Jólabókaflóð

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The jólabókaflóð (Icelandic for "christmas book flood") is the annual flood of new books in Iceland occurring in the months before christmas every year. Its name refers to the fact that new books are generally published only during the christmas season in Iceland.

Newly-published books are listed in a yearly compilation called bókatíðindi ("book news") that is distributed to all households for free; the total number of new books published in 2007 was about 800.^[1]