Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Book of Horrors |
2011 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror 23 |
2012 |
Buy |
| Seize the Night |
2015 |
Buy |
Blodstormen Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Refugium |
2022 |
N/A |
| Skriften i vattnet / The Writing in the Water |
2022 |
Buy |
| Rummet i jorden |
- |
N/A |
| Rummet i jorden / The Room in the Ground |
2023 |
Buy |
| Anden i maskinen |
2024 |
N/A |
Let the Right One In Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hívj be! |
2004 |
N/A |
| Let the Old Dreams Die |
2011 |
Buy |
NHB Modern Plays Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Great Expectations |
- |
Buy |
| Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off |
1987 |
Buy |
| Mrs Klein |
1988 |
Buy |
| A Going Concern |
1994 |
Buy |
| Honour |
1995 |
Buy |
| Hotel |
1997 |
Buy |
| Scotland Plays |
1998 |
Buy |
| Anna Weiss |
1998 |
Buy |
| Blue Heart |
1998 |
Buy |
| My Boy Jack |
1998 |
Buy |
| Jane Eyre |
1999 |
Buy |
| Howie the Rookie |
1999 |
Buy |
| Passing Places |
1999 |
Buy |
| Be My Baby |
2000 |
Buy |
| Kes |
2000 |
Buy |
| Love Upon the Throne |
2000 |
Buy |
| Far Away |
2000 |
Buy |
| I Just Stopped by to See the Man |
2001 |
Buy |
| Push Up |
2002 |
Buy |
| His Dark Materials |
2005 |
Buy |
| When You Cure Me |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Winterling |
2006 |
Buy |
| 5/11 |
2006 |
Buy |
| Cruising |
2007 |
Buy |
| How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found |
2007 |
Buy |
| Iron |
2008 |
Buy |
| Never So Good |
2008 |
Buy |
| Happy Now? |
2008 |
Buy |
| Cherry Blossom |
2009 |
Buy |
| Tuesdays at Tesco’s |
2009 |
Buy |
| When the Rain Stops Falling |
2009 |
Buy |
| BUNNY |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Convict’s Opera |
2010 |
Buy |
| So You Want To Go To Drama School? |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Urban Girl’s Guide to Camping and other plays |
2011 |
Buy |
| Sex with a Stranger |
2012 |
Buy |
| Love & Information |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Haunting |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Acting Book |
2012 |
Buy |
| Goodbye to All That |
2012 |
Buy |
| Herding Cats |
2012 |
Buy |
| The River |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Last of the Haussmans |
2012 |
Buy |
| NSFW |
2012 |
Buy |
| East is East |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mary Shelley |
2012 |
Buy |
| Once: The Musical |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Browning Version |
2013 |
Buy |
| random |
2013 |
Buy |
| Jez Butterworth Plays: One |
2013 |
Buy |
| Mogadishu |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Weir |
2013 |
Buy |
| #Aiww: The Arrest of AI Weiwei |
2013 |
Buy |
| Chimerica |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ciphers |
2013 |
Buy |
| Godchild |
2013 |
Buy |
| Let the Right One In |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Deep Blue Sea |
2014 |
Buy |
| Parlour Song |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Night Heron |
2014 |
Buy |
| Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions |
2014 |
Buy |
| A Hard Rain |
2014 |
Buy |
| Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind |
2014 |
Buy |
| Cressida |
2014 |
Buy |
| Blood and Ice |
2014 |
Buy |
| All the Way HomeBook 0) |
2014 |
Buy |
| Notes on Falling LeavesBook 0) |
2014 |
Buy |
| Coram Boy |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Clearing |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Lioness |
2015 |
Buy |
| Clybourne Park |
2015 |
Buy |
| Joanne |
2015 |
Buy |
| Elephants |
2016 |
Buy |
| Kiss Me Quickstep |
2016 |
Buy |
| Russian Dolls |
2016 |
Buy |
| This is Living |
2016 |
Buy |
| F*ck the Polar Bears |
2016 |
Buy |
| Mr Incredible |
2016 |
Buy |
| Plasticine |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Libertine |
2016 |
Buy |
| What Shadows |
2016 |
Buy |
| Nice Fish |
2016 |
Buy |
| Us/Them |
2017 |
Buy |
| Run |
2017 |
Buy |
| Consent |
2017 |
Buy |
| Mighty Atoms |
2017 |
Buy |
| Sugar Baby |
2017 |
Buy |
| Saying Yes |
2017 |
Buy |
| Comment is Free |
2017 |
Buy |
| Goats |
2017 |
Buy |
| Jekyll & Hyde |
2017 |
Buy |
| Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Strongbox |
2018 |
Buy |
| Woman Caught Unaware |
2018 |
Buy |
| Glitter Punch |
2018 |
Buy |
| Again |
2018 |
Buy |
| Battlefield |
2018 |
Buy |
| Nine Night |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Road to Huntsville |
2018 |
Buy |
| Stephen Jeffreys: Plays |
2018 |
Buy |
| Blackthorn |
2018 |
Buy |
| Valued Friends |
2018 |
Buy |
| Interruptions |
2018 |
Buy |
| Finsbury Park |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Prisoner |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Clink |
2018 |
Buy |
| Fast Labour |
2019 |
Buy |
| Downstate |
2019 |
Buy |
| Beached |
2019 |
Buy |
| Night Time |
2019 |
Buy |
| Jez Butterworth Plays: Two |
2020 |
Buy |
| Family: Three Plays |
2020 |
Buy |
| James IV: Queen Of The Fight |
2022 |
Buy |
| James V: Katherine |
2025 |
Buy |
Platserna Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hemelstrand |
2014 |
N/A |
| I Am Behind You |
2014 |
Buy |
| I Always Find You |
2015 |
Buy |
| Rörelsen |
2015 |
N/A |
| X |
2017 |
N/A |
| I Am the Tiger |
2021 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer |
2011 |
Buy |
| Itsy Bitsy |
2011 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Let the Right One In / Let Me In |
2004 |
Buy |
| Handling the Undead |
2005 |
Buy |
| Harbor |
2008 |
Buy |
| Little Star |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Kindness |
2021 |
Buy |
John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish horror writer best known for Let the Right One In (2004), his vampire novel that was later adapted into two films. His standalone novels, including Handling the Undead, Harbor, and Little Star, each take a different horror premise and root it in ordinary Scandinavian life. The Platserna series (I Am Behind You, I Always Find You, I Am the Tiger) ran from 2014 to 2021 and explores increasingly strange territory across six entries. His most recent series, Blodstormen, began in 2022 and already has five installments, with some titles still available only in Swedish.
A large portion of Lindqvist’s page count here comes from the NHB Modern Plays catalog, a collection of over a hundred published play scripts that spans decades and many different playwrights. His own fiction work is a smaller but distinctive body of novels, novellas (The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer; Itsy Bitsy), short stories, and anthology contributions. He has appeared in horror collections like A Book of Horrors and Seize the Night. His most recent novel, The Kindness, was published in 2021.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has John Ajvide Lindqvist written?
John Ajvide Lindqvist has written 138 books across seven series.
What was John Ajvide Lindqvist's first book?
John Ajvide Lindqvist’s first book is Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off, published in 1987.
What genres does John Ajvide Lindqvist write in?
John Ajvide Lindqvist writes novellas, and short stories. Their best-known work includes the Blodstormen series.