CITY · ICELANDBooks set in Reykjavik
64.135, -21.895
11 books · 7 authors · 1957–2020
11 books here
Most-set authors
Arnaldur Indriðason (4) · Halldór Laxness (2) · Eva Baltasar (1) · Hannah Kent (1) · Audur Ava Olafsdottir (1) · Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir (1)
Genres
mystery & crime (4) · literary fiction (3) · thriller & suspense (1)
Books set here
Set in Reykjavik (9)
Boulder
Eva Baltasar
Where Samsa's geology job takes the couple; Nordic landscape of isolation and desire
Burial Rites
Hannah Kent
1963 aspiring writer sexist city
Jar City
Arnaldur Indriðason
Erlendur detective Reykjavik
Reykjavik
Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir
Cold case: 14-year-old Lara disappears on island of Videy near Reykjavik in 1986; journalist investigates 30 years later
Silence of the Grave
Arnaldur Indriðason
wartime shadow district murder
The Draining Lake
Arnaldur Indriðason
Grafarholt construction site bones
The Legacy
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Reykjavík Children's House; psychologist Freyja and detective Huldar investigate a murder
Under the Glacier
Halldór Laxness
early 20th-century Brekkukot
The Fish Can Sing
Halldór Laxness
courthouse and execution site
Notable locations in Reykjavik
Kleifarvatn1Videy Island, Iceland1Þingvellir1
Nearby books
Reykjavik
Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir
5 km · Videy Island, Iceland
The Shadow District
Arnaldur Indriðason
24 km · Kleifarvatn
The Fish Can Sing
Halldór Laxness
40 km · Þingvellir
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
59 km · Iceland
Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy
59 km · Iceland
The Blue Fox
Sjon
59 km · Iceland
The Sea Road
Margaret Elphinstone
59 km · Iceland
The Thrall's Tale
Judith Lindbergh
59 km · Iceland