Blóðdropinn

thumb | right | alt=Arnaldur Indriðason, winner 2017 | Arnaldur Indriðason, winner 2017 Blóðdropinn (Drop of Blood) is an annual Icelandic literary award for the best crime novel of the previous year, which has been awarded since 2007. The author of the winning novel becomes Iceland's candidate for the Glass Key award.

==Winners== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Author !Original title !English title |- |2019 |Lilja Sigurðardóttir |SvikJPV (Forlagið), Reykjavík 2018 | |- |2018 |Lilja Sigurðardóttir |BúriðJPV útgáfa, Reykjavík 2016 |Cage |- |2017 |Arnaldur Indriðason |PetsamoVaka-Helgafell, Reykjavík 2016 | |- |2016 |Óskar Guðmundsson |HilmaDraumsýn, Reykjavík 2015 | |- |2015 |Yrsa Sigurðardóttir |DNAVeröld, Reykjavík 2014 |The Legacy |- |2014 |Stefán Máni |GrimmdJPV, Reykjavík 2013 |Cruelty |- |2013 |Stefán Máni |HúsiðJPV, Reykjavík 2012 |The House |- |2012 |Sigurjón Pálsson |KlækirSigurjón Pálsson, Reykjavík 2011 |Monkey business |- |2011 |Yrsa Sigurðardóttir |Ég man þigVeröld, Reykjavík 2010 |I Remember YouHodder & Stoughton, London, 2012 |- |2010 |Helgi Ingólfsson |Þegar kóngur komOrmstunga, Reykjavík 2009 |When the King Came |- |2009 |Ævar Örn Jósepsson |Land tækifærannaUppheimar, Akranes 2008 |Land of Opportunities |- |2008 |Arnaldur Indriðason |HarðskafiJPV, Reykjavík 2007 |HypothermiaHarvell Seckler; London, 2009 |- |2007 |Stefán Máni |SkipiðJPV, Reykjavík 2006 |The ShipMurdoch Books, Sydney 2012. |}