3 booksHenning Mankell Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Fredrik Welin in order
2 booksHenning Mankell Children's in order
1 bookLinda Wallander in order
1 bookHenning Mankell Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Henning Mankell Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Henning Mankell books run from A Bridge to the Stars (1990) to The Rock Blaster (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Henning Mankell in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Henning Mankell books in order?
You only need to read Henning Mankell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Henning Mankell books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Faceless Killers (1991), the first Kurt Wallander book. The earliest catalogued title overall is A Bridge to the Stars (1990).
What is the newest Henning Mankell book?
The Rock Blaster (2020) is the newest Henning Mankell book released so far.
Is there a new Henning Mankell book coming?
No next Henning Mankell 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 Henning Mankell has won
Wikidata records 19 awards and 1 nomination for Henning Mankell. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- CWA International Dagger2018Won
- Riverton International Honour Prize2012Won
- Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira2010Wonfor The Man from Beijing
- Golden Feather2008Won
- Ripper Award2008Won
- Crimezone Thriller Awards2005Won
- Glazen Globe2003Won
- Corine Literature Prize2001Won
- Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation2001Wonfor Sidetracked
- Prix Mystère de la Critique2000Won
- Author of the Year1997Won
- Astrid Lindgren Prize1996Won
Henning Mankell at a glance
- Died
- Henning Mankell died in 2015, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Henning Mankell are still being published after Henning Mankell's death in 2015; the newest appeared in 2020.
- Release pace
- Henning Mankell books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,063 pages across the 25 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 329 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Henning Mankell books, 17 of 35, were published in the 1990s.
What the Henning Mankell books are about
33 of the 35 Henning Mankell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 12 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 12 of 33 books
- Kurt Wallander (Fictitious character) 10 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 33 books
- History 5 of 33 books
- Sweden 5 of 33 books
- Fathers and sons 4 of 33 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 33 books
- Murder 4 of 33 books
- Single-parent families 4 of 33 books
- Thrillers 4 of 33 books
- Race relations 3 of 33 books