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Jonas Jonasson

Born

in Växjö, Sweden

July 06, 1961

Website

http://www.jonasjonasson.com

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After a long career as a journalist, media consultant and television producer, Jonas Jonasson decided to start a new life. He wrote a manuscript, he sold all his possessions in Sweden and moved to a small town by Lake Lugano in Switzerland, only a few meters from the Italian border.

The manuscript became a novel. The novel became a phenomenon in Sweden, and now it is about to reach the rest of the world.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 392,990 ratings · 39,294 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 281,762 ratings — published 2009 — 255 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden 3.78 avg rating — 58,129 ratings — published 2013 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #2) by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 18,271 ratings — published 2018 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All 3.41 avg rating — 19,686 ratings — published 2015 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. 3.80 avg rating — 9,676 ratings — published 2020 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 5,085 ratings — published 2022 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wie die Schweden das Träumen erfanden by Jonas Jonasson, Astrid Arz (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 144 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'assassin qui rêvait d'une place au paradis - Extrait 3.36 avg rating — 111 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonas Jonasson Collection 3 Books Bundle 4.42 avg rating — 48 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Algot, Anna Stina och det välsignade brännvinet 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Hundred-Year-Old Man (2 books)
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“Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

tags: life-lessons

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“People could behave how they liked, but Allan considered that in general it was quite unnecessary to be grumpy if you had the chance not to.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

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“Never try to out-drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

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