Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Before You Sleep | 1998 | Buy |
| Stella Descending | 2000 | Buy |
| Grace | 2002 | Buy |
| A Blessed Child | 2005 | Buy |
| The Cold Song | 2011 | Buy |
| Unquiet | 2015 | Buy |
| Girl, 1983 | 2025 | Buy |
Linn Ullmann is a Norwegian novelist whose work centers on the inner lives of families and the emotional weight of long relationships. The daughter of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman and actress Liv Ullmann, she published her debut novel Before You Sleep in 1998 and has since produced seven books that move between Norway, Sweden, and the broader Scandinavian landscape of her upbringing. Stella Descending (2000) and Grace (2002) followed in quick succession, establishing her reputation for psychologically precise fiction.
Her later novels have grown more personal. A Blessed Child (2005) deals with a father and his three daughters from different marriages, while The Cold Song (2011) centers on a family gathering that goes wrong. Unquiet (2015) draws directly on Ullmann’s experiences with her aging father in his final years. Girl, 1983 (2025), her most recent novel, is a semi-autobiographical work. Across her career, Ullmann has worked as both a novelist and a literary critic for Norwegian newspapers, and that critical sensibility shows in her controlled, precise prose style.