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Leif G.W. Persson Books in Order

Leif G.W. Persson has written 8 books, published between 1982 and 2013. The first book is The Pillars of Society (1982) and the newest is The Sword of Justice (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1982–2013
Pages on record
2,628 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,628 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Leif G.W. Persson, author

Leif Gustav Willy Persson, born on 12 March 1945, is a Swedish criminologist and novelist. Crime fiction dominates the catalogue: subjects record murder, assassination, terrorism investigation, detective and mystery stories, and settings in Sweden and Stockholm. Three series carry the Persson name, Story Of A Crime, Evert Bäckström, and Jarnebring & Johansson. The 8 catalogued books run from The Pillars of Society (1982) to The Sword of Justice (2013), taking in Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End (2002), Another Time, Another Life (2003), Linda, As in the Linda Murder (2005), Falling Freely, as If in a Dream and He Who Kills the Dragon (both 2007) and The Dying Detective (2010). One of Persson's four children, Malin Persson Giolito, is also a crime writer.

How many Leif G.W. Persson books are there?

Leif G.W. Persson has 8 books, released between 1982 and 2013. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Leif G.W. Persson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Leif G.W. Persson 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. Cover of Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End by Leif G.W. Persson, book 1 of the Story Of A Crime series (2002)
  2. Cover of Linda, As in the Linda Murder by Leif G.W. Persson, book 1 of the Evert Bäckström series (2005)
  3. Cover of He Who Kills the Dragon by Leif G.W. Persson, book 2 of the Evert Bäckström series (2007)
  4. Cover of Falling Freely, as If in a Dream by Leif G.W. Persson, book 3 of the Story Of A Crime series (2007)
  5. Cover of The Dying Detective by Leif G.W. Persson, book 1 of the Jarnebring & Johansson series (2010)
  1. 1
    The Pillars of Society1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  2. 2
    Between Summer's Longing and Winter's EndStory Of A Crime #12002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    Another Time, Another LifeStory Of A Crime #22003 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003416
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  4. 4
    Linda, As in the Linda MurderEvert Bäckström #12005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  5. 5
    He Who Kills the DragonEvert Bäckström #22007 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007360
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  6. 6
    Falling Freely, as If in a DreamStory Of A Crime #32007 · 717 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007717
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  7. 7
    The Dying DetectiveJarnebring & Johansson #12010 · 426 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010426
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  8. 8
    The Sword of JusticeEvert Bäckström #32013 · 709 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013709
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Leif G.W. Persson 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.

Story Of A Crime in order

3 books
  1. 1. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End
  2. 2. Another Time, Another Life
  3. 3. Falling Freely, as If in a Dream

Evert Bäckström in order

3 books
  1. 1. Linda, As in the Linda Murder
  2. 2. He Who Kills the Dragon
  3. 3. The Sword of Justice

Jarnebring & Johansson in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Dying Detective

Standalone books

1 book

1 Leif G.W. Persson title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Leif G.W. Persson books in order?

You only need to read Leif G.W. Persson 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 Leif G.W. Persson

Start with The Pillars of Society (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leif G.W. Persson book?

The Sword of Justice (2013) is the newest Leif G.W. Persson book released so far.

Is there a new Leif G.W. Persson book coming?

No next Leif G.W. Persson 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 Leif G.W. Persson has won

Wikidata records 10 awards for Leif G.W. Persson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Leif G.W. Persson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Leif G.W. Persson title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Leif G.W. Persson books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,628 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 426 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leif G.W. Persson books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Leif G.W. Persson books are about

7 of the 8 Leif G.W. Persson 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 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.