Millennium Books in Order
There are 13 Millennium books, published between 2005 and 2026: 9 in the Millennium series and 4 related titles. The first book is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) and the newest main-line book is Kvinnor som hatar män (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2005–2026
- Confirmed
- 13 of 13 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,579 in 4 of 13 books
Millennium is a Swedish crime thriller sequence set in Stockholm and built around a journalist and a hacker. Thirteen entries span 2005 to 2026, opening with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) and continuing through The Girl Who Played with Fire (2006), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2007), The Girl in the Spider's Web (2015) and The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (2017). Graphic novel adaptations form a run of their own. Misogyny and sexual violence are recorded subjects, and the sequence continues.
How many Millennium books are there?
Millennium has 13 books, released between 2005 and 2026. 9 of them belong to the Millennium series, and 4 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.
Millennium Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Millennium 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.
- 120054653/4
- 22006–3/4
- 32007–3/4
- 42012–3/4
- 52013–3/4
- 62014–3/4
- 72015–3/4
- 820153993/4
- 920173683/4
- 1020193473/4
- 112022–3/4
- 122025–4/4
- 132026–3/4
Do you have to read Millennium books in order?
You should read the Millennium series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 4 related titles (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Millennium book also stands alone.
Where to start with Millennium
Start with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), the earliest published book in the Millennium series.
What is the newest Millennium book?
Kvinnor som hatar män (2026) is the newest book in the Millennium series.
Is there a new Millennium book coming?
No next Millennium 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 Millennium has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Millennium. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Macavity Awards2009Wonfor The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel2009Wonfor The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Anthony Award for Best First Novel2009Wonfor The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Millennium at a glance
- Still running
- Millennium is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Millennium books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,579 pages across the 4 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Millennium books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 13 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 13 titles, 7 are credited to Stieg Larsson, 3 to David Lagercrantz, 2 to Denise Mina and 1 to Karin Smirnoff.
What the Millennium books are about
7 of the 13 Millennium 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 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Journalists 4 of 7 books
- Thrillers 3 of 7 books
- Comics & graphic novels 2 of 7 books
- Crime 2 of 7 books
- Hackers 2 of 7 books
- Reporters and reporting 2 of 7 books
- Stockholm (sweden) 2 of 7 books