Fabian Risk Books in Order

Fabian Risk by Stefan Ahnhem contains 6 books, published between 2014 and 2021. The first book is Victim Without A Face (2014) and the newest is The Final Nail (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2014–2021
Pages on record
2,848 in 5 of 6 books
Reading time
47–71 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,848 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

Fabian Risk is a Swedish detective, and Stefan Ahnhem has written six books about his investigations. Victim Without A Face (2014) opens the run, followed by The Ninth Grave (2015), Eighteen Below (2016), Motive X (2018) and X Ways to Die (2019). The Final Nail (2021) is the last title. Murder, missing persons and investigation run through the subjects, set in Sweden.

How many Fabian Risk books are there?

Fabian Risk has 6 books, released between 2014 and 2021.

Fabian Risk Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Fabian Risk 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. 1
    Victim Without A Face2014 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014560
  2. 2
    The Ninth Grave2015 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015592
  3. 3
    Eighteen Below2016 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016544
  4. 4
    Motive X2018 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018608
  5. 5
    X Ways to Die2019 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019544
  6. 6
    The Final Nail2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021

Is there a chronological order for Fabian Risk?

No separate chronological order is on record for Fabian Risk, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Fabian Risk books in order?

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

Where to start with Fabian Risk

Start with Victim Without A Face (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Fabian Risk book?

The Final Nail (2021) is the newest Fabian Risk book released so far.

Is there a new Fabian Risk book coming?

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

Fabian Risk at a glance

Paused
No new Fabian Risk title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Fabian Risk books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,848 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 560 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fabian Risk books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Fabian Risk books are about

5 of the 6 Fabian Risk books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: germanic literature is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Stefan Ahnhem

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