Millennium

by Stieg Larsson

Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy follows Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant and damaged hacker, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist, through three novels of Swedish crime fiction that redefined the genre internationally. The series is known for its unflinching portrayal of violence against women, its meticulous procedural detail, and Salander herself - one of the most distinctive protagonists in contemporary crime fiction. Published posthumously, Larsson died in 2004 before seeing their success. The series has been continued by David Lagercrantz with four additional novels (The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, The Girl Who Lived Twice, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons), though these are typically treated as a separate continuation rather than part of the original trilogy.