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Vikings Books
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The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 216 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.27 — 112,369 ratings — published 2004
Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
by (shelved 196 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.93 — 71,807 ratings — published 2018
A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)
by (shelved 171 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.91 — 187,177 ratings — published 2024
Fires of Winter (Haardrad Viking Family, #1)
by (shelved 148 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.95 — 16,543 ratings — published 1980
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,573 ratings — published 2020
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
by (shelved 134 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.31 — 61,890 ratings — published 2006
The Road of Bones (The Ashen, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.21 — 53,417 ratings — published 2023
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
by (shelved 116 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.36 — 52,819 ratings — published 2007
The Long Ships (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.27 — 12,667 ratings — published 1941
Hearts Aflame (Haardrad Viking Family, #2)
by (shelved 104 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.12 — 13,038 ratings — published 1987
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
by (shelved 99 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.33 — 45,583 ratings — published 2007
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.10 — 343,415 ratings — published 2017
Eaters of the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.72 — 46,692 ratings — published 1976
Blood Eye (Raven, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,518 ratings — published 2009
The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
by (shelved 90 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.31 — 41,107 ratings — published 2009
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 87 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
by (shelved 82 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.31 — 34,089 ratings — published 2011
The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
by (shelved 76 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.37 — 30,851 ratings — published 2013
The Whale Road (Oathsworn, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,132 ratings — published 2007
Surrender My Love (Haardrad Viking Family, #3)
by (shelved 74 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,970 ratings — published 1994
The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8)
by (shelved 68 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.39 — 28,056 ratings — published 2014
River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,112 ratings — published 2021
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 65 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,656 ratings — published 2014
How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.91 — 57,575 ratings — published 2003
Warrior of the Wild (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.96 — 15,911 ratings — published 2019
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.19 — 93,271 ratings — published 2021
The Vikings: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,728 ratings — published 2009
The Sagas of Icelanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,238 ratings — published 1997
Warriors of the Storm (The Saxon Stories, #9)
by (shelved 56 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.42 — 25,635 ratings — published 2015
The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,234 ratings — published 2018
The Half-Drowned King (The Half-Drowned King, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,344 ratings — published 2017
Odinn's Child (Viking, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,403 ratings — published 2005
God of Vengeance (The Rise of Sigurd, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,317 ratings — published 2014
A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.92 — 61,254 ratings — published 2025
The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10)
by (shelved 49 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.43 — 24,254 ratings — published 2016
Golden Surrender (Viking, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,644 ratings — published 1985
Season of the Sun (Viking, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.87 — 4,073 ratings — published 1991
The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.57 — 16,823 ratings — published 2019
Dream of Me / Believe in Me (Viking & Saxon #1-2)
by (shelved 46 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,960 ratings — published 2001
A History of the Vikings (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,096 ratings — published 1968
The Vikings (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,185 ratings — published 1987
The Age of the Vikings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,173 ratings — published 2014
Kingdom of Claw (The Ashen, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.37 — 33,708 ratings — published 2024
Odin's Wolves (Raven, #3)
by (shelved 42 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,803 ratings — published 2011
Sons of Thunder (Raven, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,225 ratings — published 2010
Stolen by the Wolves (Viking Omegaverse, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,702 ratings — published 2021
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as vikings)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,769 ratings — published 1220
The Last Viking (Viking II, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,540 ratings — published 1998
Curse of Shadows and Thorns (The Broken Kingdoms, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.99 — 57,621 ratings — published 2021
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as vikings)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,335 ratings — published 2007
“Even in terms of fiction, nothing in their lives became them like the leaving of it. King Fjolnir rose in the night to make water, fell into a vat of mead and drowned instead; Sveigdir ran after a dwarf when drunk and vanished into a boulder; Vanlandi was trampled to death by a nightmare; Domaldi was sacrificed for good seasons; Dag was struck on the head with a pitchfork when seeking revenge for his sparrow; and so on down to the fifth century.”
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“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 Scandinavians. But while most Vikings were Scandinavians, most Scandinavians definitely weren’t Vikings, not even part-time. The two groups should not be confused, not even with the aim of making ‘the history of the Vikings’ look nicer.”
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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 Scandinavians. But while most Vikings were Scandinavians, most Scandinavians definitely weren’t Vikings, not even part-time. The two groups should not be confused, not even with the aim of making ‘the history of the Vikings’ look nicer.”
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