The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - Book Giveaway

Are you ready for the next blockbuster novel to hit the bookshelves? I do believe I’ve got it sitting right here. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo snagged my attention immediately. Not only is it an intense mystery with a depth of plot being compared to War and Peace (don’t worry - you won’t get lost in anything but fascination), this amazing book was originally written in Swedish. If you’ve spent much time at all on this blog, then you know I’m a sucker for foreign works. If you’re not one to pick up a translated book, Stieg Larsson is about to make a convert out of you.
In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo you’ve got a work that will rival any powerful thriller or mystery seen in recent years, if not longer. In fact, Larsson’s first novel has outsold The DaVinci Code and Harry Potter in France, and the entire trilogy (Millennium Trilogy) has been selling fast and furious throughout Europe. Its complex plot will have the most die-hard mystery fans scratching their heads, unable to outwit the author.
In the book, protagonist Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who’s recently been to jail for slander, finds himself with an offer to solve a wealthy family’s mystery - one of their own went missing over 30 years ago, and one family member is bound and determined to figure it out if it takes the last of his days. The biggest problem? Most of the suspects are members of his own twisted family. Blomkvist, with the help of social outcast Lisbeth Salander, take on the challenge in the hope of finding his own revenge in the process. What proceeds on the upcoming pages is a series of plot twists, turns, and unexpected stomach-droppers that will certainly see this book straight to the top of the Bestseller lists.
Just as fascinating is author Stieg Larsson himself. His own life sounds more like another thriller novel. Having worked for over 30 years fighting fascism and racial and religious intolerance through his journalistic work. He’s been quite a hero in his native Sweden, and across Europe as well. But shortly after presenting his trilogy of novels to his editor at the age of 50, Larsson unexpectedly died. Some call his death its own mystery due to the nature of his journalistic work. After all, he’d built up quite a list of dangerous enemies over the years. But close friends insist that Larsson’s 60-cigarette-a-day habit, along with his obsessively long work hours, certainly didn’t do anything positive for his health. Either way, a great crime writer was lost before his readers got a chance to discover him. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo wasn’t even published in time for him to see it.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (published in Sweden under the name “Män Som Hatar Kvinnor”) will be out in hardcover in America for the first time, debuting on September 16th, 2008, but I have an extra copy here for one very lucky carp(e) libris reviews reader. Enter to win by midnight, September 12, 2008, and the winner will receive the book on the big release date. How to win? Read on…
3 Ways to Win:
1.) Leave a comment telling me about your mystery reading habits. Do you like mysteries and thrillers? What’s the best you’ve read lately? Have fun with your comment! Winners are randomly chosen, but if the name drawn doesn’t respond, I choose the next winner by comment.
2.) Email subscribers are entered into this and all future giveaways, for as long as their subscription is active. Simply place your email address in the little white box at the top of my sidebar on the right. (Please make sure to verify your Feedburner subscription by responding to the email they send you. If you don’t receive it, check your junk mail. Only verified subscriptions are entered for all the giveaways.)
3.) Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to this post. Come back and leave me a Comment with a link to your blog post.
Do all three, and you’ve got three entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Friday, September 12, 2008, to enter.

1Patricia Hill
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 11:39
I like all mysteries-but I tend toward Horror and End of the World stuff. One of my favorite authors is Stephen King-not necessarily a mystery writer. I loved Duma Key
2Louise A Brouillette
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 12:17
My favorite mystery writer is Arthur Conan Doyle
3adrienne gordon
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 13:58
I’m a sucker for any im Thompson novels, also love the Neal Barret Jr. stuff
4Nancy
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 15:19
I do like mysteries and thrillers, I love trying to figure everything out a head of the characters. I read Good Blood by Aaron Elkin recently, and it was interesting although a little anitclimatic. I really just read it because we were visiting the area in Italy where it takes place.
5Gina Stratos
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 15:56
Dean Koontz is one of my favorites
gkstratos@yahoo.com
6Anne
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 16:39
My favourite author is Patricia Cornwell, (grr is it an e or an a).
I love her writiing, the mystery, the suspense, the way she describes food lol, everything!!
