Beartown Books in Order

This reading order guide provides the complete list of Beartown books in order, from the very first to the latest, so you won’t miss anything!

About the Beartown Series

Beartown (the original title in Swedish being Björnstad) is a three part book series written by the famous author Fredrik Backman – and translated beautifully by Neil Smith. Its originally Swedish publishers are Piratförlaget – over in Sweden – while in the States its a Simon & Schuster production. The books are set in a dusty little hockey town where everyone seems to know each other’s business; & at the very heart, the story revolves around the lives of lots of its denizens. After the shocking rape of Maya Andersson by none other than the hockey team’s star player – Kevin Erdahl – the whole town is thrown into a maelstrom of outrage, guilt and – to be fair – a healthy dose of fear.

The series delves into some very tough subjects – including sex crime, trauma, compounded by victim blaming, the deeply ingrained problems of toxic masculinity, the all too slow road to healing & redemption, as well as just how messy the human experience can be. Not one to shy away from the tough stuff, Backman has said that doing all that research beforehand was a huge task; & when asked how he went about writing such a heavy subject he admitted “i spent loads of time researching this one, chatted to over 100 people who’d been through similar things – some of those tales were pretty bloody horrific – & it was a real struggle to get it all down on paper – as it probably should have been.”