Now we are looking forward with excitement to how he will continue the story. “We are so happy and grateful for how David Lagercrantz has continued to write about the world and the characters that Stieg created. “Reader reactions for Det som inte dödar oss have been so positive all around the world,” said Joakim Larsson from Larsson’s estate. Who knows, maybe he’ll send a lightning bolt at the book launch.”Īccording to its publishers, Lagercrantz’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web has sold 2.3m copies worldwide, topping charts in the US, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. Originally a trilogy by Larsson, the series was expanded to another three books by David Lagercrantz, and as of 2021 rights had been sold for Karin Smirnoff to pen three more. He never let anyone work on his literary texts. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first book of the Millennium series. It was his language, his unique narrative … The worst thing is how saddened Stieg would have been. Earlier this year she told AFP she “wouldn’t have continued Stieg’s work. But she does not support Lagercrantz’s continuation of the series. Read The Millennium Trilogy The global bestselling phenomenon: 100 million copies sold by Stieg Larsson available from Rakuten Kobo.

The Girl in the Eagle's Talons was published in 2022. A separate adaptation written by Denise Mina has been published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint. Gabrielsson has previously said that Larsson had begun a fourth Millennium novel – and, according to his British publisher Christopher MacLehose, Larsson “wrote down the shadowy outline of ten books” in the series before he died. In November 2021, publishing house Polaris acquired the rights to the series from Larsson's estate and announced a new trilogy of books written by Swedish author Karin Smirnoff. 9 primary works 14 total works Sylvain Runberg's comic book adaptation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium (Books 1-6), and brand-new original stories based on the original novel series (Books 7-9).

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