Editors' Top Picks
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
242nd out of 1,218 books — 1,245 voters
Independent People by Halldór LaxnessJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Blue Fox by SjónSilence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Icelandic Literature - Past and Present
33rd out of 92 books — 62 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
372nd out of 909 books — 1,257 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
21st out of 78 books — 12 voters

Independent People by Halldór LaxnessQuake by Auður JónsdóttirIceland's Bell by Halldór LaxnessUnder the Glacier by Halldór LaxnessSalka Valka by Halldór Laxness
Icelandic Novels / Isländische Romane / Íslenskar skáldsögur
5th out of 85 books — 10 voters
Can’t Run, Can’t Hide by Yrsa SigurdardottirSalka Valka by Halldór LaxnessKaritas Untitled by Kristín Marja BaldursdóttirI Remember You by Yrsa SigurdardottirOn Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason
Books Set in Iceland
1st out of 6 books — 2 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
48760th out of 77,522 books — 289,440 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Glass Key by Dashiell HammettJoy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerOnly Yesterday by Frederick Lewis AllenThe Waves by Virginia Woolf
Best Books 1931
18th out of 67 books — 21 voters

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff KorelitzThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellNightcrawling by Leila MottleyThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan KarunatilakaTrespasses by Louise Kennedy
Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2022
43rd out of 50 books — 11 voters
The Books of Jacob by Olga TokarczukThe Faces by Tove DitlevsenThe Harbor by Katrine EngbergIn the Margins by Elena FerranteIn Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet
Globetrotting - The New York Times
52nd out of 73 books — 5 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Way to Happiness by L. Ron HubbardReasons of State by Alejo CarpentierPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The most translated books of the world - all countries
44th out of 55 books — 1 voter
Şairin Romanı by Murathan MunganSon Adım by Ayhan GeçginKabil by José SaramagoHaşlanmış Harikalar Diyarı ve Dünyanın Sonu by Haruki MurakamiTehdit Mektupları by Aslı Biçen
Idefix En İyi 50 Roman (2011)
22nd out of 43 books — 1 voter

Atlante leggendario delle strade d'Islanda by Jón R. HjálmarssonGente indipendente by Halldór LaxnessThe Blue Fox by SjónFiabe islandesi by Silvia CosiminiKarítas án titils by Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir
Libri ambientati in Islanda
10th out of 16 books — 3 voters
The Book of Mirrors by E.O. ChiroviciAnnie John by Jamaica KincaidAutobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa YoganandaHotel by Arthur HaileyA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Most Translated Books From Every Country in the World
58th out of 109 books — 3 voters

Othello by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Most Translated Books of the World
94th out of 117 books — 10 voters
The Classic Works of George Henry Weiss by George Henry WeissPushing Pawns by Dima NovakJoe Stafford by Charles AndrewsΤο θολό ποτάμι by Alfredo VarelaHalf-Life by Frank Close
Left wing literature
11th out of 96 books — 3 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
6471st out of 7,937 books — 2,082 voters
Óreiða á striga by Kristín Marja BaldursdóttirThe Greenhouse by Auður Ava ÓlafsdóttirThe Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snær MagnasonIndependent People by Halldór LaxnessKorku saga by Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
Íslenskar bækur sem þú verður að lesa áður en þú deyrð
54th out of 74 books — 15 voters


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