The Bat
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 369
- ISBN-13
- 9780345807090
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Bat (1997) opens the Harry Hole series and, along with its sequel Cockroaches, sets up the Oslo detective's formative early case abroad -- though English-language readers didn't get it until a 2012 translation, more than a decade after The Redbreast made Jo Nesbø internationally famous. It runs 369 pages.
Key facts about The Bat
The Bat is a novel by Jo Nesbø. Readers have had it since 1 January 1997. It runs to 369 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Bat. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345807090 to find the main one.
The Bat is book 1 of 14 in the Harry Hole series. The series has 14 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Kill Shot is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 5 November 2026.
Additionally, Jo Nesbø writes Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and middle-grade comedy shelves. Meanwhile, Kill Shot is the latest published Jo Nesbø book on file, from 5 November 2026.
About Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian author who worked as a stockbroker and fronted the popular rock band Di Derre before turning to crime writing with The Bat in 1997, the first of what became the Harry Hole series. See every Jo Nesbø book in order.
Its place in Harry Hole
The Bat is book 1 in the Harry Hole series. It is followed by Cockroaches. See the full Harry Hole reading order.
Harry Hole is an Oslo homicide detective whose brilliance as an investigator is matched only by his talent for wrecking everything around him — alcoholism, dead partners, burned bridges with his own police force — across Jo Nesbø's brutal, internationally bestselling Nordic noir series. Each book is a genuine whodunit built around an elaborate, often serial-killer-driven plot, but the real engine is Harry himself: a man who solves cases through obsession and self-destruction in roughly equal measure, and whose…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781846551451
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345807090