The Best Books About Coral Reefs
“What are the best books about Coral Reefs?” We looked at 235 of the top Coral Reef books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
Coral Reefs, and the Great Barrier Reef in particular, are going the way of the Dodo. And by “Going the way of the Dodo” we of course mean that humans are stupidly killing it. We aggregated together over 200 books to help better inform anyone on the endangered life filled oasis that is coral reefs. The top 35 titles, all appearing on 2 or more lists, are ranked below with images, descriptions, and links. The remaining 200 titles, as well as the lists we used, are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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Top 35 Coral Reef Books
35 .) A Coral Reef Handbook: A Guide to the Fauna, Flora and Geology of Heron Island and Adjacent Reefs and Cays by Patricia Mather and Isobel Bennett
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
34 .) An Essential Guide to Coral Reef Fishes and Invertebrates by Michael Aw with Sara Baggott
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Underwater
33 .) Aquarium Corals: Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History by Eric Borneman
Lists It Appears On:
- Saltwater Smarts
- Oceans
“Keeping live corals has been likened to “”Bonsai for the Cousteau generation”” and “”the ultimate underwater gardening experience.”” Beautiful, bizarre, and among nature’s most colorful creations, living corals are now being successfully kept and grown in tens of thousands of home saltwater aquariums.
For the first time, master aquarist Eric Borneman offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and fully illustrated guide to appropriate aquarium species, including a diversity of soft corals, as well as popular and rare large-polyp and small-polyp stony corals. World-class photographs and text reviewed by leading coral biologists and coral keepers guides the reader through the selection and husbandry of hundreds of species.”
32 .) Australias Great Barrier Reef by Isobel Bennett
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
31 .) The Australian Great Barrier Reef in colour by Keith Gillett
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
30 .) Bibliography of the Great Barrier Reef province by Edgar Frankel
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
29 .) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific by Terrence M. Gosliner
Lists It Appears On:
- National Geographic
- Oceans
This new field guide will describe approximately l,000 species of invertebrates and tunicates that are found in the Central and Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The narrative for each species will include a description of the animal and discuss its natural history and distribution. The photographs for this field guide have been contributed by 36 of the world’s best underwater photographers.
28 .) Coral Reefs by Gail Gibbons
Lists It Appears On:
- Aqua
- Alibris
Marine biologists believe coral reefs existed 400 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Today this active environment is home to about 20,000 kinds of brilliantly coloured corals, plants, and animals-more sea creatures than are found anywhere else in the world. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is so large that astronauts can see it from outer space! But what is life like in a coral reef? What do corals eat? Why are corals more colourful at nighttime? Children will enjoy Gibbon’s informative text and clear, detailed illustrations on this journey into the unique lives of coral reefs.
27 .) Coral Reefs by Jason Chin
Lists It Appears On:
- Aqua
- Alibris
“During an ordinary visit to the library, a girl pulls a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide there.
Coral Reefs by Jason Chin plunges readers into the ocean with incredible facts about fish, coral reefs and marine life. Readers will experience the ocean like they never have before in this stunning picture book full of breathtaking illustrations.
Chin’s approach makes this book a must-have common core tool for teachers and librarians introducing scientific principals to young students.”
26 .) Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas by Forest Rohwer, Merry Youle
Lists It Appears On:
- Nova
- Alibris
For millennia, coral reefs have flourished as one of the planet’s most magnificent natural wonders. As Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem-surpassing even the rainforests-they are home to a cooperative network ranging from immense fish to sunlight-capturing algae to invisible microbes. Just how critical the microbes in particular are for coral reef health is finally understood thanks to recent discoveries. Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas is the first book to unveil the complete story of how these relationships uphold coral reef health and what impact human activity has on this delicate balance.
25 .) CORAL REEFS. NATURE’S WONDERS by Walter and Jean Deas
Lists It Appears On:
- Underwater
- Oceans
“An introduction to the coral reef biology and ecology in a full-color identification guide to the better-known corals of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic.
Corals have for too long been regarded as interesting natural mementos, usually put on display on a shelf or in a glass cabinet, rather than as living animals, part of a captivating and delicately balanced ecological system. Today, scuba diving has provided a way for naturalists to study coral reefs as living ecological communities and for the sport diver to recognise many corals that were only known as dead display specimens.
