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Books by Astrid Lindgren

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The Brothers Lionheart

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1973 · read 2001-11-01
★★★★★
There's nothing I don't love about this book. It drew me in and swallowed me whole, back in the day. I re-read it so much that I can still tell you which page I used to skip because it was too scary for me. The illustrations are gorgeous, t
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Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1981 · read 2001-12-01
★★★★★
Ronja has had more of an influence on me at the time than most other books. Its effect is lesser now, but that's because it was honestly perfect for me at the time. The strong Ronja, with her wildness and her tenderness and her strength, di
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Märchen

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1989 · read 2007-05-01
★★★★★
Lindgren is best known for her books for children: They are beautiful, sometimes hauntingly so. They are deep and won't seem cheap after you grow up. They are always grounded in reality, and everybody talks and acts like a real person.
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Mio, My Son

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1954 · read 2001-02-01
★★★★★
Mio, my Mio. A book for children, with heart-breaking beauty. The beauty is in how it uses fairytale and lyrical resonance to spin a story that is both familiar and strange. It meant a lot to me: The unhappy boy who runs away from home, onl
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Kalle Blomquist

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1946 · read 1998-09-01
★★★★★
My first, own, serious book! Serious in that it was long, and the book I got for my first day at school. Despite its length – it's a collection of three individual books – I got through it within the first week of school.
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Emil in the Soup Tureen

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1963 · read 2001-04-01
★★★★☆
Adorable book for kids. Emil is wonderful, as is everybody else. As usual, Astrid Lindgren doesn't flinch away from real life, so Emil is for instance regularly locked away because his parents don't know how to deal with him.
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Immer dieser Michel

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1963 · read 2001-12-01
★★★★☆
Michel is delightful and sweet and a prankster and a rascal. He's never malicious, but always in the thick of it. I liked him a lot, and have always been impressed how much Lindgren can make me feel like I too live on a farm in the middle o
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Pippi Langstrumpf

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1945 · read 2001-11-01
★★★★☆
Joyful is what this book is. Thoroughly joyful, and I'd love to blame it for my anarchist tendencies (but that would probably be unfair).
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Tomte Tummetott

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1960 · read 2004-01-01
★★★★☆
Pure wholesomeness: Tomte Tumtetott is a spirit(-ish) who lives on the farm, and only comes out at night. He talks to the animals (who understand him) and to the sleeping plants and people. He is kind to everybody and has a good word in eve
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Madita

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1960 · last read 2021-01-12
★★★☆☆
Madita is a somewhat less intense Pippi: she has a younger sister and is up to all sorts of ridiculous nonsense, but doesn't go to society-breaking extremes. Well, usually.
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Lotta on Troublemaker Street

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1958 · read 2003-06-01
★★★☆☆
Lotta and her siblings are some of Lindgren's most adorable characters. Her teddy (which looks suspiciously like a pig, but don't tell her!), her siblings, their games, their whole family – it's all lovely without being overly sweet. Lotta
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Pippi in the South Seas

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1948 · read 1999-07-01
★★☆☆☆
While I generally love everything Astrid Lindgren has written, the Pippi books rank lowest among her books for me. Pippi (Pippilotta Viktualia Rollgardina Pfefferminz Efraimstochter Langstrumpf) is strong and wild, has a horse and a monkey