Thanks
7Doreen
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 17:59
I would love to get lost in her story.
8trish
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:05
I love mysteries/thrillers. I usually pick one up every third or fourth book I read, if that makes sense. Right now I’m reading Tana French’s In the Woods. It’s good, though it’s not blowing my socks off. (By the way, I’m subscribed!)
9Roxy
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:09
I loved horror mysteries as a teen, but all mysteries and thrillers are fantastic!
10Jackie B.
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:14
Please enter me for a chance to win this book. I love all thrillers and mysteries. I tend to lean towards horror too. I like lots of plot twists in my mysteries too.
11ruth
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:18
This book sounds like the ultimate adventure. I enjoy all mystery and thrillers. I finished reading Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie, her lastest mystery.I have read all of her mysteries and they are amazing. Thanks for this great giveaway.
12raych
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:31
I mostly don’t read ‘mysteries’ because then it feels like I’m cheating, but when I just need a ripping good read I like to pick one up.
13Nancy
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:34
Mysteries are my favorite books to read. I swing between reading “cozy” mysteries with quirkly and interesting characters and medical/ legal thrillers with lots of detail. I enjoy them both for different aspects of their mysteriousness! Here’s what I’ve read in the past 3 weeks. I read 6 of Tess Gerritsen’s books. I started with the fairly current The Bone Garden and then found and read 5 of her previous books: Bloodstream, The Surgeon, The Sinner, Body Double, and Vanish. Her books are somewhat more graphic in violence than I usually prefer. After those I’ve read 3 cozies: Elizabeth Bright’s Murder and Salutations, Patricia Harwin’s Slaying Is Such Sweet Sorrow, and Southern Fried by Cathy Pickens. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sounds fascinating, especially since the author died under perhaps (somewhat) mysterious circumstances!
14Barbara Baker
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:36
I actually am not picky…I like anything from autobiographys to thrillers. Right now I’m reading Sway; it’s about the inrational behavior and habbits of people.
Great giveaway!!!!
15marleen davis
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:44
Hi. Mysteries and Thrillers are usually my favorite genre although I’ve been reading very different books lately so I can’t give you an example. This one sounds fascinating however. If you select me (I hope, I hope) I’ll be in the hospital from 9/15 thru 9/19 or 20 so don’t pick someone else, I’ll check my email as soon as I get home. Thanks so much.
16Donna Badour
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:46
I love mystery and thrillers. When I am not reading a fantasy or horror novel, I have a Cornwell, Baldacci, Grafton, Stephen White, or one of many others in hand.
17Alyce
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:50
I usually like mysteries with an intellectual bent, like those of Alexander McCall Smith. Thrillers scare the dickens out of me, but sometimes that’s fun!
18Gaye McGill
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 18:55
I’m a mystery/thriller fan and love to find new authors. James Patterson, Johnathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman are three of my favorite authors. I’d love to read this book.
19mark
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 19:14
I like all kinds of books.
20Carol
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 19:22
I read all kinds of mysteries from cozies to thrillers. I like Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, Brad Meltzer, Tess Gerritsen, Harlan Coben and so many more! I would love to win this book! I always like to find new authors.
mittens0831 AT aol DOT com
21Green Yak
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 19:38
I love mystery novels! The most recent read I finished was Agatha Christie’s Pocket Full of Rye.
22Ruby
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 19:50
I enjoy just about any mystery as long as the mystery is not giv away too soon. My favs are by Rita Mae Brown, but I just finished Dead Right by Brenda Novak. I like her thrillers and suspense books.
23Christina Almond
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 20:19
I am pretty eclectic so far as what I will read–just about anything that might hold my interest! I do enjoy mysteries though but honestly haven’t read one in quite some time–I would definitely take the time to read this if I won!
24Cindi
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 20:23
You never cease to amaze me! Not only do I learn a lot from reading your post, but the books are fantastic! Agatha Christie is my favorite mystery author. Her character of Poirot is one of my favorites, other than Miss Marple. Please enter me in your translated Swedish book. I really appreciate it. Thanks, Cindi
25Cindi
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 20:23
I am one of your subscribers! Thanks, Cindi : )
26Anita Yancey
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 21:19
I love mysteries and thrillers, they are my favorites. I just finished Aphrodite by Russell Andrews, and it was very good. I am now in the process of reading Blood Memory by Greg Iies, and I can hardly put it down.
