Nordic Book Circle

Please note, the November Nordic Book Circle has been rescheduled for December 13th. Contemporary Nordic literature is full of diverse literary voices, styles, and genres. This September 2026 through May 2027 the ASI Nordic Book Circle will gather monthly, in-person, to read and discuss a work of Nordic literature in English translation. Our focus this year will be on works of literature written by women authors from across the Nordic world. The works we read will chronologically trace books penned between 1912 and 2020, and include two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature; authors from the countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland; various genres; and a range of topics and perspectives. If you love to read and discuss literature and would like to expand your appreciation of literature from various parts of the world (the Nordic world in particular), we would love to have you join! Limited to 20 attendees; please register in advance. 2026-2027 Nordic Book Circle titles September: Kristin Lavransdotter, Book I: The Wreath (1912), by Sigrid Undset, translated from Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally (Penguin Editions, 336 pages), Norway – September 27, 2026 October: The Phantom Carriage (1912), by Selma Lagerlöf, translated from Swedish by Peter Graves (Norvik Press, 124 pages) (Sweden) – October 25, 2026 November: Quicksand (1928) by Nella Larsen (Penguin Classics, 192 pages) (Denmark) – December 13, 2026 Please note date change. December: Kallocain (1940), Karin Boye, translated from Swedish by David McDuff (Penguin Classics, 192 pages) (Sweden) – December 20, 2026 January: Girl Upon Heaven’s Pier (1951), by Eeva-Liisa Manner, translated from Finnish by Terhi Kuusisto (Dalkey Archive Press, 104 pages) (Finland) – January 31, 2027 February: Nothing to be Rescued (1961), by Ásta Sigurðardóttir, translated from Icelandic by Meg Matich (Nordisk Books, 192 pages) Iceland – February 28, 2027 March: Light, Grass, and Letter in April (1962, 1963,…