"Iceland is a nation celebrated the world over for its history of storytelling. Narratives and folk tales run deep in Iceland, so it's no surprise that Icelandic books are some of the very best.
Thanks to feminist Icelandic authors like Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir and Nobel Prize winners like Halldór Laxness, Iceland's literary legacy is strong and awe-inspiring.
With Iceland having such a legacy of great literature, let's take a look at the very best of modern Icelandic literature.
These are your essential Icelandic books, written by the finest Icelandic authors of the 20th and 21st Centuries."
