The Leopard
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- Pages
- 720
- ISBN-13
- 9780307743183
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Leopard (2009) is the longest Harry Hole novel at 720 pages, published as the series' scope kept expanding beyond Oslo -- Nesbø moved these later books out to cities like Bangkok, Hong Kong and Sydney. It's the eighth entry in the series.
Key facts about The Leopard
The Leopard is a novel by Jo Nesbø. Readers have had it since 1 January 2009. It runs to 720 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Leopard. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780307743183 to find the main one.
The Leopard is book 8 of 14 in the Harry Hole series. The series has 14 published books. However, the series starts with The Bat (1997). 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 Leopard is book 8 in the Harry Hole series. It follows The Snowman. It is followed by Phantom. 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 9780307743183