Lola Akinmade Åkerström Books in Order

Travel writer and photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström gathers observations, reflections and images from journeys across cultures and continents. The collection brings together her personal encounters with places and people through the complementary perspectives of writing and photography.

Drawing on life in Sweden, Åkerström explores lagom, an approach to living based on moderation and contentment. Photographs and practical reflections consider how balance can inform work, relationships, spending, home life and everyday choices.

A marketing executive, a former model and a refugee build new lives in Stockholm, each connected to an influential businessman. Their different circumstances reveal the pressures of race, class and belonging beneath Sweden's reputation for equality.

Kemi weighs romance against her career, Brittany considers leaving a wealthy marriage, and Yasmiin struggles to move beyond her past. Their intertwined lives expose the compromises three Black women face while pursuing freedom and belonging in Sweden.

Nancy leaves Gambia for a Swedish scholarship and becomes involved with a charismatic scholar whose charm conceals danger. Decades later, her pop-star daughter searches for her own identity while confronting the family history Nancy has tried to protect.

Wealthy heir Johan von Lundin longs to be understood beyond the privilege that defines him. From an elite British boarding school through three decades of adulthood, desire and an enduring obsession shape the man he becomes.

After growing up amid domestic turmoil, Ragnar vows never to appear weak. Over three decades, that determination hardens into a privileged man's pursuit of pleasure and control, forcing questions about the person he has become.