Vikings

Books about Vikings or set during the Viking Age (approx, late 8th century to mid 11th century).

The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)
Fires of Winter (Haardrad Viking Family, #1)
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
The Road of Bones (The Ashen, #1)
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
The Long Ships
Hearts Aflame (Haardrad Viking Family, #2)
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
Norse Mythology
Eaters of the Dead
The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
Blood Eye (Raven, #1)
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My History Books
6 books — 2 voters
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Historical Fiction - Scandinavia
120 books — 108 voters

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Fiction Set in 11th Century
60 books — 32 voters

Max Davine
The Pale Ones are demons,’ Wobee said. ‘Does your fire crackle with the tears of Mammasumit’s family? Does it sing to you the screams of his women as they were set upon and taken as slaves? Come more Pale Ones. Come enough that they cover the ocean. If the Great River runs red, it will be with their blood and mine.
Max Davine, Spirits of the Ice Forest

Tom Shippey
The fact is that in the Vikings’ own language, Old Norse, víkingr just meant pirate, marauder. It wasn’t an ethnic label, it was a job description. And what this means for us is that if you come across headlines – as these days you very often do – which say something like ‘Vikings! Not just raiders and looters any more!’ then the headlines are wrong. If people weren’t raiding and looting (and land-grabbing, and collecting protection money), then they had stopped being Vikings. They were just Sca ...more
Tom Shippey

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