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Home » Stieg Larsson

Tag: Stieg Larsson

Posted inFilm

Girl in the Spider’s Web uses past trauma as an excuse for further violence

by Noah Berlatsky November 9, 2018August 18, 2021

The movie version of the first post-Stieg Larsson Lisbeth Salander novel forgets that its heroine is more than a victim.

Posted inFilm

In the Dept. Q Trilogy individual goodness triumphs over rampant evil

by Leah Pickett July 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Nikolaj Lie Kaas stars as a damaged cop reopening the coldest of cases.

Posted inBlogs

Stieg Larsson is gone, but Millennium lives on

by Annie Howard September 16, 2015August 18, 2021

The Girl in the Spider’s Web, a new sequel by David Lagercrantz, is a worthy successor.

Posted inBlogs

Here are 28 books we can’t wait to read in 2015

by Tyler Daswick June 25, 2015August 18, 2021

New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones October 29, 2010August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable releases in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending December 6

by Jerome Ludwig December 10, 2009August 19, 2021

what’s hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 29

by Jerome Ludwig December 2, 2009August 19, 2021

What’s hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 22

by Jerome Ludwig November 25, 2009August 19, 2021

What’s hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 15

by Jerome Ludwig November 17, 2009August 19, 2021

What’s hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 8

by Jerome Ludwig November 10, 2009August 19, 2021

What’s hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 1

by Jerome Ludwig November 4, 2009August 19, 2021

what’s hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending October 25

by Jerome Ludwig October 29, 2009August 19, 2021

what’s been hot in local bookstores

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 20

by Jerome Ludwig September 23, 2009August 19, 2021

List courtesy of Carl Lennertz at HarperCollins, as gathered from Anderson’s Bookshop, the Book Cellar, the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, the Book Table, 57th Street Books, Lake Forest Books, Read Between the Lynes, and Women & Children First.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending September 13

by Jerome Ludwig September 16, 2009August 19, 2021

What books arehot in Chicago this week, culled from the lists of various local booksellers.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 6

by Jerome Ludwig September 9, 2009August 19, 2021

Hardcover Fiction 1. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow 2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett3. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore 4. South of Broad by Pat Conroy 5. The Women by T.C. Boyle

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