True reef-building corals are limited in geographical distribution to the clear, warm sunlit waters of the tropical oceans. There are countless reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the largest, and most spectacular, coral reef province in the world. About 2000 kilometres long and located on Queensland’s continental shelf, it is made up of over 2900 individual coral reefs composed mainly of consolidated limestone debris formed from calcium carbonate with living corals on its surface. They vary in size, form and type, and the coral reef could be considered as the marine counterpart of a tropical rain forest. “
24 .) Veron: Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific by J.E.N.Veron
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Classic Dive Books
The first reference of its kind, this book represents good biology, well-founded systematics, accessible biogeography, geological history of corals, and one of the finest collections of coral photographs to be found anywhere. Hailed as the single most important reference on reef corals, this book is useful in describing corals in all areas of Oceania and Southeast Asia. It provides a means of identifying almost 1,000 species of coral, a reliable nomenclature, up-to-date information on distribution and abundance, and authoritative notes on structure and biology.
23 .) CORALS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF by Photography by Walter Deas. Text by Steve Domm
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
22 .) Corals of the World, Vols. 1–3 by John E. Veron
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Encyclopedia
21 .) Discover the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park by Compiled by Lesley Murdoch, Great Barraier Reef Marine Park Authority
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
20 .) Diving the World’s Coral Reefs by Jack Jackson
Lists It Appears On:
- Dive Style
- Oceans
19 .) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea by John E. Randall
Lists It Appears On:
- National Geographic
- Classic Dive Books
This is a long-overdue revision and expansion of what has become a classic book in marine literature. This lavishly illustrated volume provides exhaustive coverage of more than 90 percent of the region’s reef fishes. Every species is thoroughly illustrated, including photographs of the juvenile, female and male in species that vary in appearance during their development. Besides the wide array of underwater and diagnostic laboratory photographs, the book also contains seven plates painted by the talented natural-history artist Roger Swainston. With an additional 32 pages and 90 photos (covering 60 new species in all), this revised and expanded edition will enable even a beginning layman to identify most of the region’s reef fishes. Divers, anglers, underwater naturalists and professional biologists are equally catered to.
18 .) Great Barrier Reef by Reader’s Digest
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
17 .) The Great Barrier Reef by William J. Dakin
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
16 .) GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY – WORKSHOP ON THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Classic Dive Books
15 .) Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide by Dr Gerald Allen & Roger Steene
Lists It Appears On:
- Underwater
- Oceans
14 .) Life and Death of Coral Reefs by Charles Birkeland
Lists It Appears On:
- Alibris
- Nova
Charles Birkeland Living coral is a thin veneer, measured in millimeters. Yet this thin film of living tissue has shaped the face of the Earth by creating limestone structures sometimes over 1,300 m thick from the surface down to its base on volcanic rock (Enewetak Atoll), or over 2,000 km long (Great Barrier Reef). About half the world’s coastlines are in the tropics and about a third of the tropical coastlines are made of coral reef. Archipelagoes of hundreds of atolls such as the Marshalls, the Maldives, the Tuamotus, and most of the Carolines and Kiribati have been fonned by coral. In addition to enlarging high islands (such as the entire northern end of Guam) and extending and protecting coastlines, ancient biogenic reefs have fonned even larger areas on the present continents.
13 .) Life in a Coral Reef by Wendy Pfeffer, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)
Lists It Appears On:
- Aqua
- Alibris
12 .) On the Barrier Reef by S.Elliott Napier
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
11 .) The Great Barrier Reef by Craig McGregor
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Classic Dive Books
10 .) The Great Barrier Reef by Isobel Bennett
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Classic Dive Books
9 .) THE GREAT BARRIER REEF – A Diver’s Guide by Peter Saenger
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
8 .) THE GREAT BARRIER REEF – A Guide to the Reef, Its Islands, and Resorts by David Heenan
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
7 .) THE GREAT BARRIER REEF – FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE by David Lawrence, Richard Kenchington, Simon Woodley
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- Classic Dive Books
6 .) The Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Isles by Keith Gillett, and Frank McNeill
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
5 .) The Greenpeace Book of Coral Reefs by Sue Well and Nick Hann
Lists It Appears On:
- National Geographic
- Encyclopedia
4 .) Tropical Reef Life by Michael Aw
Lists It Appears On:
- Underwater
- Oceans
This is not only an in-depth marine awareness and identification book but is a comedy, tragedy and drama all rolled into one. Unlike other mind numbing marine reference books, this discovery guide puts life on the reef into human terms. Here corals become communist foul mouths, sea cucumbers are turned into hovering vacuums, sea stars are the ultimate Spiderman and sex life with a sponge is depicted as a hot and steamy night with a pin cushion. With more than 500 pictures this book is not only informative but is fun to read as it probes into the lifestyle, bizarre sex lives and habitats of life on the reef.
