Books from Iceland
48 popular icelandic books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Iceland.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Independent People by Halldór Laxness EN
Description:
The great Icelandic novel by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Halldór Laxness 'There are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more: it is the book of your life' New York Review of Books First published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family, will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. As sh... continue
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Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason EN
Description:
An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. A cryptic note and a photograph of a young girl's grave are left behind. DID THE DEAD MAN'S PAST COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM? Inspector Erlendur discovers that several decades ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of an unsolved crime. As he follows a fascinating trail of strange forensic evidence, Inspector Erlendur uncovers secrets that are much larger than the murder of one man - dark secrets that have been carefully guarded for many, many years... 'A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery... continue
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La excepcion by Audur Ava Olafsdottir ES
Description:
"Mi marido lo repite de nuevo y esta vez lo oigo con claridad.
- Perdona, pero lo amo. Tu serás la última mujer de mi vida."
María y Flóki conforman un matrimonio feliz, con once años de casados y dos mellizos de dos años.
Hasta que Flóki le anuncia que la va a abandonar porque se ha enamorado de otro hombre, y el mundo de María estalla en pedazos. ¿Porqué? ¿Qué pasó? ¿Qué hice mal? ¿Cómo competir, como mujer, contra otro hombre? "Has sido la excepción... continue
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La mujer de verde by Arnaldur Indridason ES
Description:
Unos obreros de la construcción descubren un esqueleto humano mientras trabajan en una urbanización de Reykiavik. Años antes, esa parte de la ciudad era todo colinas, y Erlendur y su equipo esperan que se trate de un caso típico de desaparición; quizá alguien una vez se perdió en la nieve y ha permanecido enterrado durante décadas. Pero las colinas tienen más de una trágica historia que contar: relaciones fallidas y angustias, la ira, la violencia doméstica y el miedo, la lealtad familiar y la vergüenza de la familia. Pocas personas quedan aún con vida que puedan contar la historia, y los secr... continue
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Las marismas by Arnaldur Indridason ES
Description:
Holberg, un camionero de sesenta y nueve años, aparece asesinado en el sótano de su casa en el barrio de Las Marismas, en Reikiavik, junto a una nota incompleta de lo que aparenta una confesión -"Yo soy el..."-, que sólo cobrará sentido para Erlendur y su inseparable Sigurdur Óli cuando encuentran la foto de la tumba de una niña. Sin embargo, esa niña, fallecida hace más de cuarenta años, no fue asesinada. ¿Qué significa entonces el mensaje del misterioso Holberg, a quien nadie parece conocer? El drama que esconde la biografía del viejo y la exhumación del cadáver de la niña provocará el regre... continue
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Magma by Thora Hjoerleifsdottir EN
Description:
A poetic, highly poisonous cocktail of alienated love, sex and pain and a young woman's haunting experience in an era of pornification, by one of Iceland's most provocative writers.
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Moonstone : The Boy Who Never Was: A Novel by Sjón EN
Description:
Reykjavik, 1918. The eruptions of the Katla volcano darken the sky night and day. Yet despite the natural disaster, the shortage of coal and the Great War still raging in the outside world, life in the small capital goes on as always. Sixteen-year-old Mani Steinn lives for the movies. Awake, he lives on the fringes of society. Asleep, he dreams in pictures, the threads of his own life weaving through the tapestry of the films he loves. When the Spanish flu epidemic comes ashore, killing hundreds of townspeople and forcing thousands to their sick beds, the shadows that linger at the edges of ex... continue