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Joona Linna Books in Order

Lars Kepler has written 10 Joona Linna books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is The Hypnotist (2009) and the newest is The Sleepwalker (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2009–2025
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,647 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,647 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Joona Linna is a detective inspector in Lars Kepler's crime series, set in and around Stockholm. The Hypnotist (2009) opens the sequence and The Sleepwalker (2025) is the tenth book. Serial murder, police investigation and the children of murder victims fill the subject tags. The Joona Linna novels remain in active publication.

How many Joona Linna books are there?

Joona Linna has 10 books, released between 2009 and 2025.

Joona Linna Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Joona Linna 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 The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler, book 1 of the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series (2009)
  2. Cover of The Nightmare by Lars Kepler, book 2 of the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series (2010)
  3. Cover of The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler, book 3 of the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series (2011)
  4. Cover of The Sandman by Lars Kepler, book 4 of the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series (2012)
  5. Cover of Stalker by Lars Kepler, book 5 of the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series (2014)
  6. Cover of The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler, book 8 of the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series (2020)
  1. 1
    The HypnotistDetective Inspector Joona Linna #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    The NightmareDetective Inspector Joona Linna #22010 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010528
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  3. 3
    The Fire WitnessDetective Inspector Joona Linna #32011 · 497 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011497
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  4. 4
    The SandmanDetective Inspector Joona Linna #42012 · 566 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012566
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  5. 5
    StalkerDetective Inspector Joona Linna #52014 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014528
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  6. 6
    The Rabbit HunterDetective Inspector Joona Linna #62017 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017528
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  7. 7
    LazarusDetective Inspector Joona Linna #72020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  8. 8
    The Mirror ManDetective Inspector Joona Linna #82020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  9. 9
    The SpiderDetective Inspector Joona Linna #92023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    The SleepwalkerDetective Inspector Joona Linna #102025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Do you have to read Joona Linna books in order?

You should read the Joona Linna books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Joona Linna book also stands alone.

Where to start with Joona Linna

Start with The Hypnotist (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joona Linna book?

The Sleepwalker (2025) is the newest Joona Linna book released so far.

Is there a new Joona Linna book coming?

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

Joona Linna at a glance

Still running
Joona Linna is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Joona Linna books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,647 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 528 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joona Linna books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joona Linna books are about

8 of the 10 Joona Linna books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Lars Kepler

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.