Books from Iceland
86 popular icelandic books
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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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La pietra del rimpianto by Arnaldur Indridason IT
Description:
«Più passa il tempo e più Indriđason sembra assumere il ritmo di un Simenon venuto dal freddo.» Le Figaro Magazine «Con grande maestria, Indriđason compone un ritratto dell'Islanda dando vita a un ampio cast di personaggi sfaccettati, tutti perseguitati dal loro passato.» Kirkus Reviews «Il re indiscusso del thriller islandese.» The Guardian Reykjavík, un quartiere residenziale dove i palazzoni si alternano a placide villette e le strade sono ben illuminate. Davanti a uno dei condomini arrivano pattuglie a sirene spiegate, un’ambulanza, il furgone della Scientifica. Una donna è stata trovata s... continue
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Las marismas by Arnaldur Indridason ES
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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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Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir EN
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A grisly, chilling Icelandic thriller from a fantastic new voice in crime fiction.
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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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Miss Iceland by Audur Ava Olafsdottir EN
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The extraordinary new novel from Nordic Council Literature Prize-winning Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland tells the incisive story of Hekla, a brilliant young woman named after an active volcano who longs to make it as a writer in 1960s Iceland
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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
