Reykjavik, Iceland travel books, guides and maps, Reykjavik-specific specialty guides, guides to Greenland and the Faroe Islands and Iceland fiction and travelogues. Featuring top travel guides such as Insight Guide Iceland and Footprint Reykjavik.
Reykjavik Guidebooks
Footprint Reykjavik (2003) By Laura Dixon This rare Reykjavik-specific travel guide covers everything from nearby activities such as the geothermal pools at the Blue Lagoon to Byork's favorite bar. A pocket-sized Reykjavik travel guide intended as an at-a-glance Reykjavik reference, Footprint Reykjavik is a handy resource for Reykjavik visitors.
Iceland Travel Guides
Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer By Tim Moore A typically British take on exploring the reaches of modern Iceland and Norway, Frost on my Mustache is a humorous, quirky and self-effacing Iceland travelogue.
Insight Guide Iceland (2001) By Jane Simmonds An overwhelmingly popular guide to Iceland's culture, history and people, from what motivates Icelanders to how they eat, the Insight Guide Iceland is also useful as an Iceland trip-planning guide with off-the-beaten-path travel suggestions and colorful pictures.
Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands By Graeme Cornwallis, Deanna Swaney With extensive lodging and dining listings for Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, 106 maps, language sections and a complete transportation guide, Lonely Planet's guide to the upper Arctic is a best-selling guide to Iceland and Greenland and one of the only travel guides available for the outlying Faroe Islands.
Enlightening Flight Reads
101 Reykjavik: A Novel By Hallgrimur Helgasson (Brian Fitzgibbon, translator) A novel exploring the malaise of one Reykjavik native, who lazes on from day to day, clubs at night and lives the life of antihero told with wit and finesse by Helgasson.
Independent People By Halldor Laxness An Icelandic author of lyrical genius, even when translated into English, Laxness won the Nobel Prize in 1955 for this epic work of Icelandic fiction. A powerful and humor-laden work, Independent People speaks of human strength in the isolated world that was Iceland in the early 20th century and a reading of it is sure to win credit with Icelanders.
Viking Mythology and History
The Sagas of the Icelanders By Robert Kellogg With selected tales of Viking and Norse mythology, this collection features nine full sagas and six tales including the epic saga of Leif Eriksson's maritime voyage to the New World, the first ever to the Americas. Kellogg's work is an excellent overview of Icelandic mythology for beginners.
Viking Age Iceland By Jesse L. Byock Covering Iceland's Viking history from initial settlement to the Norwegian takeover in 1260, Byock's work on Iceland's Viking Age covers all feasible aspects of Viking society, from economic structures, politics and social and domestic life.
Iceland Maps
Iceland Travel Map By Globetrotter An Iceland map that doubles as a topical travel guide, this Iceland map features a climate map, photographs, attractions and detailed street maps.
