Varg Veum Books in Order
Varg Veum by Gunnar Staalesen contains 14 books, published between 1979 and 2024. The first book is Yours Until Death (1979) and the newest is Pursued by Death (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1979–2024
- Pages on record
- 3,095 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 52–77 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,095 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Varg Veum is a private investigator working in Norway, and Gunnar Staalesen has written 14 books about him across forty-five years. Gangs, prostitution and serial murder investigation supply the cases, from Yours Until Death (1979) through The Writing on the Wall (1995), Cold Hearts (2008) and Where Roses Never Die (2012). Pursued by Death arrived in 2024.
How many Varg Veum books are there?
Varg Veum has 14 books, released between 1979 and 2024.
Varg Veum Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Varg Veum 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.
- 1Yours Until Death1979 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/419793312/4
- 2At Night All Wolves Are Grey1983 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/419832142/4
- 3Fallen Angels1989 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/419892762/4
- 4The Writing on the Wall1995 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/419952642/4
- 5The Consorts of Death2006 · 335 pages · confirmed 2/420063352/4
- 6Cold Hearts2008 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/420083002/4
- 7We Shall Inherit the Wind2010 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/420102632/4
- 8Where Roses Never Die2012 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/420122602/4
- 9Wolves in the Dark2014 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/420143052/4
- 10Big Sister2016 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/420162592/4
- 11Wolves at the Door2020 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420202882/4
- 12Bitter Flowers2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 13Mirror Image2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 14Pursued by Death2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
Is there a chronological order for Varg Veum?
No separate chronological order is on record for Varg Veum, 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 Varg Veum books in order?
You should read the Varg Veum books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Varg Veum book also stands alone.
Where to start with Varg Veum
Start with Yours Until Death (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Varg Veum book?
Pursued by Death (2024) is the newest Varg Veum book released so far.
Is there a new Varg Veum book coming?
No next Varg Veum book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Varg Veum at a glance
- Still running
- Varg Veum is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Varg Veum books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,095 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Varg Veum books, 4 of 14, were published in the 2020s.
What the Varg Veum books are about
9 of the 14 Varg Veum books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 7 of 9 books
- Private investigators 7 of 9 books
- Norway 5 of 9 books
- Crime 2 of 9 books
More books by Gunnar Staalesen
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Gunnar Staalesen books in order 21 books
Characters in the Varg Veum books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Varg Vuem books in order 14 books