Order of Arnaldur Indridason Books
Arnaldur Indridason is an Icelandic novelist of crime fiction. He is best known for his Inspector Erlendur series. He is the son of author Indridi G. Thorsteinsson. Arnaldur received his degree in history from the University of Iceland, then worked as a journalist, freelance writer and film critic. At one point, his novels were seven of the top ten books at the Reykjavik City Library. His novels have been published in 26 countries and into many different languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Danish, Catalan, Czech, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian and Bulgarian.
Arnaldur Indridason became a published author with the novel Sons of Dust, which was published in 1997 in Icelandic and has yet to see an English translation. His first book to be published in English was Jar City (aka Tainted Blood). He is the winner of the Glass Key Award in 2002 and 2003 and has also won the 2005 CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Below is a list of Arnaldur Indridason’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Inspector Erlendur Books
Synir duftsins | (1997) | |
Dauðarósir | (1998) | |
Jar City / Tainted Blood / Mýrin | (2000) | |
Silence of the Grave / Grafarþögn | (2001) | |
Voices / Röddin | (2002) | |
The Draining Lake / Kleifarvatn | (2004) | |
Arctic Chill / Vetrarborgin | (2005) | |
Hypothermia / Harðskafi | (2007) | |
Outrage / Myrká | (2008) | |
Black Skies / Svörtuloft | (2009) | |
Strange Shores / Furðustrandir | (2010) | |
Einvígið | (2011) | |
Reykjavík Nights / Reykjavíkurnætur | (2012) | |
Into Oblivion / Kamp Knox | (2014) |
Chronological Order of Inspector Erlendur Books
Einvígið | (2011) | |
Reykjavík Nights / Reykjavíkurnætur | (2012) | |
Into Oblivion / Kamp Knox | (2014) | |
Synir duftsins | (1997) | |
Dauðarósir | (1998) | |
Jar City / Tainted Blood / Mýrin | (2000) | |
Silence of the Grave / Grafarþögn | (2001) | |
Voices / Röddin | (2002) | |
The Draining Lake / Kleifarvatn | (2004) | |
Arctic Chill / Vetrarborgin | (2005) | |
Hypothermia / Harðskafi | (2007) | |
Outrage / Myrká | (2008) | |
Black Skies / Svörtuloft | (2009) | |
Strange Shores / Furðustrandir | (2010) |
Publication Order of Detective Konrad Books
The Darkness Knows | (2017) | |
Tregasteinn | (2019) | |
Þagnarmúr | (2020) | |
Kyrrþey | (2022) | |
The Girl by the Bridge | (2023) |
Publication Order of Reykjavik Wartime Mystery/Flovent and Thorson Thrillers Books
The Shadow District | (2013) | |
The Shadow Killer | (2015) | |
Petsamo | (2016) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Operation Napoleon | (1999) | |
Bettý | (2003) | |
Konungsbók | (2006) | |
Sigurverkið | (2021) |
Note: Jar City was also published under the title Tainted Blood.