Books like Italienska skor by Henning Mankell

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece examines the glittering yet hollow glamour of the Roaring Twenties as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby pursues love, wealth, and identity across the social divide.

Tolstoy’s satirical novella follows judge Ivan Ilyich, whose high social standing and strained marriage crumble when illness forces him to confront the hollowness of his life.

A love story set in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, where Anne Elliot finds herself amidst the Regency era as her sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, leading to an unexpected reunion with Captain Frederick Wentworth and the return of her beloved.

Kommissarie Kurt Wallander jagar en hänsynslös mördare i Skåne där ett äldre bondepar blir slagit till döds, följt av en förlegad affär med flyktingförläggningen.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

A coming‑of‑age narrative set in 19th‑century England, following young David Copperfield as he navigates orphanhood, hardship and society’s social hierarchies.

A debut medical thriller by Michael Crichton, written under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson, that marries diagnostic intrigue with surgical drama and won the Edgar Award in 1969.

Lin Kong, a devoted doctor, wrestles with love for the modern Manna Wu while bound to a rural wife chosen by his family, navigating tradition, divorce, and Party scrutiny over seventeen years.

Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom and loneliness, marries into the closed Irish village of her childhood, where her children are not her own and her husband struggles with his police duties.

Victory follows Axel Heyst, a restless drifter who isolates himself on a remote Malay Archipelago island. When his coal venture fails, he rescues a young English girl, Lena, and their complex love confronts his detachment.

Three women reunite for a summer at a Wyoming ranch, where long‑hidden pains and truths surface, leading them toward healing and renewed friendship.

An anesthesiologist accused of malpractice must chase a conspiracy after a tragic childbirth, racing against time to clear his name and uncover the truth.

A young woman's quest for love and reconciliation after her husband's death in a French plantation setting in the 1870s.

A fast paced international thriller - sure to delight fans starved of WallanderWhen archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place.Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through his bundles of papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK's brain disappeared prior to the autopsy – along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik's girlfriend in Mozambique.Louise's quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son's death takes her to Africa; a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption. Struggling to cope with sickness and the oppressive heat, Louise sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the patients at the clinics set up by an American businessman. In Kennedy's Brain Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller which will have readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.