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I read my first Ragnar Jónasson novel, Nightblind, in 2018, and it made an immediate impression on me. Somehow it took me two more years to get back to him, but once I read Rupture in 2020, I was hooked. Over the next two years I read six more of his books, and he has become one of my favorite crime writers. His novels combine atmosphere, setting, and quiet tension in a way that keeps pulling me back.
What Others Say
“Is this the best crime writer in the world today?” — The Times
“Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me — he’s possibly the best Scandi writer working today.” — Lee Child
“The king of Icelandic crime fiction.” — Göteborgsposten
From Ragner Jonasson.com
Ragnar Jonasson is the award winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV series “The Darkness”, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallström.
Dark Iceland Series
What keeps bringing me back to Jónasson is the mood of these books. They are not loud or flashy. Instead, they build slowly through isolation, weather, memory, and the kinds of secrets that never stay buried for long.
| Title | Series/No. | Date Published | Date Rated | Notes |
| Snowblind | (Dark Iceland #1) | 6/2015 | ||
| Nightblind | (Dark Iceland, #2) | 12/2017 | 11/2018 | Post |
| Blackout | Dark Island #3) | 8/2018 | ||
| Rupture | (Dark Iceland, #4) | 12/2016 | 12/2020 | |
| Whiteout | (Dark Iceland, #5) | 9/2017 | 7/2021 | |
| Winterkill | (Dark Iceland, #6) | 12/2020 | 8/2021 |
Hidden Iceland Series
| Title | Series/No. | Date Published | Date Read |
| The Darkness | (Hidden Iceland #1) | 10/2018 | 01/30/21 |
| The Island | (Hidden Iceland, #2) | 5/2019 | 02/12/21 |
| The Mist | (Hidden Iceland #3) | 5/2020 | 03/28/21 |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Date Published | Date Read |
| The Girl Who Died | 2021 | |
| Outside | 06/01/22 | 10/17/22 |
| Reykjavik | 09/05/23 | |
| Death at the Sanatorium | 09/10/24 | 07/12/25 |
