To sum up: Icelanders win at Christmas. Iceland has a cozy ‘Christmas book flood’ reading tradition called Jolabokaflod originally appeared on Simplemost.com, helping make the most out of life.

The industry still does “flood” the market in the lead-up to Christmas. Its 2022 new-books catalog runs to more than 80 pages.

It’s called Jolabokaflod, which roughly translates from Icelandic as “Christmas book flood.” As part of the tradition, friends and loved ones in Iceland give each other a book on the night ...