Nine of the top ten best-selling books in Iceland in January were cookbooks.
1. Veisluréttir Hagkaups (entertaining cookbook) – Friðrika Hjördís Geirsdóttir
2. Heilsudrykkir Hildar (health drinks) – Hildur Halldórsdóttir
3. LKL2 : lágkolvetnalífsstíllinn (low carb) – Gunnar Már Sigfússon
4. Sandmaðurinn (Swedish crime novel) – Lars Kepler
5. Heilsuréttir Hagkaups (health food) – Sólveig Eiríksdóttir
6. Nýir heilsuréttir fjölskyldunn (health food for the family) – Berglind Sigmarsdóttir
7. Brauð & eftirréttir Kristu (bread and desserts) – María Krista Hreiðarsdóttir
8. Gestgjafinn – Bestu uppskriftirnar 2013 (the magazine Gestgjafinn’s top recipes of the year) – Various authors
9. Lágkolvetna lífstíllinn (low carb) – Gunnar Már Sigfússon
10. Brauð- og kökubók Hagkaups (bread and cake) – Jói Fel.
The only book not written by an Icelander and the only book which is not about food, is number four on the list – a Swedish crime novel The Sandman, or Sandmaðurinn in Icelandic, by Lars Kepler.
