Order of Gunnar Staalesen Books

Order of Gunnar Staalesen Books

Gunnar Staalesen
Gunnar Staalesen is a Norwegian author of Scandinavian crime fiction novels. He writes the Varg Veum series. Gunnar was born and raised in Bergen, Norway, which is on the west coast of the country. He earned his Cand.philol degree from Universitetet i Bergen and worked in the main theatre in the city.

Gunnar Staalesen became a published author in 1969 with Uskyldstider. His first work to be published in English was At Night All Wolves Are Grey in 1986, which is the first time English-speaking readers would meet the Varg Veum character. The novel was published in Norwegian three years earlier. Although he only has a few books in English thus far, he is a prolific author in his native language. Below is a list of Gunnar Staalesen’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Varg Veum Books

Yours Until Death

(1979)

At Night All Wolves Are Grey

(1983)

Fallen Angels

(1989)

The Writing on the Wall

(1995)

The Consorts of Death

(2006)

Cold Hearts

(2008)

We Shall Inherit the Wind

(2010)

Where Roses Never Die

(2012)

Wolves in the Dark

(2014)

Big Sister

(2016)

Wolves at the Door

(2020)

Bitter Flowers

(2021)

Mirror Image

(2023)

Pursued by Death

(2024)

Publication Order of Dumbo og Maskefjes Books

Rygg i rand, to i spann

(1975)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Copenhagen Noir

(2010)