3 .) Under the Great Barrier Reef by Richard Lurie
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
2 .) Wonders of the Great Barrier reef by T.C.Roughley
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic Dive Books
- Oceans
1 .) What is Natural? Coral Reef Crisis by Jan Sapp
Lists It Appears On:
- Oceans
- National Geographic
- Alibris
“During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest. In What is Natural?, Jan Sapp both examines this ecological catastrophe and captures the intense debate among scientists about what caused the crisis, and how it should be handled.
The crown-of-thorns story takes readers on tropical expeditions around the world, and into both marine laboratories and government committees, where scientists rigorously search for answers to the many profound questions surrounding this event. Were these fierce starfish outbreaks the kind of manmade disaster heralded by such environmentalists as Rachel Carson in Silent Spring? Indeed, discussions of the cause of the starfish plagues have involved virtually every environmental issue of our timeover-fishing, pesticide use, atomic testing, rain forest depletion, and over-population, but many marine biologists maintain that the epidemic is a natural feature of coral-reef life, an ecological “”balance of nature”” that should not to be tampered with until we know the scientific truth of the crisis. But should we search for the scientific truth before taking action? And what if an environmental emergency cannot wait for a rigorous scientific search for “”the truth?”””
The Additional Best Great Barrier Reef Books
| # | Book | Author | Lists |
| (Books Appear On 1 List Each) | |||
| 36 | ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! : descubriendo el bosque nublado | Lulu Delacre | Aqua |
| 37 | 2002 Sea Shells – Neville Coleman’s Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Mollusca | Underwater | |
| 38 | A Bird is a Bird | Lizzy Rockwell | Aqua |
| 39 | A Field Guide to Coral Reefs | Roger Tory Peterson | Nova |
| 40 | A Field Guide to the Marine Animals of the Cape Peninsula, author Georgina Jones | Annatjie Rademeyer | Dive Style |
| 41 | A field guide to the marine invertebrates of South Australia | Underwater | |
| 42 | A Journey through the world’s oceans | Paul Horsman (New Holland Publishers) | Dive Style |
| 43 | A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CORAL REEF | Charles Sheppard | Oceans |
| 44 | A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia | Underwater | |
| 45 | A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life of Australia | Underwater | |
| 46 | A Place for Fish | Melissa Stewart | Aqua |
| 47 | A YEAR ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF A Story of Corals and of the Greatest of Their Creations. | C.M.Yonge | Classic Dive Books |
| 48 | A-z of Sharks and Rays | Underwater | |
| 49 | Acropora Staghorn Corals | Underwater | |
| 50 | Adapting to a Changing Environment: Confronting the Consequences of Climate Change | Tim R. McClanahan; Joshua E. Cinner | Questia |
| 51 | Amazing Facts about Australian Marine Fishes | Underwater | |
| 52 | Amazing Facts about Australian Marine Life | Underwater | |
| 53 | America’s Coral Reefs: Awash with Problems; Government Must Acknowledge the Magnitude of the Crisis and Fully Engage the Scientific and Conservation Communities in Efforts to Solve It | Agardy, Tund | Questia |
| 54 | AUSTRALIA’S CORAL REALM | Classic Dive Books | |
| 55 | AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARRIER REEF | Neil McLeod, Neville Coleman and Jim Howes | Oceans |
| 56 | AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARRIER REEF A Handbook on the Corals, Shells, Crabs, Larger Animals and Birds, with some remarks on the Reef’s place in History | Classic Dive Books | |
