Reading order
Karlsson-on-the-Roof reading order
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1955–1968
- Published
- Completed
- Status
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Publication order
3 volumes1955–1968Completed
- Three short books, read in any order — Karlsson arrives through the window, causes chaos, flies off, and nothing carries over except that Lillebror keeps letting him back in.
- Start with the first if you like, but the second and third are the same shape.
- Worth knowing: this is the Lindgren everyone in Eastern Europe grew up with and almost nobody in the English-speaking world has read; the Soviet cartoon made Karlsson a household name from Warsaw to Vladivostok, and the books are sharper and much less sweet than the film.
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Frequently asked questions
What should I read after Karlsson-on-the-Roof?
Other series by Astrid Lindgren: The Six Bullerby Children, Emil from Lönneberga, Children's Everywhere.
