Timeline of the Kurt Wallander Stories
The English Translations are not being published in order. Here is a list of all the books with their original Swedish publication date to help you. The titles are listed in the order in which they occur in the timeline of the series. Note that there are three series and they do overlap as characters are mentioned from one series to the next.
| Timeline of the Kurt Wallander Mystery Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Series | Original Swedish Publication Date |
| 1 | The Pyramid | Kurt Wallander | 1999 |
| 2 | Faceless Killers | Kurt Wallander | 1991 |
| 3 | The Dogs of Riga | Kurt Wallander | 1992 |
| 4 | The White Lioness | Kurt Wallander | 1993 |
| 5 | The Man Who Smiled | Kurt Wallander | 1994 |
| 6 | Sidetracked | Kurt Wallander | 1995 |
| 7 | The Fifth Woman | Kurt Wallander | 1996 |
| 8 | One Step Behind | Kurt Wallander | 1997 |
| 9 | Firewall | Kurt Wallander | 1998 |
| 10 | The Return of the Dancing Master | Stefan Lindman | 2000 |
| 11 | Before the Frost | Linda Wallander | 2002 |
| 12 | The Grave | Kurt Wallander | 2004 |
| 13 | The Troubled Man | Kurt Wallander | 2009 |