Best Viking Age Non-Fiction Books

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings 4.15 avg rating — 8,583 ratings
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 493 ratings
3.
The Vikings
The Vikings 3.82 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman 3.71 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
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Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas
Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas 4.13 avg rating — 328 ratings
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Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings
Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Northmen: The Viking Saga, 793-1241 AD
Northmen: The Viking Saga, 793-1241 AD 3.76 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
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Vikings: Life and Legend
Vikings: Life and Legend 4.05 avg rating — 97 ratings
9.
The Wanderer's Havamal
The Wanderer's Havamal 4.64 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
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A Brief History of the Vikings: The Last Pagans or the First Modern Europeans?
A Brief History of the Vikings: The Last Pagans or the First Modern Europeans? 3.61 avg rating — 1,098 ratings
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The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia 4.54 avg rating — 169 ratings
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The Vikings: A New History
The Vikings: A New History 3.83 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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Odin's Whisper: Death and the Vikings
Odin's Whisper: Death and the Vikings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Vikings
The Vikings 3.95 avg rating — 287 ratings
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Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs
Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs 4.11 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
15.
The Vikings: Voyagers of Discovery and Plunder
The Vikings: Voyagers of Discovery and Plunder 3.70 avg rating — 182 ratings
17.
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe 4.08 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
17.
The Vikings: A History
The Vikings: A History 3.67 avg rating — 1,701 ratings
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Viking Britain
Viking Britain 3.90 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road 4.05 avg rating — 3,820 ratings
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The Edge of the World
The Edge of the World 3.57 avg rating — 2,755 ratings
21.
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women 3.84 avg rating — 779 ratings
23.
Ælfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age
Ælfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age
by: Max Adams
3.71 avg rating — 554 ratings
23.
The Vikings: From Odin to Christ
The Vikings: From Odin to Christ 3.92 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them 3.62 avg rating — 765 ratings
25.
The Viking Diaspora
The Viking Diaspora really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok
The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok 4.17 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
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Women in the Viking Age
Women in the Viking Age 3.92 avg rating — 229 ratings
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The Waking of Angantyr: The Scandinavian Past in European Culture
The Waking of Angantyr: The Scandinavian Past in European Culture 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Sagas of Icelanders
The Sagas of Icelanders 4.31 avg rating — 4,177 ratings