Judas
Original title: Judas
Author: Amanda Romare
Original publisher: Natur och Kultur (senior publ Richard Herold)
Published: Jan 2026
Genre: Fiction

#1 best-selling novel in Sweden

Amanda Romare returns with a razor-sharp, darkly funny, and disarmingly honest novel in diary form.

The breakout novel (+100 000 copies sold), Half of Malmö Is Made Up of Guys Who Dumped Me, became one of the most talked-about titles of 2021 and later a Netflix series reaching an audience of over a million viewers.

The follow-up, Judas, is a psychologically intense relationship novel, operating at the intersection of literary fiction and contemporary noir. With sharp humour and uncompromising emotional precision, Romare explores love, dependency, and moral ambiguity in intimate relationships.

Amanda finally found her boyfriend. They are in love and have even moved in together. Everything should be perfect. But doubt is never far away — especially when ghosts from the past move in next door, their sex life begins to fade, and her boyfriend accuses her of trying to control both his weight and his state of mind.

After twelve years spent searching for love, Amanda is increasingly forced to confront an uncomfortable realization: the girlfriend persona she once imagined as charming and desirable now appears, more and more, as something else entirely — a controlling, obsessive dictator.

Judas is a sharply observed and darkly humorous relationship novel, balancing just above the emotional abyss. In diary form, Amanda Romare chronicles the struggle to preserve both love and sanity on the far side of singlehood.

Praise for Judas:

“A boundless yet liberating relationship novel.” 
— Borås Tidning 


“With a humorous tone, Romare presents a raw and honest portrayal.” 
— BTJ (4/5) 


“Brilliant on betrayal and doubt — refreshing in an era where imperfect characters are often dismissed.” 
— Upsala Nya Tidning