The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and 15 million copies altogether, in the United States. Wiley published a collection of essays, edited by Eric Bronson, titled "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy" (2011). The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in ; in English: Men Who Hate Women) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), which was published posthumously in 2005 to become an international bestseller. It is the first book of the "Millennium" series. Larsson spoke of an incident which he said occurred when he was 15: he stood by
The Girl Who Played with Fire Nils Bjurman, Palmgren's replacement, continues to nurture a growing hatred for his ward after the events of "Dragon Tattoo". His fury has caused him to diminish his practice down to a single client (Salander) and focus his attention on capturing her and destroying the film she made of him raping her. He scrutinizes Salander's medical records, and thus identifies an incident named "All the Evil" as well as a person from her past as his strongest ally. In the meantime, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of "Millennium" magazine, has lost contact with Salander, who has refused even to open his letters.