Books
It’s always fun to read a novel that’s set in a place you’re visiting. Travel writing and guides are good too. Here’s a selection of books for anyone contemplating a visit!
Novels
- Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine
- Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
- Enchanted Isles by Herman Melville
- A Taxonomy of Barnacles by Galt Niederhoffer
- Confessing a Murder by Nicholas Drayson
- Mr. Darwin’s Shooter by Roger McDonald
- The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton
- The Origin of Species by Nino Ricci
- To the Edge of the World by Harry Thompson
Travel writing and other non-fiction
- Floreana by Margaret Wittmer
- Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
- Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon by Henry Nicholls
Travel guides
- Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (Lonely Planet)
- Galapagos: the Islands that Changed the World (BBC 3-part documentary)