The Redbreast
- Published
- 1 January 2000
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9780061133992
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Redbreast (2000) is the book that made Jo Nesbø an international name, the third Harry Hole novel and, for years, many English-language readers' accidental starting point since the first two books weren't translated until over a decade later. It runs 448 pages.
Key facts about The Redbreast
The Redbreast is a novel by Jo Nesbø. Readers have had it since 1 January 2000. It runs to 448 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Redbreast. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780061133992 to find the main one.
The Redbreast is book 3 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 Redbreast is book 3 in the Harry Hole series. It follows Cockroaches. It is followed by Nemesis. 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 9780061133992