Books

I love books. I love reading them and I love writing 'em.

I've written, or contributed to, four books:

Skriv så det känns (2026)
The Inner Scorecard (2019)
The Awesome Adventures of Olle and Lou (2019)
Listening to Sophie (2008)

Here are the books I've read so far, listed by year.

Some books I've read, re-read and poured my hearts over. A fem of them are so life-changing that I like to re-visit them every now and then.

Other books I've skimmed through, perhaps even given up after half the book or so, once I've gotten what I wanted from the book. I've added these here too for reference.

Although this isn't a definitive list, it's an attempt to jot down the books that have influenced me, my life and my work.

Hope you find something that sparks your interest. Remember to always follow your curiosity. Reading is a fun adventure. Enjoy!

For more specific book recommendations, check out the tag book recommendations on the blog.

Books read 2026

12 verktyg i KBT: Från teori till färdighet by Steven James Linton and Ida Flink
ACT helt enkelt by Russ Harris
Den yttersta hemligheten by Dan Brown
Främlingen by Albert Camus
De fenomenala fruntimren på Grand Hôtel by Ruth Kvarnström-Jones
Vykort från en bortglömd prins by Kristina Appelqvist
Fåglarna by Tarjei Vesaas
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Tranorna flyger söderut by Lisa Ridzén

Books read 2025

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
No och jag by Delphine de Vigan
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Writing Journal for Creative Souls by Suleika Jaouad
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Ultimate Psychologist Adult Coloring Book by Abhirami Summer
Triss i vårkänslor by Joakim Hedin
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Beteendeaktivering vid depression by Christopher R. Martell et al.
Emotionell bearbetning vid PTSD by Edna Foa et al.
Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders: A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual, 6th Edition by David H. Barlow, V. Mark Durand, and Stefan G. Hofmann
Mini DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association

Books read 2024

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
All Fours by Miranda July
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, Book 1) by Jussi Adler-Olsen
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Psykosocial arbetsmiljö: Begrepp, bedömning och utveckling by Mats Eklöf
OBM i praktiken: Förändra beteenden och nå resultat i organisationer by Rolf Olofsson and Kenneth Nilsson
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
Brus: Det osynliga felet som stör våra bedömningar – och vad du kan göra åt det by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein

Books read 2023

Kognitiv neurovetenskap by Lars Nyberg
KBT ur ett barnperspektiv by Anna Rosengren
Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed
Stuck? Diagrams Help by Abby Covert
How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert
Carrie by Stephen King
Tokstormen by Henrik Söder
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Vägen till 2.0 by Malin Blom
Psykiatri by Jörgen Herlofson et al.
Psykologisk utredning och utlåtandeskrivning by Åsa Eriksson and Liselotte Maurex
Det kognitiva samtalet i vården by Giacomo D’Elia
The Actual by Inua Ellams
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Unknown Unknown by Mark Forsyth
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Idrottsglädje. Prestation. Utveckling. by Olle Wadström and Daniel Ekvall
Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant
How to Live: 27 Conflicting Answers and One Weird Conclusion by Derek Sivers
Röda korset by Sasa Filipenko
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships by Randy J. Paterson
Den orättvisa hälsan: Om socioekonomiska skillnader i hälsa och livslängd by Mikael Rostila and Susanna Toivanen

Books read 2022

Child Development by Laura E. Berk
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Behavioral Genetics by Robert Plomin
Psychometrics: An Introduction by R. Michael Furr
Hjärnan är stjärnan: Om minnet, intelligens och personlighet by Kajsa Nordengren
Learning Statistics with jamovi by Danielle J. Navarro and David R. Foxcroft
Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience by Dale Purves
Samtalsfärdigheter: Stöd, vägledning, ledarskap by Erik Rautalinko
Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction by Douglas T. Kenrick, Robert B. Cialdini, and Steven L. Neuberg
Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind by Daniel Reisberg
The Six-Figure Copywriter by Jon Morrow, Kevin J. Duncan, Barbara Sturm, and Pat Blakely
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Allt ingen sa by Richard Magyar
Hindret är vägen (original title: The Obstacle Is the Way) by Ryan Holiday
Depphjärnan: Varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra? by Anders Hansen
Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action by Clara E. Hill
Statistik för beteendevetare by Joakim Westerlund and Elisabet Borg
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Dune by Frank Herbert

