Author guide
Jo Nesbø Books in Order
Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and musician. His bibliography includes the Harry Hole crime series, standalone thrillers and horror fiction, the Doctor Proctor children's series, separately published short-story collections, and a co-authored travel book about the Balkans. He also writes music and has published fiction under multiple international titles and translations.
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Jo Nesbø's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
The Bat
The debut and first Harry Hole novel, providing the series foundation.
The Redbreast
A strong entry point for the central Oslo-based Harry Hole sequence.
Headhunters
A self-contained standalone thriller.
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
The first Doctor Proctor book and the beginning of the children's series.
The Kingdom
A self-contained novel and the first book in its own series.
Read in order
Books by series
- 1 The BatAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1997
- 2
CockroachesAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1998
- 3 The RedbreastAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2000
- 4
NemesisAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2002
- 5
The Devil's StarAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2003
- 6
The RedeemerAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2005
- 7
The SnowmanAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2007
- 8 The LeopardAmazon ↗
Book 8 · novel · 2009
- 9
PhantomAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2011
- 10
PoliceAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 2013
- 11
The ThirstAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 2017
- 12 KnifeAmazon ↗
Book 12 · novel · 2019
- 13 Killing MoonAmazon ↗
Book 13 · novel · 2022
children's-book-series · complete
Doctor Proctor
Children's books about the eccentric inventor Doctor Proctor and his friends Lise and Bulle, including one companion volume.
- 1 Doctor Proctor's Fart PowderAmazon ↗
Book 1 · children's-book · 2007
- 2 Doctor Proctor's Time-Travel Bath BombAmazon ↗
Book 2 · children's-book · 2008
- 3 Doctor Proctor and the End of the World. MaybeAmazon ↗
Book 3 · children's-book · 2010
- 4 Animals You Wish Did Not ExistAmazon ↗
Book companion · illustrated-children's-book · 2010 Optional
- 5 Doctor Proctor and the Great Gold RobberyAmazon ↗
Book 4 · children's-book · 2012
- 6 Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas?Amazon ↗
Book 5 · children's-book · 2016
novel-series · complete
The Kingdom
Crime novels centered on the Opgard brothers and their isolated Norwegian community.
short-story-collection-series · ongoing
Short Story Collections
Separately published collections of Jo Nesbø's crime and thriller stories.
Outside the series
