Sagas & Historical Texts
Íslendingasögur (Family Sagas)
Prose narratives about Icelandic settlers and their descendants during the Viking Age.
Brennu-Njáls saga (Njáls saga)
Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar
Laxdæla saga
Eyrbyggja saga
Vatnsdæla saga
Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar
Gísla saga Súrssonar
Kormáks saga
Fóstbræðra saga
Víga-Glúms saga
Heiðarvíga saga
Finnboga saga ramma
Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða
Eiríks saga rauða (Erik the Red)
Grœnlendinga saga (Vinland exploration)
(plus ~30 other sagas and shorter þættir/tales)
Konungasögur (Kings’ Sagas)
Histories of Scandinavian kings, blending oral tradition with written history.
Heimskringla (Snorri Sturluson — includes Ynglinga saga, semi-mythic opening, through to 12th c.)
Fagrskinna
Morkinskinna
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar (various versions)
Óláfs saga helga (St Olaf)
Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar
Biskupasögur (Bishops’ & Saints’ Sagas)
Ecclesiastical sagas emphasising church figures.
Hungrvaka (history of bishops of Skálholt)
Þorláks saga helga
Jóns saga helga
Guðmundar saga Arasonar
Riddarasögur (Chivalric Sagas)
Norse adaptations of European romances.
Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar
Parcevals saga
Erex saga
Ívens saga
Möttuls saga
Karlamagnús saga
Contemporary Sagas (Samtíðarsögur)
Political sagas about 12th–13th century events.
Sturlunga saga (compilation covering the Sturlung Age)
Saga of Bishop Guðmundr Arason
Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar
Historical Texts (Non-saga Works)
More annalistic or chronicle-style texts.
Íslendingabók (Book of Icelanders, c. 1120)
Landnámabók (Book of Settlements)
Icelandic annals (Annales regii, Lögmannsannáll, etc.)
Gesta Danorum (Saxo Grammaticus, Latin chronicle of the Danes, c. 1200 - mixes legend with history)