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Ragnar Jónasson

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in Reykjavík, Iceland

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Mystery & Thrillers, Crime

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Ragnar Jonasson is author of the award winning and international bestselling Dark Iceland series.

His debut Snowblind, first in the Dark Iceland series, went to number one in the Amazon Kindle charts shortly after publication. The book was also a no. 1 Amazon Kindle bestseller in Australia. Snowblind has been a paperback bestseller in France.

Nightblind won the Dead Good Reader Award 2016 for Most Captivating Crime in Translation.

Snowblind was called a "classically crafted whodunit" by THE NEW YORK TIMES, and it was selected by The Independent as one of the best crime novels of 2015 in the UK.

Rights to the Dark Iceland series have been sold to UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Poland, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Po ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 147,540 ratings · 16,549 reviews · 61 distinct works • Similar authors

	Snowblind (Dark Iceland, #1) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Quentin Bates (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 25,152 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1) 3.53 avg rating — 20,932 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island (Hidden Iceland, #2) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Victoria Cribb (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 12,167 ratings — published 2016 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Victoria Cribb (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 12,281 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mist (Hidden Iceland #3) 3.92 avg rating — 10,496 ratings — published 2017 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightblind (Dark Iceland, #2) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Quentin Bates (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 9,875 ratings — published 2014 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackout (Dark Iceland, #3) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Quentin Bates (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 9,998 ratings — published 2011 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rupture (Dark Iceland, #4) 3.79 avg rating — 8,439 ratings — published 2012 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiteout (Dark Iceland, #5) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Quentin Bates (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 6,962 ratings — published 2013 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Victoria Cribb (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 7,742 ratings — published 2018 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ragnar Jónasson

Dark Iceland (6 books)
by

Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author),

David Warriner (Translator)

3.70 avg rating — 67,329 ratings

Temačna Islandija (6 books)
by

Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author),

David Warriner (Translator)

3.70 avg rating — 67,279 ratings

Siglufjörður (6 books)
by

Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author),

David Warriner (Translator)

3.69 avg rating — 57,820 ratings

Hidden Iceland (4 books)
by

Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author)

3.70 avg rating — 43,909 ratings

Helgi Trilogy (2 books)
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Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author)

3.65 avg rating — 8,417 ratings

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“It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness

tags: fore-shortened-future, frozen, immobile, ptsd, stuck, tonic-immobility, traumatized

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“That damned volcano”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

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“A good book could transport her far, far away, to a different world, another country, another culture, where the climate was warmer and life was easier.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist

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November BoTM Nominations ~ First Book in a Series ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 Books Move onto Final Poll

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

8 votes, 22.9%

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens

6 votes, 17.1%

Shiver

by Maggie Stiefvater

6 votes, 17.1%

Don't Make a Sound

by T.R. Ragan

4 votes, 11.4%

The Devil's Hearth

by Phillip DePoy

3 votes, 8.6%

The Third to Die

by Allison Brennan

2 votes, 5.7%

The Bat

by Jo Nesbø

2 votes, 5.7%

Shatter Me

by Tahereh Mafi

2 votes, 5.7%

The Darkness

by Ragnar Jónasson

1 vote, 2.9%

The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

1 vote, 2.9%

35 total votes

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