W17 Poems is a 1954 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It was Tranströmer's debut book, he had previously only been published in journals. The book was well received in the Swedish press, and praised for its formal confidence and imagination in metaphors.
WA Fucking Sunshine: A Biography of Ester Blenda Nordström is a biographical book published by Swedish journalist and author Fatima Bremmer. It won the 2017 August Prize for Non-Fiction.
WÅlevangeliet. Berättelsen om världens mest gåtfulla fisk is a 2019 book written by Swedish journalist and author Patrik Svensson. It won the 2019 August Prize for Non-Fiction.
WAllt jag inte minns is a 2015 novel by Swedish writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Main characters are Samuel, Laide, Vandad, and "The Panther". The book is a reconstruction of the last years of Samuel's life, before his death in a car crash. In the book, the author transcribed his interviews with Laide, Vandad, "The Panther" and other people who he came across, for example his grandmother's neightbour and also a nurse who assisted said grandmother. At the end of the book, the reader understands that the author chose to write this book as a way to cope with a loss of his own. It won the August Prize in 2015
WThe American Girl is a 2005 novel by author Monika Fagerholm. It won the August Prize in 2005.
WThe Black Path is a crime novel by Swedish writer Åsa Larsson, the third in the Rebecka Martinsson series. It was published in the US in 2008 in paperback by Bantam Dell, and in the UK in 2012 in hardcover by MacLehose Press.
WBaltics is a long poem by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer, published in its own volume in 1974. Its narrative is set in the Stockholm archipelago and starts from notes left by Tranströmer's grandfather, who had been a maritime pilot.
WBarabbas is a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It tells a version of the life of Barabbas, the man whom the Bible relates was released instead of Jesus. The novel is built on antithesis: Jesus dies first among the three crucified – Barabbas dies last. Jesus dies among several of his friends – Barabbas dies alone. Jesus talks to God – Barabbas talks to the darkness. The novel starts with Jesus' crucifixion and ends with Barabbas' crucifixion in Rome.
WBerömda män som varit i Sunne is a 1998 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström about Sunne. It won the August Prize in 1998.
WBlackwater is a 1993 novel by the Swedish writer Kerstin Ekman. It received the August Prize in 1993 and the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1994. It also won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award.
WDe sotarna! De sotarna! is a 1990 novel by Swedish author Lars Ahlin. It won the August Prize in 1990.
WDiwan on the Prince of Emgion is a 1965 book of poetry by the Swedish writer Gunnar Ekelöf. It received the Nordic Council Literature Prize. In the prize motivation, the jury called the work "a cycle of poems, which in the guise of interpretations of Byzantine songs and myths, finds new and personal symbols for the experiences of the divine and of suffering and love as the basic human condition." It became the first installment in a trilogy, which continued with The Tale of Fatumeh and Guide to the Underworld.
WDrömfakulteten is a 2006 novel by the Swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. The novel received the Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 2011 it was voted as the best Swedish novel from the 2000s (decade) in a poll held by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which involved one hundred Swedish critics, authors, journalists and publishers.
WThe Emperor of Lies is a 2009 novel by Swedish author Steve Sem-Sandberg. It won the August Prize in 2009.
WFor the Living and the Dead is a 1989 collection of poetry by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It received the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
WThe Great Enigma is a 2004 collection of poetry by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It consists of five poems in free format, followed by 45 haiku in eleven suites. It is one of the two collections Tranströmer has written after his 1990 stroke, and it was therefore written at a slow pace with the left hand. It was published in English in 2006.
WGregorius is a 2004 novel by Swedish author Bengt Ohlsson. It won the August Prize in 2004.
WGutenberggalaxens nova. En essäberättelse om Erasmus av Rotterdam, humanismen och 1500-talets medierevolution is a 2016 book published by Swedish essayist Nina Burton. It won the 2016 August Prize 2016 for Non-Fiction.
WKrigaren is a 2001 novel by Swedish writer Björn Ranelid.
WLivets ax is a 1991 novel by Swedish author Sven Delblanc. It won the August Prize in 1991.
WNon Serviam is a 1945 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Gunnar Ekelöf. The title comes from the Christian phrase "Non serviam", which is Latin for "I will not serve" and is attributed to Lucifer. In the poems Ekelöf criticises the contemporary political climate of Sweden; in the titular poem he describes himself as "a stranger in this land", and in the satirical poem "Till de folkhemske" he ironizes the concept of Folkhemmet.
WÆdnan is a 2018 epic poem by Swedish writer Linnea Axelsson. It won the 2018 August Prize for Fiction.
WRevbensstäderna is a 2002 poetry collection by Swedish poet Eva Ström. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2003.
WSamlade verk is a 2020 debut novel by Swedish writer Lydia Sandgren. It won the August Prize for Fiction on the same year it was published.
WThe Serious Game is a 1912 novel by Hjalmar Söderberg. It tells the story of a man and a woman who fall in love when young, and remain in love, but stay separated and marry others.
WThe Settlers is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1956. It is the third and the longest part of the series The Emigrants.
WSju ord på tunnelbanan is a 1972 poetry collection novel by Swedish poet Karl Vennberg. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1972.
WThe Sorrow Gondola is a 1996 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. The title refers to the composition La lugubre gondola by Franz Liszt. It was the first collection by Tranströmer published after his 1990 stroke. It received the August Prize.
WSvälten. Hungeråren som formade Sverige is the fourth book published by Swedish journalist and author Magnus Västerbro. It won the August Prize in 2018 for the category of Best Swedish Non-Fiction.
WSvinalängorna is the debut novel by Swedish author Susanna Alakoski, published in 2006.
WTecknens rike is a 1989 book by Swedish author and sinologist Cecilia Lindqvist about the history of Chinese language writing. It won the August Prize in 1989.