Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2005)

40 years ago, Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, vanished without a trace. Mikael Blomkvist is hired to get to the bottom of things with the help of Lisbeth Salander, a 24-year-old pierced and tattooed supergenius hacker. The unlikely duo discovers unbelievable corruption within the upper echelon of Swedish industrialism.

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