Selected Reading List for Costa Rica

*Baker, Christopher P., Moon Handbooks Costa Rica, 5th ed., 2004. **

Berman, Joshua, Moon Handbook’s Nicaragua, 2005.

Biesanz, Mavis H., The Ticos: Culture and Social Change in Costa Rica, Lynne Rienner, 1999.

*Blake, Beatrice, New Key to Costa Rica, 18th ed., Ulysses Press, 2006. **

Vorhees, Mara, Lonely Planet Costa Rica, 6th ed., 2006.

Franke, Joseph, Costa Rica's National Parks and Preserves, Mountaineers, 1999.

Greenspan, Eliot, Frommer's Costa Rica 2007, 2006. **

Mayfield, Michael W.,  Rivers of Costa Rica, Menasha Ridge Press, 1992.

Firestone, Matthew, Lonely Planet Panama, 4th ed., 2007.

Tico Times, Exploring Costa Rica, Tico Times, 2007 ed.

Wilberth Herrera S., Costa Rica Nature Atlas Guidebook, Incafo Costa Rica S.A., 2002.  

*These are probably the most comprehensive guidebooks available. ** Canoe Costa Rica is listed in these guidebooks.

Especially for Birding & Wildlife

Garrigues, Richard and Robert Dean, Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, Zona Tropical Publication, 2007.

Henderson, Carrol L., Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica, University of Texas Press, 2002.

Ridgely, R. S., Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica…, Princeton Pub. Co., 1992.

Stiles, G. and A.F. Skutch, Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica, Cornell Univ. Press, 1990.

Sekerak, Aaron D., Travel and Site Guide to Birds of Costa Rica…, Lone Pine, 1997.