| 57 | AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARRIER REEF A Handbook on the Corals, Shells, Crabs, Larger Animals and Birds, with some remarks on the Reef’s place in History. | Vincent Serventy | Oceans |
| 58 | Australian Marine Life | Underwater | |
| 59 | Australian Sea Critters Fact File – kids book | Underwater | |
| 60 | Australian Sea Fishes Fact File – kids book | Underwater | |
| 61 | Australian Sea Mammals Fact File – kids book | Underwater | |
| 62 | Australian Sharks and Rays Fact File – kids book | Underwater | |
| 63 | BARRIER REEF DAYS | William Hatfield | Classic Dive Books |
| 64 | Beneath North Sulawe Sea | Michael AW Reviewed by Amilda Boshoff | Dive Style |
| 65 | Book of Coral Propagation: Reef Gardening for Aquarists | Anthony Calfo | Saltwater Smarts |
| 66 | Breathe | Scott Magoon | Aqua |
| 67 | Bring on the Birds | Susan Stockdale | Aqua |
| 68 | Caribbean Reef Plants | Dianne S. Littler and Mark M. Littler | Encyclopedia |
| 69 | Cephalopods a World Guide | Underwater | |
| 70 | Coastal Fishes Of The Cape Peninsula And False Bay | Guido Zsilavecz | Dive Style |
| 71 | Colorful Coral Reefs | Thea Feldman | Alibris |
| 72 | Complete Diving Manual | Jack Jackson. Published by New Holland Publishers | Dive Style |
| 73 | Coral Finder – BYO Guides | Underwater | |
| 74 | Coral Fish – Life series | Underwater | |
| 75 | CORAL KINGDOMS | Carl Roessler | Oceans |
| 76 | Coral reef | Donald M. Silver | Alibris |
| 77 | Coral Reef Conservation | Isabelle Côté | Nova |
| 78 | Coral Reef Ecology | Yuri I. Sorokin | Nova |
| 79 | Coral Reefs | Kristin Rattini | Alibris |
| 80 | Coral Reefs | Seymour Simon | Alibris |
| 81 | CORAL REEFS – CITIES UNDER SEA | Richard C. Murphy | Oceans |
| 82 | CORAL REEFS – NATURE’S RICHEST REALM | Roger Steene | Classic Dive Books |
| 83 | Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico | John W. Tunnell | Nova |
| 84 | CORAL REEFS Subtitle: A Global View by Diver and Aquarist Les Holliday | Les Holliday | Classic Dive Books |
| 85 | Coral Reefs under Threat | McKeown, Alice | Questia |
| 86 | Coral Reefs: Ecology, Threats… | Charles Sheppard | Alibris |
| 87 | CORAL SEA REEF GUIDE. | Bob Halstead | Oceans |
| 88 | CORALS – INDO-PACIFIC FIELD GUIDE | Harry Erhardt & Daniel Knop | Oceans |
| 89 | Crabs and Crustaceans | Underwater | |
| 90 | Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Allies | Underwater | |
| 91 | Crustacea Guide of the World | Underwater | |
| 92 | Die Afrikaanse Skuba Duiker | Die Afrikaanse Skuba Duiker | Dive Style |
| 93 | Dive In Style | Tim Simond. Published by Thames & Hudson | Dive Style |
| 94 | Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs | Joseph H. Connell | Encyclopedia |
| 95 | Diving & Snorkelling South Africa, Lonely Planet | Fiona McIntosh | Dive Style |
| 96 | DIVING THE RAINBOW REEFS Adventures of an Underwater Photographer. | Paul S. Auerbach, MD | Oceans |
| 97 | Don’t Climb Kilimanjaro | Fiona McIntosh and Tim Richman (Two Dogs) | Dive Style |
| 98 | Ecosystems of Florida – Coral Reefs | Walter C. Jaap and Pamela Hallock | Encyclopedia |
| 99 | Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences | Marshall Cavendish | Questia |
| 100 | Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs | Guy Cabioch | Nova |
| 101 | Environment and Tourism | Andrew Holden | Questia |
| 102 | EXPLORING AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARRIER REEF | Lester Cannon and Mark Goyen | Oceans |
| 103 | Exploring Shipwrecks | Underwater | |
| 104 | Extreme Coral Reef! | Melissa Stewart | Alibris |
