Nordic Book Club, February 2026

Join us in February as we read The Sisters by acclaimed Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri. The Sisters has been listed by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2025, and Khemiri's first work written first in English.

From the publisher (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux):

Meet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian carpet seller, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, a shape-shifting presence, quick to anger. Ina meets her future husband when she’s dragged to a New Year’s rave by her sisters, only to suffer the ultimate betrayal. Evelyn drifts through life before embarking on a wild career as an actress. And Anastasia runs off to Tunisia, where she falls in love with a woman who, years…