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This is the home page of the Finnish author Joonas Konstig.

My books:

Rooma (Rome). Novel 2025-.
Hyvät naiset & herrat (Ladies & gentlemen), 2023. A practical guide to proper manners, style and character.
Sotaan syyllinen (Guilty of war), 2022. Third independent thriller about post-war Finland of 1945.
Viimeinen kaatunut (Last to fall), 2021. Second independent book about post-war Finland of 1945.
Vaaran vuodet (The Danger Years), WSOY 2020. A thriller about the post-war Finland of 1945.
Vuosi herrasmiehenä (Year as a Gentleman), WSOY 2017. Autofiction where I learn what it means to be a gentleman and strive to become one.
Pyhä ruoka (Sacred Food) Kosmos 2016. Nonfiction book about why we are so confused about food nowadays.
Perkele (Gummerus 2015). A novel about heavy metal, love and death & the 21st century.
Totuus naisista (The Truth About Women) Novel, Gummerus 2013.
Kaikki on sanottu (All Is Said). Novel, Gummerus 2011.
Ahneet ja viattomat (The Greedy And The Innocent). Short story collection, Gummerus 2008.

Some translations:

Sallijaskond versus väärtuskonservatiivid (Mitä mieltä Suomessa saa olla) eesti keel (Kulle Raig) Kirjastus K&K, 2017
Short story The Right Place (Sopiva paikka) in English in Words Without Borders August 2014 issue, A New North – Contemporary Writing from Finland: online here.

Short story Rådjurens himmel (Kauriiden taivas) in Swedish / på svenska: Finland berättar: Rådjurens himmel. Tjugofyra noveller. (Stockholm: Tranan 2013)
Short story Die Weidenkätzchen (Pajunkissat) un German / auf Deutsch in Junge Literatur in Europa 2009 (Greifswald: Hans Werner Richter-Stiftung, 2010)
Short story Der Neue (Uusi kaveri) in German / auf Deutsch in Nachtlandschaften (Berlin: Saxa Verlag 2009)

Short story Rövaren in English, Japanese and Chinese: magazine Welcome to Finland, summer 2009.

Contact me: konstigblog(a)gmail.com

Joonas Konstig