I would love to read this book too. Please enter me.
27Maja
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 21:48
I love mysteries.
28Anne L.
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 23:35
I tend to prefer female writers with strong female protagonists. I’ve been with Kinsey Millhone since “A” and can’t wait to see what happens when Sue Grafton hits “Z”. I also love Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn and Chee mysteries.
29Anne S
wrote on 9 September 2008 at 23:43
I’ve heard good things about this book and would love to read it! Thanks for the chance to win.
My reading habits tend toward mystery — Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series is my favorite — and fiction. I recently finished Steven Hall’s “The Raw Shark Texts” and HIGHLY recommend it. Fun book.
30Rita
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 0:56
Just finished five mysteries by British author Colin Cotterill, all set in Laos. Cotterill’s creation, Dr. Siri Paiboun, is the chief and only coroner in the country and his job is anything but dull. To add another dimension, at age 72, he is just discovering his abilities as a shaman. In addition to the mystery, you get a taste of culture, politics and the country. Good, fast reading.
31christopher h
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 1:14
love old mysteries, agatha et al
32Natasha
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 3:48
Oh gosh, I haven’t read a good mystery book in a long time! Since I got pregnant with my little guy (and after) I’ve been reading books on child rearing non-stop (First child, I was/am a little nervous, lol), and am just starting to have some free time to do some leisure reading - this sounds like a great place to start!
33Carolsue
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 3:51
I like mysteries and thrillers. I especially like medical thrillers.
34Carla
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 5:12
I love mysteries, especially crime ones.
35Carol Lawrence
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 5:15
I love Mysteries and that’s about all that I read. Today there are so many more female writers which I enjoy.
36Michele
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 5:40
I actually really enjoy mystery/suspense types of novels. I love a book that keeps me guessing all the way to the end. One of my earliest memories of reading a book like that was when I was in high school and was reading “Where Are The Children” or “Have You Checked The Children.” I can’t remember the title exactly, but I remember that I wouldn’t even stop reading to eat dinner because I HAD to finish the book and know what how it was going to end! I NEVER missed dinner before this unless I was sick…LOL!!!
Most recently I’ve read a young adult suspense type of genre called The Giver. It was really good and led to me reading all three in the series within two days.
I also really like to read the medical thrillers and the legal thrillers.
Thanks so much!!
Michele R.(CA)
luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com
37Sarah Dawson
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 5:52
I’m actually not a fan of mysteries…
38Theresa N
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 6:09
I love mysteries and I’m always disappointed the movies never do a mystery book justice. Presently I’m reading Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson and loving it, she’s a very good story teller. I also like cozy mysteries and one of my favorite author’s is Diana Killian.
39Susan
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 7:52
I mostly read mysteries these days. Sometimes a thriller sneaks into my bag at the library.
Off topic - I would love to read the current giveaway book in the original Swedish but just reading a book set in Sweden would make me happy!
40Susan C
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 9:04
I really like Jonathan Kellerman’s books.His character Alex Delaware is such an interesting detective!Mary Higgins Clark is a favorite too-I can read her books in an afternoon.
41Rose
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 9:52
Count me in!
42Emily B
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 9:59
I love mysteries… Favourite authors include, but are not limited to, Elizabeth George, John Sandford, John Harvey, Ian Rankin, Jeffrey Deaver, Ruth Rendell, Peter Robinson, Minette Walters, Lee Child, oh gosh, this list could go on and on.
The best two books I’ve read lately are Sandford’s Mortal Prey, and Child’s Nothing To Lose.
I also just finished reading Peter Hoeg’s Borderliners, which is also a translated novel (from Danish), pretty decent. I have read a couple of Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason’s translated detective novels and they’re pretty good! My all-time favourite for foreign-language novelists, though, has to be Haruki Murakami.
43Amy
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 11:21
Copy of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson sounds like an amazing read. I can’t wait to read this.
