Crime Corner
In this installment of Crime Corner, Jerry Holt features authors Anne Holt, Jørn Lier Horst, and Stuart MacBride.
Category: Books
Skiing into the Bright Open, a modern-day adventure
Courtney Olsen reviews Norwegian cross-country skiier and adventurer Liv Arnesen’s memoir about her solo skiing expedition to the South Pole in 1994.
Learning nynorsk through poetry and photography
Ottar Løvoll, who lives in Ørstad, Norway, is a poet who teaches nynorsk to Americans through poetry in his book A Voice from Norway.
Crime Corner: The Woman in Cabin 10
Jerry Holt explores the boundaries of non-Norwegians writing about Norway with Ruth Ware’s 2016 novel “The Woman in Cabin 10.”
The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship
Travel Editor Cynthia Elyce Rubin reviews Chaney Kwak’s captivating memoir of being rescued from a sinking cruise ship off the coast of Norway.
Book Review: The Last Pilgrim
Christine Foster Meloni reviews The Last Pilgrim, the debut novel by Norwegian crime novelist Gard Sveen and the first in his Tommy Bergmann series.
The Bell in the Lake
Though Lars Mytting is best known in America for his nonfiction book Norwegian Wood, his recent novel is sure to mesmerize American readers.
Book Review: The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting
Christine Foster Meloni reviews The Bell in the Lake, a new translated historical fiction novel from Norwegian author Lars Mytting.
Summer reading guide 2021: staff picks
The Norwegian American staff is excited to bring you this year’s Summer Reading Guide, filled with our book recommendations for your summer reading list.
For the Love of Cod
Eric Dregni’s newest book, For the Love of Cod: A Father and Son’s Search for Norwegian Happiness, examines why Norway is one of the happiest countries.
