Recommended Books

Most of the books listed below have been printed in Bermuda. Thus, while they're readily available on the island, they may be hard to find in the United States and elsewhere.

The Mysterious Bermuda Triangle

Many writers have attempted to explain the Bermuda Triangle. None has sufficiently done so yet, but all of these books make good reads for those of us intrigued by this tantalizing mystery.

The best of the lot is The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved (Prometheus Books) by Larry Kusche. It's a good read even though it doesn't "solve" the mystery. A mass-market paperback, Atlantis: Bermuda Triangle (Berkley Pub Group), by Greg Donegan, also digs into the puzzle, as does another paperback, The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (Heineman Library), by Chris Oxlade.

Art & Architecture

For Bermuda style, both inside the house and outside, two books lead the pack: Bermuda Antique Furniture and Silver, published by Bermuda National Trust, and Architecture Bermuda Style, by David R. Raine, issued by Pompano Publications.

Divers, Hikers & Shipwrecks

Daniel Berg has written the finest book on the shipwrecks of Bermuda -- a great choice for a diver to read before actually going under the water. It's called Bermuda Shipwrecks: A Vacationing Diver's Guide to Bermuda's Shipwrecks (Aqua Explorers).

Divers might also like to pick up a copy of Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda (Wiley Publishing, Inc.), edited by Wolfgang Sterrer. Another good book for divers is Diving Bermuda (AquaQuest Publications), part of the Aqua Quest Diving Series, this one authored by Jesse Concelmo and Michael Strohofer. Its second edition is the most up-to-date of all the sports guides to Bermuda.