Great contest and blog!
Thank you…
44Zoly
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 12:59
I like all kinds ofmysteries and thrillers although I’m not crazy about Science Fiction. I also like most authors because they each have something different to offer.
45Angela J
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 13:22
Haven’t read any recently that were memorable, would like to try with this one.
46valerie
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 13:22
Love mysteries and thrillers - currently reading Dean Koontz’s Watchers….again.
47Clifton Wade
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 13:31
My disabled wife of more than 38 years just LOVES reading.
THanks for this great contest and prize!
48Sara B.
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 13:42
I just went through a rash of Sherlock Holmes stories again…sometimes ya just have to go with the classics.
49Tammy
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 14:25
I love mysteries from Stephen King to Sherlock Homes!
50sandy
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 15:21
looks great…and love mysteries
51Kasey P
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 16:08
I love mysteries and thrillers. My girlfriend and I share books back and forth. What I’m reading now is not a new book, but it’s a medical thriller and very good. The name of it is Isolation Ward and the author is Joshua Spanogle.
52Alyce
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 16:15
I blogged about it here:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-giveaways_10.html
53vicky boackle
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 18:24
this sounds very good.
54Maggie Jorge
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 20:28
looks great…I love mysteries
55Reg Keeland
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 21:26
The translator votes for contestant #31 as the most likely to enjoy this book. Happy reading, whoever wins it — Reg Keeland
56Christine Messer
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 21:55
I am a mystery buff, one of my favorite places to learn of new Authors is Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
I have been reading it since 1970.
Thank you for the contest!
57Janet L Hale
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 22:40
I love the DaVinci Code type books. The twists and turns capture make me a captive reader!
58Carrie K.
wrote on 10 September 2008 at 23:54
I like reading mysteries, but I have to be in the right mood. I love P.D. James’ Dalgiesh mysteries, and I recently listened to An Unfortunate Job for a Woman, the first in her Cordelia Grey series, on audiobook - it was very good.
I also like John Dunning’s Bookman mysteries, and Sue Grafton’s alphabet series.
59Elizabeth M.
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 4:15
I like mysteries and thrillers although I tend to gravitate toward thrillers. I just read “Heartsick” by Chelsea Caine and absolutely loved it. It’s a psychological thriller and I read through it so fast because I liked it so well that I was mad when it was over. However, I think there is another followup book out soon!
60Sharon Jones
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 5:51
LOVE a great mystery…read them when I have some ‘mommy down time’…great escape.THANKS
61Kathy Conley
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 10:56
I love thrillers and the best one I have read lately was Silent Thunder by Iris Johannsen
62Barbara Fox
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 12:58
Wow! This sounds great!
63Alice Hansen
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 12:59
I do like mystery books - the last one I read was The Westing Game, which is for kids but is actually really great even for adults. Thanks for the chance!
64nancy
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 13:32
I love mystery books and I think it all began with the Nancy Drew series when I was a child!
65Vicki Wurgler
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 15:39
i do read mysteries and thrillers-I love reading Stephen King and Dean Koontz. the last book I read was one I borrowed from a friend-The Taking by Koontz
66Popin
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 16:13
I love mysteries and thrillers. The last thriller I read a psychological thriller by Natsuo Kirino called The Real World. And the last mystery was In the Woods by Tana French.
I’ve also left a link of this at my blog, it’s off to the side under Giveaway List.
Thanks
~ Popin
67S
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 17:33
The last mystery I read was the Historian - but you could also call it horror or literary or a few other genres - which is just the way I like books to be.
68Manon
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 19:27
Thrillers are my favorite books to read.
69Megan
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 20:42
I like fun mysteries like Evonovich’s Plum series.
70Jan Evans
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 21:47
I like mysteries,agatha christie,pd james,cornwell..thx
71Francine Anchondo
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 22:35
I love mystery and true crime stories right now I am reading john grisham the appeal.
72Tammy Lucier
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 22:57
I typically stick to Koontz and King but I’m due for a change of pace!
73Amanda Caruthers
wrote on 11 September 2008 at 23:27
I love thriller/suspense books!
