Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Larissa Kyzer's books

865 ratings | 433 reviews | avg rating:3.54

Larissa’s Year In Books

Larissa’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Larissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Larissa’s 2025 Year in Books

Larissa Kyzer’s Followers (311)

Larissa’s Bookshelves

to-read (716)
currently-reading (4)
read (928)
did-not-finish (0)
2007 (44)
2008 (56)
2009 (55)
2010 (65)
2011 (72)
2012 (66)
See all bookshelves »

Larissa’s Friends (183)

Lobstergirl

5,959 books | 158 friends

Lena

9,345 books | 174 friends

Sheila

6,913 books | 749 friends

Laurel

758 books | 88 friends

Enya

5,938 books | 159 friends

Chad Post

2,114 books | 1,432 friends

Mike

8,084 books | 1,353 friends

Leslie

897 books | 81 friends

More friends…

2026 Reading Challenge

2026

READING

CHALLENGE

Larissa has read 16 of 45 books.

36%

Larissa Kyzer

Goodreads Author

Website

https://www.larissakyzer.com/

Member Since

March 2007

edit data

Larissa Kyzer is a writer and Icelandic-English literary translator. Her translation work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the European Union Prize for Literature, Fulbright, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, the Icelandic Literature Center, Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature, & Finland’s Kone Foundation. She is a member of the Translators Organizing Committee, on the board of the American Literary Translators Association, and runs the Women+ in Translation reading series Jill! ...more

0 posts
Larissa Kyzer's Blog

Larissa Kyzer hasn't written any blog posts yet.

Combine Editions
Larissa Kyzer’s books

Average rating: 3.64 · 5,067 ratings · 732 reviews · 16 distinct works

	The Fires by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 4,755 ratings — published 2020 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mark by Fríða Ísberg (Goodreads Author), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (translator), Peta Cornish (Narrator) 3.60 avg rating — 4,234 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fist or a Heart by Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 975 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fadeout (Dark Iceland, #0.5) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screenshot by Bergur Ebbi, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 429 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father's Library: Requiem by Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stop Dead: The dark, chilling new instalment in the addictive Iceland Mysteries series… (The Iceland Mysteries Book 2) by Katrín Júlíusdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 213 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (translator) 2.97 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2022 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snowblind, including Fadeout by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 151 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	22 Places You Absolutely Must See In The Faroe Islands by Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author), Páll Stefánsson (Photographer) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Larissa Kyzer…

Larissa is Currently Reading

Larissa is currently reading

Feminine Hijinx

by Dodie Bellamy

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, english-usa, experiments-with-language-or-form, humor-satire, short-stories, stumbled-upon, summer-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jun 07, 2026 11:03AM

Larissa is currently reading

Giving Up the Ghost

by Hilary Mantel

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2025, english-england, memoir, read-by-recommendation, summer-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Aug 09, 2025 08:31AM

Larissa is currently reading

A History of Opera

by Carolyn Abbate

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2025, gifted, historical, kitchen-coffee-reads, long-term-commitments, non-fiction, summer-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 28, 2025 07:02AM

rss
Larissa’s Recent Updates

Larissa rated a book really liked it Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Aug 26, 2026 07:36AM · 1 like · like
Larissa rated a book really liked it Natalja's Stories by Inger Christensen	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 20, 2026 03:40PM · 1 like · like
Larissa rated a book really liked it Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
Jul 20, 2026 03:34PM · like · see review
Larissa has read Alfa (Icelandic Edition) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 07, 2026 11:12AM · like
Larissa has read Sextíu kíló af sólskini by Hallgrímur Helgason	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 07, 2026 11:08AM · like
Larissa rated a book really liked it The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 07, 2026 11:06AM · 1 like · like
Larissa is currently reading Feminine Hijinx by Dodie Bellamy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 07, 2026 11:03AM · like
Larissa rated a book really liked it Spring Tides by Jacques Poulin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Last weekend, in Montreal, I quite unexpectedly, but naturally, ended up in a conversation about Jacques Poulin, 1 of literally the only 2 Quebecer authors I know. I’d gotten to know Poulin through his books MISTER BLUE and TRANSLATION IS A LOVE AFFA ...more
Apr 09, 2026 04:40PM · 2 likes · like · see review
Larissa rated a book really liked it Alien vs. Predator (Penguin Poets) by Michael Robbins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 09, 2026 04:39PM · like
Larissa rated a book really liked it Spring Tides by Jacques Poulin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Last weekend, in Montreal, I quite unexpectedly, but naturally, ended up in a conversation about Jacques Poulin, 1 of literally the only 2 Quebecer authors I know. I’d gotten to know Poulin through his books MISTER BLUE and TRANSLATION IS A LOVE AFFA ...more
Apr 09, 2026 04:38PM · 2 likes · like · see review

More of Larissa's books…

Larissa’s Quotes

“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”
― Muriel Spark, Aiding and Abetting

1686 likes

“Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.”
― Seamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist

36 likes

“Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.”
― Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier

tags: fact, fiction, lies, truth

64 likes

“My thoughts are an ocean, they wash woefully up against their limits.”
― Nescio, Amsterdam Stories

17 likes

“Every reader his or her book.
Every book its reader.”
― S.R. Ranganathan

tags: librarians, libraries

40 likes

More of Larissa’s quotes…

Larissa’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-1) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 1: by Carolyn

Oct 29, 2011 07:04PM

A big thank you, Larissa, for recommending McSweeney's Magazine #15. It arrived last week from Malmo, not New Jersey as I'd imagined. The writing was generally good - I am a bit of a short story fan. But Fridrick and the Eedjit, by Sjon, was as brilliant a short story as I have ever read. It was so poetic and rich in humanity. I have a copy of The Mouth of the Whale that I will read when I've finish Iceland's Bell by Halldor Laxness.
So thanks again, Larissa!

reply | flag

Larissa Kyzer’s Followers (311)

Larissa Kyzer

Goodreads Author

rssLarissa’s Recent Updates

rss
Larissa’s Recent Updates