Blóðdropinn (Drop of Blood) is an annual Icelandic literary award for the best crime novel of the previous year, which has been awarded since 2007. The author of the winning novel becomes Iceland's candidate for the Glass Key award.

Winners

Year Author Original title English title
2019 Lilja Sigurðardóttir Svik
JPV (Forlagið), Reykjavík 2018
2018 Lilja Sigurðardóttir Búrið
JPV útgáfa, Reykjavík 2016
Cage
2017 Arnaldur Indriðason Petsamo
Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavík 2016
2016 Óskar Guðmundsson Hilma
Draumsýn, Reykjavík 2015
2015 Yrsa Sigurðardóttir DNA
Veröld, Reykjavík 2014
The Legacy
2014 Stefán Máni Grimmd
JPV, Reykjavík 2013
Cruelty
2013 Stefán Máni Húsið
JPV, Reykjavík 2012
The House
2012 Sigurjón Pálsson Klækir
Sigurjón Pálsson, Reykjavík 2011
Monkey business
2011 Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Ég man þig
Veröld, Reykjavík 2010
I Remember You
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2012
2010 Helgi Ingólfsson Þegar kóngur kom
Ormstunga, Reykjavík 2009
When the King Came
2009 Ævar Örn Jósepsson Land tækifæranna
Uppheimar, Akranes 2008
Land of Opportunities
2008 Arnaldur Indriðason Harðskafi
JPV, Reykjavík 2007
Hypothermia
Harvell Seckler; London, 2009
2007 Stefán Máni Skipið
JPV, Reykjavík 2006
The Ship
Murdoch Books, Sydney 2012.

References

  • "Verðlaun – Blóðdropinn" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  • Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub. p. 207. ISBN 978-0786475360.


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