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Yrsa Sigurdardottir Books in Order

Yrsa Sigurdardottir has written 18 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Last Rituals (2005) and the newest is The Wake (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2005–2025
Confirmed
18 of 18 titles
Pages on record
3,950 in 10 of 18 books
Reading time
66–99 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,950 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Yrsa Sigurdardottir writes crime novels, horror and children's fiction, and is often called the queen of Icelandic crime fiction. Eighteen books are catalogued from Last Rituals (2005) to The Wake (2025). Thora Gudmundsdottir, a lawyer who investigates, gives the first series its name; Children's House, Black Ice and a set of standalone novels follow. Sigurdardottir was born in 1963, has been translated into more than 30 languages, took the Petrona Award for Scandinavian crime novel of the year and the Icelandic award Blodropinn three times, co-founded the Reykjavik literary festival Iceland Noir, and has kept a full career as a civil engineer alongside the writing.

How many Yrsa Sigurdardottir books are there?

Yrsa Sigurdardottir has 18 books, released between 2005 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Yrsa Sigurdardottir Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Yrsa Sigurdardottir books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 2 of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series (2006)
  2. Cover of Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 3 of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series (2007)
  3. Cover of The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 4 of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series (2008)
  4. Cover of Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 5 of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series (2009)
  5. Cover of I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 1 of the Yrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels series (2010)
  6. Cover of The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 6 of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series (2011)
  7. Cover of The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 2 of the Yrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels series (2012)
  8. Cover of Why Did You Lie? by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 3 of the Yrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels series (2013)
  9. Cover of The Absolution by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 3 of the Children's House series (2016)
  10. Cover of The Doll by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 5 of the Children's House series (2021)
  11. Cover of The Fallout by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, book 6 of the Children's House series (2022)
  1. 1
    Last RitualsThora Gudmundsdottir #12005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    My Soul to TakeThora Gudmundsdottir #22006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  3. 3
    Ashes to DustThora Gudmundsdottir #32007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  4. 4
    The Day is DarkThora Gudmundsdottir #42008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Someone to Watch Over MeThora Gudmundsdottir #52009 · 328 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009328
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  6. 6
    I Remember YouYrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels #12010 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010400
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  7. 7
    The Silence of the SeaThora Gudmundsdottir #62011 · 420 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011420
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  8. 8
    The UndesiredYrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels #22012 · 353 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012353
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  9. 9
    Why Did You Lie?Yrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels #32013 · 394 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013394
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  10. 10
    The LegacyChildren's House #12014 · 455 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014455
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  11. 11
    The ReckoningChildren's House #22015 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015400
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  12. 12
    The AbsolutionChildren's House #32016 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016400
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  13. 13
    Gallows RockChildren's House #42017 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017384
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  14. 14
    The PreyYrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels #42020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  15. 15
    The DollChildren's House #52021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  16. 16
    The FalloutChildren's House #62022 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022416
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  17. 17
    Can't Run, Can't HideBlack Ice #12024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  18. 18
    The WakeBlack Ice #22025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Thora Gudmundsdottir in order

6 books
  1. 1. Last Rituals
  2. 2. My Soul to Take
  3. 3. Ashes to Dust
  4. 4. The Day is Dark
  5. 5. Someone to Watch Over Me
  6. 6. The Silence of the Sea

Children's House in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Legacy
  2. 2. The Reckoning
  3. 3. The Absolution
  4. 4. Gallows Rock
  5. 5. The Doll
  6. 6. The Fallout

Yrsa Sigurdardottir Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Black Ice in order

2 books
  1. 1. Can't Run, Can't Hide
  2. 2. The Wake

Yrsa Sigurdardottir Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Yrsa Sigurdardottir books run from Last Rituals (2005) to The Wake (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Yrsa Sigurdardottir in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Yrsa Sigurdardottir books in order?

You only need to read Yrsa Sigurdardottir books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Start with Last Rituals (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Yrsa Sigurdardottir book?

The Wake (2025) is the newest Yrsa Sigurdardottir book released so far.

Is there a new Yrsa Sigurdardottir book coming?

No next Yrsa Sigurdardottir book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Yrsa Sigurdardottir has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Yrsa Sigurdardottir. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Palle Rosenkrantz Prize2016Won
  • Blóðdropinn2011Won

Yrsa Sigurdardottir at a glance

Still publishing
Yrsa Sigurdardottir published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Yrsa Sigurdardottir books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,950 pages across the 10 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Yrsa Sigurdardottir books, 8 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Yrsa Sigurdardottir books are about

13 of the 18 Yrsa Sigurdardottir books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.