2026 Reading Challenge

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Herr Arnes penningar by Selma LagerlöfSingoalla by Viktor RydbergLåt den rätte komma in by John Ajvide LindqvistSeven Gothic Tales by Isak DinesenDvärgen by Pär Lagerkvist
Nordic Gothics
14 books — 6 voters
Memory of Water by Emmi ItärantaJäljellä by Salla SimukkaIhon alaiset by Anu HolopainenNokkosvallankumous by Siiri EnorantaAs Red as Blood by Salla Simukka
Finnish Literature for Young Adults
156 books — 20 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Nordic Noir
161 books — 72 voters
The Nameless Dead by Leta SerafimWitch in Disguise by Karen McSpadeThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
International Mysteries
304 books — 96 voters

The Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Best Books on the North
287 books — 138 voters
Chasing Pebbles by Felicia BlaedelGrindvakterskan by Elvira BergAll In by Simona AhrnstedtBetvingade by Simona AhrnstedtEn enda risk by Simona Ahrnstedt
Scandinavian and Nordic Romance Books
130 books — 19 voters

Last Rituals by Yrsa SigurdardottirIndependent People by Halldór LaxnessThe Blue Fox by SjónMy Soul To Take by Yrsa SigurdardottirThe Whispering Muse by Sjón
Icelandic novels translated into English
78 books — 12 voters
Burial Rites by Hannah KentThe Whispering Muse by SjónSilence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Control of Nature by John McPheeLast Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Books to Read in... Iceland
31 books — 8 voters

Burial Rites by Hannah KentBecoming Leidah by Michelle GriersonMountains on Fire by Aram YardumianThe Half-Drowned King by Linnea HartsuykerZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Historical Fiction - Scandinavia
110 books — 98 voters
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonMind's Eye by Håkan Nesser
Nordic Noir Required Reading
64 books — 20 voters

Countrymen by Bo LidegaardThe Far Traveler by Nancy Marie BrownA Brief History of the Vikings by Jonathan ClementsChristina, Queen of Sweden by Veronica BuckleyThe Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy
Best books on Nordic history
55 books — 17 voters
Eaters of the Dead by Michael CrichtonBurial Rites by Hannah KentThe Greenlanders by Jane SmileyKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetGoblins & Vikings in America by Norman Crane
Best Historical Novels with a Norse Setting
21 books — 16 voters


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