SCUBA Best Sellers of the Last 3 Months

The SCUBA Travel best selling diving books in the third quarter of 2009. Yet again the Dive Atlas of the World keeps its top spot. Previous quarter's position is shown in brackets.

1. Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites by Jack Jackson
   300 pages detailing some of the world's best dive sites. (1)
2. Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations by Chris Santella
   The fifth in Santella's bestselling "Fifty Places" series. (2)
3. Dive in Style by Tim Simond
   Luxury diving around the world.(3)
4. Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (Coral Reef) by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
   Covering jellyfish, corals, nudibranchs, starfish, sea urchins, fishes and turtles of the Red Sea. (5)
5. Coral Reef Fishes: Indo-Pacific and Caribbean by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
   A compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you might see whilst diving on coral reefs. (6)
6. The Blue Planet DVD
   The BBC television series on DVD - action shots of the intriguing behaviour of the underwater world with commentary by David Attenborough. (--)
7. The Underwater Photographer: Digital and Traditional Techniques by Martin Edge
   Hints, tips and advice on taking underwater photos. (--)
8. Thailand (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guides) by Tim Rock
   Dive sites of Thailand. Includes city guide to Bangkok. (10)
9. Top Dive Sites of the World by Jack Jackson
   With contributions from authors like Lawson Wood, Guy Buckles, Nick Hanna and Paul Naylor, focuses on 75 world-class dive sites in waters as diverse as the icy Northern Atlantic and the tropical seas of the Pacific. (--)
    
   
10. Diving and Snorkeling the Sea of Cortez: The Most Complete Guide to Baja California's Best Sites by Susan Speck
    91 Dive sites of Baja California described in detail. (--)

SCUBA Diving Best Sellers of 2008

SCUBA Travel are pleased to release the list of the best selling books and DVDs bought by SCUBA divers at our site in 2008. For the fifth consecutive year, The Dive Atlas of the World retains its top spot! Its author, Jack Jackson, has two entries in the list, with Diving with Giants at number nine. A new entry at number three is Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die, which was only published last October. Perhaps the best performer though is the Blue Planet DVD. This has not been out of the top ten since the list began in 2001.

Here are the top ten: figures in brackets show the previous year's position.

1. Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites by Jack Jackson
   300 pages detailing some of the world's best dive sites. (1)
2. Dive in Style by Tim Simond
   Luxury diving around the world.(6)
3. Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations by Chris Santella
   The fifth in Santella's bestselling ""Fifty Places"" series. (--)
4. Coral Reef Fishes: Indo-Pacific and Caribbean by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
   A compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you might see whilst diving on coral reefs. (7)
5. Thailand (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guides) by Tim Rock
   Dive sites of Thailand. Includes city guide to Bangkok. (--)
6. Dive: The Ultimate Guide To 60 Of The Worlds Top Dive Locations by Monty Halls,
   Describes 60 of the world's best diving areas, and highlights specific dives not to be missed whilst you are there (2)
7. Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (Coral Reef) by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
   Covering jellyfish, corals, nudibranchs, starfish, sea urchins, fishes and turtles of the Red Sea. (10)
8. Diving the World by Beth and Shaun Tierney
   Reviews 200 dive sites (--)
9. Diving with Giants by Jack Jackson
   Features the best places to dive with pelagic species. (--)
10. The Blue Planet DVD
    The BBC television series on DVD - action shots of the intriguing behaviour of the underwater world with commentary by David Attenborough. (9)

Current and Previous Bestsellers

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