It might seem odd that I have the item “Read 10 books in Swedish” on my 101-in-1001 list, since I am native speaker of Swedish and not English. Still, I tend to read roughly twenty times as many books in English as I do in Swedish. I entered this item on the list to change that somewhat, because if I want to hone my Swedish skills, reading good literature is essential. Here are the books:

1. Harry Martinson – Aniara
2. Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Hundra år av ensamhet
3. Albert Camus – Främlingen
4. Tove Janson – Pappan och havet
5. Catharina Lilliehöök – Mei wenti!
6. Wu Chen’en – Färden till Västern, del 1, Den gyllene cikadan
7. Hjalmar Söderberg – Doktor Glas
8. Michail Bulgakov – Mästaren och Margarita
9. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – En dag i Ivan Denisovitjs liv
10. Vilhelm Moberg – Rid i natt!

As you can see, only half of the books are originally written in Swedish, the other half being translations. Still, I think this goal was good to have, and I also think I achieved what I wanted: an increased interest in reading literature in Swedish. Please note that these books averaged an incredible 4,3 out of 5 snails! Most of them are definitely worth checking out.