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Fires of Winter (Haardrad Viking Family, #1)
by (shelved 161 times as viking)
avg rating 3.96 — 16,500 ratings — published 1980
Hearts Aflame (Haardrad Viking Family, #2)
by (shelved 104 times as viking)
avg rating 4.12 — 13,005 ratings — published 1987
A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as viking)
avg rating 3.91 — 182,746 ratings — published 2024
Surrender My Love (Haardrad Viking Family, #3)
by (shelved 82 times as viking)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,948 ratings — published 1994
Season of the Sun (Viking, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as viking)
avg rating 3.87 — 4,072 ratings — published 1991
Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as viking)
avg rating 3.93 — 71,588 ratings — published 2018
The Road of Bones (The Ashen, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as viking)
avg rating 4.21 — 50,032 ratings — published 2023
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as viking)
avg rating 4.27 — 111,608 ratings — published 2004
Golden Surrender (Viking, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as viking)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,641 ratings — published 1985
Dream of Me / Believe in Me (Viking & Saxon #1-2)
by (shelved 47 times as viking)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,959 ratings — published 2001
Lord of Hawkfell Island (Viking, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as viking)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,044 ratings — published
The Viking's Woman (Viking, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as viking)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,944 ratings — published 1990
The Reluctant Viking (Viking I, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as viking)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,914 ratings — published 1994
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as viking)
avg rating 4.10 — 342,324 ratings — published 2017
The Very Virile Viking (Viking II, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as viking)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,739 ratings — published 2003
The Last Viking (Viking II, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as viking)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,532 ratings — published 1998
The Outlaw Viking (Viking I, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as viking)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,649 ratings — published 1995
Lord of Raven's Peak (Viking, #3)
by (shelved 34 times as viking)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,459 ratings — published 1994
Come Back to Me (Viking & Saxon, #3)
by (shelved 34 times as viking)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,207 ratings — published 2001
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as viking)
avg rating 4.31 — 61,514 ratings — published 2006
A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as viking)
avg rating 3.92 — 57,425 ratings — published 2025
Viking! (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as viking)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,082 ratings — published 1998
North of the Stars (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 30 times as viking)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,433 ratings — published 2021
Stolen by the Wolves (Viking Omegaverse, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as viking)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,638 ratings — published 2021
Edin's Embrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as viking)
avg rating 3.76 — 434 ratings — published 1989
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as viking)
avg rating 4.36 — 52,568 ratings — published 2007
My Fair Viking (Viking I, #6)
by (shelved 27 times as viking)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,517 ratings — published 2002
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
by (shelved 27 times as viking)
avg rating 4.33 — 45,360 ratings — published 2007
Viking in Love (Viking I, #8)
by (shelved 27 times as viking)
avg rating 4.01 — 988 ratings — published 2010
God's Eye (Northwomen Sagas, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as viking)
avg rating 4.06 — 743 ratings — published
The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
by (shelved 26 times as viking)
avg rating 4.31 — 40,898 ratings — published 2009
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 4.19 — 88,964 ratings — published 2021
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,405 ratings — published 2020
Dream of Me (Viking & Saxon #1)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 3.95 — 794 ratings — published 2001
The Norse King's Daughter (Viking I, #10)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 3.95 — 699 ratings — published 2011
Viking's Prize (Medieval Heroes #2)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,401 ratings — published 1994
Lord of the Wolves (Viking, #3)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,252 ratings — published 1993
Lord of Falcon Ridge (Viking, #4)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,895 ratings — published 1995
Truly, Madly Viking (Viking II, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,437 ratings — published 2000
The Blue Viking (Viking I, #5)
by (shelved 25 times as viking)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,254 ratings — published 2001
Curse of Shadows and Thorns (The Broken Kingdoms, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as viking)
avg rating 3.99 — 56,250 ratings — published 2021
Viking Heat (Viking II, #9)
by (shelved 23 times as viking)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,068 ratings — published 2009
The Viking Takes a Knight (Viking I, #9)
by (shelved 23 times as viking)
avg rating 3.97 — 753 ratings — published 2010
Odinn's Child (Viking, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as viking)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,402 ratings — published 2005
Wet & Wild (Viking II, #4)
by (shelved 22 times as viking)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,364 ratings — published 2004
Viking Warrior Rising (Norse Warrior Protectors #1; Viking Warriors, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as viking)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,604 ratings — published 2015
Blood Eye (Raven, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as viking)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,503 ratings — published 2009
The Whale Road (Oathsworn, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as viking)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,123 ratings — published 2007
Sea Jewel (Viking Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as viking)
avg rating 4.03 — 214 ratings — published 1986
Viking Warrior (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as viking)
avg rating 3.80 — 611 ratings — published 2008
“If they Stand Behind you, Protect Them
If they Stand Beside you, Respect Them
If they Stand Against you, Defeat them”
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If they Stand Beside you, Respect Them
If they Stand Against you, Defeat them”
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“But the attitude that Viking society held up as the ideal one was a heroic stoicism. In the words of archaeologist Neil Price, "The outcome of our actions, our fate, is already decided and therefore does not matter. What is important is the manner of our conduct as we go to meet it." You couldn't change what was going to happen to you, but you could at least face it with honor and dignity. The best death was to go down fighting, preferably with a smile on your lips. Life is precarious by nature, but this was especially true in the Viking Age, which made this fatalism, and stoicism in the face of it, especially poignant.
The model of this ideal was Odin's amassing an army in Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. He knew that Fenrir, "the wolf", was going to murder him one way or another. Perhaps on some level he hoped that by gathering all of the best warriors to fight alongside him, he could prevent the inevitable. But deep down he knew that his struggle was hopeless - yet he determined to struggle just the same, and to die in the most radiant blaze of glory he could muster.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
The model of this ideal was Odin's amassing an army in Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. He knew that Fenrir, "the wolf", was going to murder him one way or another. Perhaps on some level he hoped that by gathering all of the best warriors to fight alongside him, he could prevent the inevitable. But deep down he knew that his struggle was hopeless - yet he determined to struggle just the same, and to die in the most radiant blaze of glory he could muster.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
