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About Jo Nesbø

Jon "Jo" Nesbø (Norwegian: [ˈjuː ˈnɛ̀sbøː]; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author to date. He first came to prominence as a musician with country-pop band Di Derre.

His first novel, The Bat, was published in 1997 and was awarded the Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime novel, and the Glass Key prize for best Nordic crime novel. After 1998 he concentrated on writing, continuing the internationally successful crime novel series about inspector Harry Hole, collecting several awards nationally and internationally. In 2007 he released his first children's book, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, which also was hugely successful.

Headhunters, the first film to be based on a Nesbø novel, was released in 2011. Since then several films and TV series have been based on his books, both the crime novels and the children's books, often with Nesbø himself as script writer.

Jo Nesbø writes about Fiction, Norway, fiction, Harry Hole (Fictitious character), Police, Norway, and Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural. Their best-known work is Sorgenfri.

On FindMyTBR we track 73 books by Jo Nesbø, 59 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including Blood on Snow. Das Versteck (Blood on Snow 2), Blutmond (Ein Harry-Hole-Krimi 13), and Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas? - Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder Book 5 (Unabridged). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.