Books set in Reykjavik, Iceland

Iceland — Reykjavik

2018
Miss Iceland
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir · novel · 2018
1963: a young woman moves to Reykjavik to be a writer, not a beauty queen.
2013
Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
Sjón · novel · 2013
1918: a queer teenager in Reykjavik lives for the cinema as the Spanish flu strikes.
2005
Last Rituals
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir · crime · 2005
A German student is found murdered at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.
2000
Jar City
Arnaldur Indriðason · crime · 2000
A Reykjavik murder leads Erlendur to an old rape case and a nation’s gene bank.
1996
101 Reykjavík
Hallgrímur Helgason · novel · 1996
A slacker lives with his mother in downtown Reykjavik, until her girlfriend moves in.
1993
Angels of the Universe
Einar Már Guðmundsson · novel · 1993
A young man’s slide into schizophrenia, from a Reykjavik childhood to the Kleppur asylum.
1948
The Atom Station
Halldór Laxness · novel · 1948
A country girl works as a maid in Reykjavik as Iceland debates a US air base.