| 105 | Field Guide to Australian Sharks and Rays | Underwater | |
| 106 | Field Guide to Coral Reefs of… | Eugene H. Kaplan | Alibris |
| 107 | Field Guide to the Tropical Fish of Australia | Underwater | |
| 108 | Fish Facts | Geoff Swinney | Aqua |
| 109 | Following Papa’s Song | Gianna Marino | Aqua |
| 110 | Frog Song | Brenda Z. Guiberson | Aqua |
| 111 | Glow: Animals with Their Own Night-Lights | W.H. Beck | Aqua |
| 112 | Going Down | Amanda Ursell, New Holland Publishing | Dive Style |
| 113 | GREAT BARRIER REEF | Neville Coleman | Oceans |
| 114 | Great Barrier Reef Finder – BYO Guides | Underwater | |
| 115 | GREAT BARRIER REEF: DIVING GUIDE | Roberto Rinaldo | Classic Dive Books |
| 116 | Great White and Eminent Grey by Chris Fallows | Great White and Eminent Grey by Chris Fallows | Dive Style |
| 117 | Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia | Underwater | |
| 118 | Here is the Coral Reef | Madeleine Dunphy Dunphy | Alibris |
| 119 | High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs | Lisa Kahn Schnell | Aqua |
| 120 | How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming | Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch | Aqua |
| 121 | I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean | Kevin Sherry | Aqua |
| 122 | Identification of coral reef sponges | E.R. Gammill | Nova |
| 123 | Ikan Reef and Marine Field Guides: The underwater world at your finger tips | Ikan Reef and Marine Field Guides: The underwater world at your finger tips | Dive Style |
| 124 | Impacts of Climate Change on Coral Reefs and the Marine Environment | Creary, Marcia | Questia |
| 125 | In Hot Water: Global Warming Takes a Toll on Coral Reefs | Schmidt, Charles W | Questia |
| 126 | Indian Ocean Reef Guide: A comprehensive marine who | Indian Ocean Reef Guide: A comprehensive marine who | Dive Style |
| 127 | Indo-Pacific Sea Fishes – Northern Australia – Great Barrier Reef | Underwater | |
| 128 | Inside a Coral Reef | Carole Telford, Rod Theodorou | Alibris |
| 129 | Journey Into the Deep: discovering new ocean creatures | Rebecca L. Johnson | Aqua |
| 130 | LA GRANDE BARRIERE DE CORAIL. | Bernard Gorsky | Classic Dive Books |
| 131 | Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle | Claire A. Nivola | Aqua |
| 132 | Life-Saving Products Form Coral Reefs: Coral Reefs Are Storehouses of Genetic Resources with Vast Medicinal Potential, but They Must Be Properly Managed. (Perspectives) | Bruckner, Andrew W | Questia |
| 133 | LIVING CORALS | B.Robin, C.Petron,C.Rives | Oceans |
| 134 | LIVING REEFS OF THE INDO PACIFIC – | Rob van der Loos | Oceans |
| 135 | Looking Closely Along the Shore | Frank Serafini | Aqua |
| 136 | Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau | Jennifer Berne | Aqua |
| 137 | Manual Of Freediving – Underwater on a single breath | Umberto Pelizzari & Stefano Tovaglieri (Idelson Gnocchi 2004) | Dive Style |
| 138 | Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species | Scott Michael | Saltwater Smarts |
| 139 | Marine Invertebrates: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species | Ronald Shimek | Saltwater Smarts |
| 140 | Marine Shells of South Africa | Douw G Steyn and Markus Lussi(Published by: Ecogilde, 1998) | Dive Style |
| 141 | Marine Species Guide Slate | William Kingston | Dive Style |
| 142 | Mask defogging | Dive Style | |
| 143 | Mister Seahorse | Eric Carle | Aqua |
| 144 | Monitoring Coral Reefs for Global Change | John C. Pernetta | Nova |
| 145 | My Visit to the Aquarium | Aliki | Aqua |
| 146 | Nudibranch Behavior | Underwater | |
| 147 | Nudibranchs and Sea snails | Underwater | |
| 148 | Nudibranchs Encyclopedia – Catalogue of Asia / Indo Pacific Sea Slugs | Underwater | |
