Arnaldur Indridason





Arnaldur Indridason

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born
January 28, 1961 in Reykjavík, Iceland

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Arnaldur Indridason (Icelandic: Arnaldur Indriðason) was born in 1961, the son of an Icelandic author, Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. Having worked for many years as a journalist and critic for an Icelandic newspaper, he began writing novels. At one week in the summer of 2003, his crime novels occupied the top five spots in the Icelandic bestseller list. He is best-known for his series about the detective Erlendur Sveinsson.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 12,528 ratings · 1,866 reviews · 21 distinct works
Jar City
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 3,116 ratings — published 2000 — 51 editions
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Silence of the Grave
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 2,664 ratings — published 2001 — 43 editions
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The Draining Lake
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,579 ratings — published 2004 — 36 editions
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Voices
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,631 ratings — published 2002 — 38 editions
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Hypothermia
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,242 ratings — published 2007 — 37 editions
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Arctic Chill
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,134 ratings — published 2005 — 33 editions
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Operation Napoleon
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions
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Menschensöhne
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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Myrká
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions
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Dauðarósir
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions
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More books by Arnaldur Indridason…
Menschensöhne Dauðarósir Jar City Silence of the Grave Voices The Draining Lake Arctic Chill
Reykjavík Murder Mystery (11 books)
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3.7989840952618867 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 12,009 ratings

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“The other option you have is to come to terms with this fucking life, as you call it, and put up with the suffering it involves. Put up with the suffering we all have to endure, always, to get through that and find and enjoy the happiness and joy that it brings us as well, in spite of our being alive.”
Arnaldur Indridason

“He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it.”
Arnaldur Indridason, Silence of the Grave

“Erlender thought about Marion Briem and their shared story, which was now at an end. He felt a sense of loss and regret... He thought about their relationship, the experiences they had shared,the story that was part of him, that he could not and would not have done without. It was him.”
Arnaldur Indridason, Arctic Chill

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