Books read 2021

Vem är du? Den moderna forskningen om Big Five by Petra Kajonius and Anna Dåderman
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Galaxies and Oceans by N. R. Walker, read by Joel Leslie
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eva Eger
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal
Elastic Habits: How to Create Smarter Habits That Adapt to Your Day by Stephen Guise
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel
Återhämtningsguiden by Niclas Almén
Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals by Heidi Grant Halvorson
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking by Sönke Ahrens

Books read 2020

Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done by Charlie Gilkey
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else by Daniel Coyle
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals by Tyler Cowen
Skandiamannen: Den osannolika mördaren by Thomas Pettersson, read by Per Runhammar
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
Ålevangeliet: Berättelsen om världens mest gåtfulla fisk by Patrik Svensson
The Truce by Primo Levi
If This Is a Man by Primo Levi
Leonardo da Vinci: A Biography by Walter Isaacson, read by Alfred Molina
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan
A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy
The Great Mental Models: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology by Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien
Attention!: The Power of Simple Decisions in a Distracted World by Rob Hatch
The Art of Pre-Sell by Sean D’Souza
Dartboard Pricing by Sean D’Souza
The Brain Audit by Sean D’Souza

Books read 2019

Ett jävla solsken: En biografi om Ester Blenda Nordström by Fatima Bremmer, read by Marie Richardson
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Your Best Year Ever: A Proven Method for Making the Next 12 Months the Most Successful Ever by Michael Hyatt
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, About Living a Compassionate Life by David Foster Wallace
The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation by Hannah Fry
Proud: My Autobiography by Gareth Thomas, read by Matthew Gravelle
How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Talen: Vetenskapens språk by Tobias Dantzig
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday
Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire’s Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire by Ryan Holiday
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows
När: Vetenskapen om perfekt tajming by Daniel H. Pink
Some Thoughts About Relationships by Colin Wright
Skärmhjärnan: Hur en hjärna i osynk med sin tid kan göra oss stressade, deprimerade och ångestfyllda by Anders Hansen
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
Meningen med livet: En fotobok by Bradley Trevor Greive
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
Kommer du tycka om mig nu? by Lina Axelsson Kihlblom
Siddhartha: A Novel by Hermann Hesse
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story by Ursula K. Le Guin

Books read 2018

1793: En roman by Niklas Natt och Dag
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
Omgiven av idioter: Hur man förstår dem som inte går att förstå by Thomas Erikson
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Begynnelse (original title: Origin) by Dan Brown
El sueño de Berlín by Ana Alonso and Javier Pelegrín
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Hjärnstark: Hur motion och träning stärker din hjärna by Anders Hansen
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
The Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Vägra följa John: Hjärtats intelligens – hela vägen till hälsa, framgång och lycka by Anneli Påmark and Carl Österberg
Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life by Jessica Abel
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Master Content Marketing by Pamela Wilson
Predictable Success by Les McKeown
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt

Books read 2017

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
Konsten att städa by Marie Kondo
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
Mastery by Robert Greene
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being by Brian Little
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Den odödliga Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, foreword by Abraham Verghese
Att tänka, snabbt och långsamt by Daniel Kahneman
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris
Två världar möts: Att leva med Aspergers syndrom by Andreas Brunnström
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
Alltid på väg by Oliver Sacks
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Books read 2016

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Livet måste ha mening by Viktor E. Frankl
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin Seligman
The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs, and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe by Tom Asacker
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver by Robert Biswas-Diener
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert B. Cialdini

Books read 2015

No records, maybe I skipped this year 😂

Books read 2014

Buzan’s Study Skills by Tony Buzan
Ro utan åror by Ulla-Carin Lindquist
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

First books read, special mention

Den stora geografiboken by Simon Adams (1997)
This big geography book opened up the world for me in a BIG way. I loved going through the flags, the capitals, and learn fun facts about different countries. When I was 10, I pointed at Australia on the map. Nine years later, I packed my bags to live and study there.
Pelle Svanslös by Gösta Knutsson
This was the first book I ever read. I was in the first grade (around 1997-1998?) and I remembered enjoying the story about the cats so much. This was where my book adventure and thirst for books began. ❤️

Harry Potter books

The Harry Potter books have a special place in my heart. I couldn't wait for the Swedish translation so I started reading them in English. I even stood outside the Sci-Fi store, all dressed up and eagerly awaiting the next release.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the first full-on novel that I read in English. I had to look up every other word, but it was worth it. I was caught by the magic of words and a different language. It helped me enter the English-speaking world, and I haven't looked back since.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och de vises sten by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och Hemligheternas kammare by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och fången från Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och den flammande bägaren by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och Fenixorden by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och Halvblodsprinsen by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter och Dödsrelikerna by J. K. Rowling