I love Mary Higgins Clark and Patricia Cornwell.
74Sand
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 0:13
Sounds like a fascinating book! I love mysteries but haven’t come across a good one in a long time!
75Jeanne
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 2:43
I love mysteries and thrillers. Any Stephen King book is my favorite. The thing, Cujo, etc.
76Laurie
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 3:41
I’m into suspense, mysteries and thrillers like Dean Koontz, John Saul, Stephen King. I love those unexpected twists that keep you guessing and can’t put the book down until you finish to find out the ending!
77Jason Fiske
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 6:53
I love to read mysteries and thrillers set during World War 2. A time that our country was so patriotic and our grandfathers fighting to keep freedom for us.
78bridget
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 9:12
I just put this book on my list for the library(I know it won’t be there for a while). I love thrillers and my favorites are the series by Preston/Child. These are the books that I get really excited about.
79kathy pease
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 11:25
i love mystery books i dont read as much as i like to but im going to start making more time
80Peggy Gorman
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 11:44
A good read ,a good mystery,count me in
81flared0ne
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 12:09
I prefer mysteries with a science-fiction component to them — which of course forces the ‘unreality’ component to be fairly well done, otherwise the ‘mystery’ aspect gets overwhelmed by the ‘deus ex machina’ aspect… NOT fair saying “we solved it by whipping out our tricorder and analyzing nano-particulates left by the culprit” or some such — THAT is just as bad as saying “And then a miracle occurred…”
82Michelle Y
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 16:35
I do love mysteries, but don’t have any favorite author per se. The last book I read was My sister’s keeper, which though not a mystery, was a very good (but sad) book! I like books that also raise moral issues in politics, medicine, etc…
83Jacqueline in Atlanta
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 17:07
Sounds like a great book. I love mysteries and thrillers (and romances). In fact, if I am not careful, I can get stuck in a rut and read nothing else.
I just finished The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency which was so different from what I thot it would be, but was highly entertaining and I enjoyed the setting in Africa.
I read The Dante Club recently, which was a fascinating book, with a disappointing ending.
Would love to read this one!
Thanks for having the giveaway!
84Marilyn
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 17:08
I love mysteries and thrillers
85Ed Nemmers
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 17:45
I recently enjoyed Harlan Coben’s “Tell No One”.
86jeni larson
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 18:04
Your description of this book really intrigues me!
Plus the author and i have the same last name(me minus an “s”)
I also subscribed to your blog via email.
thanks
87christa marteny
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 18:47
my new childrens mystery author for teaching is carole marsh
88Leigh Nichols
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 19:04
Horror and Mysteries are my fave reads- I love nothing more than to curl up with a good book and shut the world out
89Buddy Garrett
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 22:20
I love Mysteries and Thrillers. I recently read Carl Broojins’ The Case of the Deceiving Don.
90sonny
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 22:34
I love this book, i already have it…
in swedish…
i would love to win this one so my fiance could read it too
91Janet
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 22:36
Dean Koontz is one of my favorites!
92Pamela White
wrote on 12 September 2008 at 22:53
I love mysteries, usually forensic drama but I then like the classic Agatha Christie.
93Mary @ Adventures in Mommyland
wrote on 13 September 2008 at 15:57
I don’t really read alot of mysteries/thrillers, but would like to have a chance to read them more often. Great giveaway, thanks!
94teresa
wrote on 14 September 2008 at 3:55
This book sounds like a fascinating read…and this Stephen King fan, thanks you for the chance to explore the world of Stieg Larsson.
95Emily B
wrote on 1 October 2008 at 11:05
I was the lucky winner… Thank you so much for the copy of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It’s sitting on my bedside table, I am looking forward to starting it tonight!
96Taylor McAnally
wrote on 2 October 2008 at 12:13
Ok, I must be honest. Anything with the name tattoo grabs my attention as I am a proud owner of four. Well, one is so small the artist I have do my work said I have 3 1/2 but the smaller one hurt the worst and is for sure number 4. Count me in for giving this book a try. Thanks. And love the new look, but where are the fish? Just kidding.
97Roel English
wrote on 12 November 2008 at 21:43
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