Books about islands

52 books in our catalogue · showing 1–48

Books about islands and the people who live on them: the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland, the Greek and Mediterranean islands, and remote places in the Atlantic and Pacific. Travel writing, natural history and walking guides to individual islands.

For the Scottish ones, begin with Scotland; for the sea itself, see Rivers and Exploration.

Writing on islands

The Last Navigator : A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea

The Last Navigator : A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea

Steve Thomas

Lost to the Sea : A Journey Around the Edges of Britain and Ireland

Lost to the Sea : A Journey Around the Edges of Britain and Ireland

Lisa Woollett

The Sea All Around : A passion for Scottish islands

The Sea All Around : A passion for Scottish islands

Richard Clubley

Hildasay to Home : How I Found My Family By Walking the UK Coastline

Hildasay to Home : How I Found My Family By Walking the UK Coastline

Christian Lewis

Island Dreams : Mapping an Obsession

Island Dreams : Mapping an Obsession

Gavin Francis, Cal Flyn

An Eye on the Hebrides : An Illustrated Journey

An Eye on the Hebrides : An Illustrated Journey

Mairi Hedderwick

The Hebrides : From the presenter of BBC TV's Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands

The Hebrides : From the presenter of BBC TV's Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands

Paul Murton

The Island House : Our Wild New Life on a Tiny Cornish Isle

The Island House : Our Wild New Life on a Tiny Cornish Isle

Mary Considine

The Draw of the Sea

The Draw of the Sea

Wyl Menmuir

The Age of Islands : In Search of New and Disappearing Islands

The Age of Islands : In Search of New and Disappearing Islands

Alastair Bonnett

I Am An Island : The Sunday Times bestselling memoir of one woman’s search for belonging

I Am An Island : The Sunday Times bestselling memoir of one woman’s search for belonging

Tamsin Calidas

Mermaid Singing

Mermaid Singing

Charmian Clift

Two Trees Make a Forest : On Memory, Migration and Taiwan

Two Trees Make a Forest : On Memory, Migration and Taiwan

Jessica J. Lee

On Fiji Islands

On Fiji Islands

Ronald Wright

The Summer Isles : A Voyage of the Imagination

The Summer Isles : A Voyage of the Imagination

Philip Marsden

Pembrokeshire : 141

Pembrokeshire : 141

Jonathan Mullard

Waypoints : Seascapes and Stories of Scotland's West Coast

Waypoints : Seascapes and Stories of Scotland's West Coast

Ian Stephen

Playing With Water : Alone on a Philippine Island

Playing With Water : Alone on a Philippine Island

James Hamilton-Paterson

Transit of Venus : Travels in the Pacific

Transit of Venus : Travels in the Pacific

Julian Evans

The Isles of Scilly : 103

The Isles of Scilly : 103

Rosemary Parslow

The Island of the Colour-blind

The Island of the Colour-blind

Oliver Sacks

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands : Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands : Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will

Judith Schalansky

Coast: Our Island Story : A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline

Coast: Our Island Story : A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline

Nicholas Crane

A Pattern of Islands

A Pattern of Islands

Arthur Grimble

Seashore : 94

Seashore : 94

Peter J. Hayward

Guides and practical books

Lonely Planet Best Beaches Australia

Lonely Planet Best Beaches Australia

Lonely Planet, Sarah Reid

Lonely Planet Experience South Pacific

Lonely Planet Experience South Pacific

Lonely Planet, Craig McLachlan, Brett Atkinson, Neema Githere, Jessica Lockhart, Anirban Mahapatra, Chantae Reden, Rebecca Stirnemann, Tiare Tuuhia, Kate Webster

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

Aisling Irwin, Colum Wilson, Murray Stewart

Outer Hebrides : The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra

Outer Hebrides : The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra

Mark Rowe

The Rough Guide to Mallorca and Menorca: Travel Guide with eBook

The Rough Guide to Mallorca and Menorca: Travel Guide with eBook

Rough Guides, Phil Lee

Lonely Planet Greek Islands

Lonely Planet Greek Islands

Lonely Planet, Ryan Berkmoes Ver, Alexis Averbuck, Helen Iatrou, Vesna Maric, Andrea Peevers-Shulte

Lonely Planet Greece

Lonely Planet Greece

Lonely Planet, Alexis Averbuck, Kate Armstrong, Ryan Berkmoes Ver, Helen Iatrou, Vesna Maric, Andrea Peevers-Shulte, Sarah Souli

The Rough Guide to Madeira and the Azores: Travel Guide with eBook

The Rough Guide to Madeira and the Azores: Travel Guide with eBook

Rough Guides, Emma Gregg

The Rough Guide to the Greek Islands: Travel Guide with eBook

The Rough Guide to the Greek Islands: Travel Guide with eBook

Rough Guides, Maria Viskochil Edwards, Nick Edwards, Rebecca Hall

Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

Will Wagstaff

Skye and the Inner Hebrides : including Mull, Islay, Iona and more

Skye and the Inner Hebrides : including Mull, Islay, Iona and more

Katie Featherstone

Lonely Planet Pocket Cabo Verde

Lonely Planet Pocket Cabo Verde

Lonely Planet, Marc Di Duca

The Rough Guide to the 100 Best Islands in the World

The Rough Guide to the 100 Best Islands in the World

Rough Guides

Okinawa & Japan's Southern Islands

Okinawa & Japan's Southern Islands

Jo Davey

Lonely Planet Thailand's Islands & Beaches : Detailed Itineraries | Travel Like a Local | Insider Tips | Covers Bangkok, Ko Samui, Phuket, Hua Hin, and more

Lonely Planet Thailand's Islands & Beaches : Detailed Itineraries | Travel Like a Local | Insider Tips | Covers Bangkok, Ko Samui, Phuket, Hua Hin, and more

Lonely Planet, David Eimer, Amy Bensema, Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Orkney

Orkney

Mark Rowe

The Rough Guide to South India & Kerala: Travel Guide with eBook

The Rough Guide to South India & Kerala: Travel Guide with eBook

Rough Guides

Pocket Rough Guide British Breaks Isle of Wight: Travel Guide with eBook

Pocket Rough Guide British Breaks Isle of Wight: Travel Guide with eBook

Rough Guides

The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches & Islands: Travel Guide with eBook

The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches & Islands: Travel Guide with eBook

Rough Guides

Lonely Planet The Islands Book

Lonely Planet The Islands Book

Lonely Planet

Mauritius : Rodrigues Reunion

Mauritius : Rodrigues Reunion

Alexandra Richards

St Helena

St Helena

Susan Britt-Gallagher, Tricia Hayne

Climbing and mountaineering

The Outer Hebrides : Scottish Mountaineering Club Climbers' Guide

The Outer Hebrides : Scottish Mountaineering Club Climbers' Guide

Rab Anderson