Books, Maps, and Entertainment

How Iceland Changed the World (2021)
Egill Bjarnason relates Iceland’s idiosyncratic history with pride, realism, and well, a fair dash of humor.

The Far Traveler (2008)
Nancy Marie Brown reconstructs the life Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the “far traveler,” an Icelandic woman who sailed to the New World and back, 500 years before Columbus.

Secrets of the Sprakkar (2022)
Eliza Reid, the current first lady of Iceland, explains why Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman.

The Little Book of the Icelanders (2014)
Alda Sigmundsdóttir presents 50 miniature essays about the Icelandic people.

Iceland – Classic Geology in Europe (2022)
Thor Thordarson and Ármann Höskuldsson present a concise and authoritative field guide to an exceptional physical geography and geology of Iceland.