Eaters of the Dead

If you liked the movie “The Thirteenth Warrior” with Antonio Banderas, you'll love this book. (Its what the movie was based off of.)

The book reminds me of Beowulf. The insight into Viking culture is amazing. The Appendix gives you some facts that the story was based on for further research, and the introduction gives you the basis of the journey that you (like your narrator)are about to be thrown into.

And it really makes me want to read Beowulf again.