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Recommended books |
Here are some currently available books about Madagascar in English – several of which are written by members of the Society.
Travel guides & travelogues
Madagascar: The Bradt Travel Guide (2020)
Daniel Austin & Hilary Bradt 978-1-78477-665-7 |
The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story (2021)
John Gimlette 978-1-78854-472-6 |
The Aye-Aye and I (1992)
Gerald Durrell 978-0-670-92068-6 |
Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Luscious Substance (2005)
Tim Ecott 978-0-14-101153-0 |
Wildlife & field guides
Madagascar Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide (2023)
Nick Garbutt & Daniel Austin 978-1-80469-097-0 |
Wildlife of Madagascar (2016)
Ken Behrens & Keith Barnes 978-0-691-16171-6 |
Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar (2023) Nick Garbutt
978-1-4729-8593-4 (UK ed) 978-0-691-23991-0 (US ed) |
Lemurs of Madagascar (2010)
Russell A Mittermeier et al 978-1-934151-23-5 |
Atlas of Selected Land Vertebrates of Madagascar (2013)
Steven M Goodman & Marie Jeanne Raherilalao 978-2-9538923-5-2 |
Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands (2015)
Frank Hawkins, Roger Safford & Adrian Skerrett 978-1-4729-2409-4 |
Madagascar: a guide to marine biodiversity (2012)
Andrew Cooke & Jürg Brand 978-2-9530572-7-0 |
A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (2007)
Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences 978-3-929449-03-7 |
An Illustrated History of Butterflies of the Afrotropical Indian Ocean Islands (2021)
James M Lawrence & Mark C Williams 978-1-8381528-3-3 |
Ants of Madagascar – A Guide to the 62 Genera (2019)
Brian L Fisher & Christian Peeters 978-2-9538923-8-3 |
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Madagascar... (2022)
Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra & Callan Cohen 978-2-9570997-2-6 |
Baobabs of the World: The upside-down trees of Madagascar... (2016)
Andry Petignat & Louise Jasper 978-1-77584-370-2 |
Orchids of Madagascar (2007)
Johan & Clare Hermans et al 978-1-84246-133-4 |
Pachypodiums in Madagascar (2018)
Walter Röösli 978-0-9562206-9-1 |
Field Guide to the Palms of Madagascar (2006)
John Dransfield et al 978-1-84246-157-0 |
Identification Guide to Grasses and Bamboos in Madagascar (2018)
Maria Vorontsova 978-1-84246-648-3 |
Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar (2001)
George E Schatz 978-1-900347-82-2 |
Atlas of the Vegetation of Madagascar (2007)
Justin Moat & Paul Smith 978-1-84246-198-3 |
Conservation & natural history
Thank You, Madagascar: The Conservation Diaries of Alison Jolly (2016)
Alison Jolly 978-1-78360-317-6 |
Life Amongst the Thorns: biodiversity & conservation of Madagascar's spiny forest (2015)
Louise Jasper & Charlie Gardner 978-1-909612-67-9 |
Extinct Madagascar: Picturing the Island's Past (2014)
Steven M Goodman, William L Jungers & Velizar Simeonovski 978-0-226-14397-2 |
Madagascar, The Eighth Continent: Life, Death and Discovery in a Lost World (2013)
Peter Tyson 978-1-84162-441-9 |
Chasing Lemurs: My Journey into the Heart of Madagascar (2020)
Keriann McGoogan 978-1-63388-620-9 |
For the Love of Lemurs: My Life in the Wilds of Madagascar (2016)
Patricia Chapple Wright 978-1-59056-445-5 |
A Fish Caught in Time: The search for the coelacanth (2001)
Samantha Weinberg 978-1-85702-907-9 |
Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands (1997)
Laurence J Dorr 978-1-900347-18-1 |
Tsingy: Stone Forest – Madagascar (2006)
Olivier Grunewald & David Wolozan 978-2-9526011-1-5 |
Forest and Labor in Madagascar (2012)
Genese Marie Sodikoff 978-0-253-00577-9 |
The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present (2022)
Alison Richard 978-0-00-843594-3 |
The New Natural History of Madagascar (2022)
Steven M Goodman (ed) 978-0-691-22262-2 [2 volumes] |
History & politics
A History of Madagascar (2001)
Sir Mervyn Brown 978-1-55876-292-3 |
Madagascar: A Short History (2009)
Solofo Randrianja & Stephen Ellis 978-1-85065-947-1 |
The Tragedy of Madagascar: An Island Nation Confronts the 21st Century (2022)
Nathaniel Adams 978-1-78904-874-2 |
Female Caligula: Ranavalona, Madagascar's Mad Queen (2005)
Keith Laidler 978-1-911405-19-1 |
The Politics of Institutional Failure in Madagascar's Third Republic (2016)
Richard R Marcus 978-0-7391-8160-7 |
In Search of the Red Slave: Shipwreck and Captivity in Madagascar (2002)
Mike Parker Pearson & Karen Godden 978-0-7509-2938-7 |
Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar (2007)
David Graeber 978-0-253-21915-2 |
The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar 1895–1899 (2014)
Stephen Ellis 978-1-107-63489-3 |
Shipwrecks of Madagascar (2009)
Pierre van den Boogaerde 978-1-60693-494-4 |
Contest for Land in Madagascar (2013)
Sandra Evers, Gwyn Campbell & Michael Lambek 978-90-0425622-4 |
The Opposable Thumb: The Chronicles of Dr Charles James Meller 1836–1869 (2021)
Ian D Conacher 978-1-910237-53-3 |
Corridors of Power: The Politics of Environmental Aid to Madagascar (2016)
Catherine A Corson 978-0-300-21227-3 |
Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia: Buccaneers, Women Traders & Mock Kingdoms in C18th Madagascar (2023)
David Graeber 978-0-241-61140-1 |
Mission to Madagascar: The Sergeant, the King, and the Slave Trade (2023)
David H Mould 979-8-9870075-8-7 |
Malagasy language
Malagasy-English English-Malagasy Bilingual Dictionary & Phrasebook (2013)
Matthew Winterton 978-1-5303-2319-7 |
Malagasy-English, English-Malagasy: Dictionary and Phrasebook (2001)
Janie Rasoloson 978-0-7818-0843-9 |
Children's books
Rainyday & Cosypants: Madagascar Adventure (2016)
John Cresswell 978-1-5405-6226-5 |
Thea Stilton and the Madagascar Madness (2016)
Geronimo Stilton 978-1-338-03289-5 |
Aye-Aye Gets Lucky (2019)
Terri Tatchell & Sulima Ivan 978-1-9991022-3-4 |
The Lemur's Tale (2013)
Ophelia Redpath 978-1-84877-867-2 |
This Book Belongs to Aye-Aye (2011)
Richard Byrne 978-0-19-275619-0 |
Thank You, Baobab Tree! (2015)
Mi-Hwa Joo, Yun-Heu Park & Joy Cowley 978-1-921790-98-0 |
How to Lose a Lemur (2013)
Frann Preston-Gannon 978-1-84365-315-8 |
If you would like to suggest further books for inclusion in this list, please feel free to contact us.
For out-of-print books, books in other languages, maps, CDs, DVDs and more, check out the Madagascar Library's searchable archive.
For out-of-print books, books in other languages, maps, CDs, DVDs and more, check out the Madagascar Library's searchable archive.