Order of Arnaldur Indridason Books

Arnaldur Indridason is an Icelandic crime fiction novelist, renowned for his Inspector Erlendur series. He is the son of author Indridi G. Thorsteinsson. After earning a degree in history from the University of Iceland, he worked as a journalist, freelance writer, and film critic. At one time, seven of his novels ranked among the top ten books at the Reykjavik City Library. His works have been published in 26 countries and translated into numerous languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Danish, Catalan, Czech, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian, and Bulgarian. Indridason made his debut as a published author with the novel Sons of Dust, released in 1997 in Icelandic, which has not yet been translated into English. His first book available in English was Jar City (also known as Tainted Blood). He won the Glass Key Award in 2002 and 2003 and received the 2005 CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Below is a list of Arnaldur Indridason’s books in the order of their original publication.