5 December 2022
SCUBA Travel are pleased to release the list of our best selling SCUBA books in 2022. There have been some great books published this year which have made the list, plus some old favourites.
Here are the top ten: figures in brackets show the previous year's position.
1. Coral Reef Guide Red Sea
by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
Excellent guide to the fish and invertebrates of the Red Sea. (3)
2. Wild and Temperate Seas: 50 Favourite UK Dives
by Will Appleyard
From highlands to islands, wrecks to reefs and caves (1)
3. 100 Dives of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Underwater Destinations
by Carrie Miller and Brian Skerry
From National Geographic, includes some beautiful photograps plus marine life guides, travel tips and expert diving advice from world-famous National Geographic divers and explorers like Brian Skerry, Jessica Cramp and David Doubilet. (2)
4. Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: The Thai Cave Rescue
by John Volanthen
The thrilling account of the dramatic Thai cave rescue which saved the lives of thirteen people, from the diver who led the search.(4)
5. Underwater Guide to the Red Sea
by Lawson Wood
Covers both the best dive sites and gives a photographic identification guide to some of the sealife of the Red Sea. A good introduction but if you are serious about identification we recommend Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (5)
6. Amazing Diving Stories: Incredible Tales from Deep Beneath the Sea
by John Bantin
Collection of true diving stories from thrilling wreck discoveries to encounters with the bizarre and the beautiful . (--)
7.
Exploring Britain's Hidden World: A Natural History of Seabed Habitats
by Keith Hiscock
A wealth of information about what lives on and in the seabed has been brought together in one sumptuously illustrated volume. (7)
8.
Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir
by Callum Roberts
The story of how Callum Roberts, Britain's pre-eminent marine conservation scientist, fell in love
with coral reefs and embarked on a thirty-year career. (8)
9. 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. (9)
10. The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
by Peter Benchley
poignant picture of humanity's precarious relationship with the ocean, which unfolds alongside a heartrending story of familial bonds, often revealing that the ignorance of man is far more dangerous than the sea (--)