| 149 | Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay | Guido Zsilavecz | Dive Style |
| 150 | Nudibranchs of the World | Underwater | |
| 151 | Ocean: The world’s last wilderness revealed | Fabien Cousteau. | Dive Style |
| 152 | Oceanic Wilderness | Roger Steene | Alibris |
| 153 | Octopus Alone | Divya Srinivasan | Aqua |
| 154 | Octopuses One to Ten | Ellen Jackson | Aqua |
| 155 | Octopuses!: strange and wonderful | Laurence Pringle | Aqua |
| 156 | One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia | Miranda Paul | Aqua |
| 157 | One Well: The Story of Water on Earth | Rochelle Strauss | Aqua |
| 158 | Otters Love to Play | Jonathan London | Aqua |
| 159 | Out of the Blue | Paul Horsman (New Holland Publishers) | Dive Style |
| 160 | Palaces Under the Sea: A… | Joe Strykowski, Rena M Bonem | Alibris |
| 161 | PERSPECTIVES ON CORAL REEF | Edited by D.J.Barnes | Oceans |
| 162 | Power Balance – performance technology | Dive Style | |
| 163 | Puffin Peter | Petr Horáček | Aqua |
| 164 | Raising the Dead – A true story of death and survival | Phillip Finch | Dive Style |
| 165 | Reef | Scubazoo (Photographer) | Alibris |
| 166 | Reef Coral Identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas | Paul Humann; Ned DeLoach | Nova |
| 167 | Reef Creature Identification – Tropical Pacific | Underwater | |
| 168 | Reef Creature Identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas 2nd Edition | Paul Humann | Nova |
| 169 | Reef Finder – BYO Guides | Underwater | |
| 170 | Reef Fish Identification – Tropical Pacific | Underwater | |
| 171 | Reef Fish in-a-pocket – Tropical Pacific | Underwater | |
| 172 | Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs | Dirk Bryant | National Geographic |
| 173 | Saving the Rainforests of the Sea: An Analysis of International Efforts to Conserve Coral Reefs | Mulhall, Marjorie | Questia |
| 174 | Science Comics: Coral Reefs:… | Maris Wicks | Alibris |
| 175 | Sea Fishes of Southern Australia | Underwater | |
| 176 | Sea Stars – Echinoderms of the Asia Indo-Pacific | Underwater | |
| 177 | Seahorses and their Relatives | Underwater | |
| 178 | Sharks – Life series | Underwater | |
| 179 | Sharks & Rays of Australia, Green Guide | Underwater | |
| 180 | Sharks and Rays of Australia | Underwater | |
| 181 | Sodwana Bay 2 Mile Reef Dive Guide | Francess McKelson, Patrick Armstrong, Davin McKelson, published by Reefmappers International | Dive Style |
| 182 | SOFT CORALS AND SEA FANS A Comprehensive Guide to the Tropical shallow-water genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. | Katharina Fabricius and Philip Alderslade | Oceans |
| 183 | Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor | Robert Burleigh | Aqua |
| 184 | South Africa’s Great White Shark | Thomas P Peschak & Michael C Scholl | Dive Style |
| 185 | STAGHORN CORALS – ACROPORA. | Dr Carden Wallac and Michel Aw | Oceans |
| 186 | STAGHORN CORALS OF THE WORLD | Carden Wallace | Oceans |
| 187 | Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish | Janet Halfmann | Aqua |
| 188 | State of Coral Reefs Management: Case Study of Okinawa Island, Japan | Mahichi, Faezeh; Arii, Ken; Sanga-Ngoie, Kazadi; Kobayashi, Shoko | Questia |
| 189 | Stellaluna | Janell Cannon | Aqua |
| 190 | The Art of Diving – An adventure in the underwater world | Nick Hanna | Dive Style |
| 191 | THE AUSTRALIAN GREAT BARRIER REEF IN COLOUR | Keith Gillett | Oceans |
| 192 | The Avant-Garde Marine Aquarist: A 60-Year History of Fishkeeping | Paul “Paul B” Baldassano | Saltwater Smarts |
| 193 | The Biology of Coral Reefs | Charles R C Sheppard,Simon K Davy | Alibris |
| 194 | The Conscientious Marine Aquarist | Robert Fenner | Saltwater Smarts |
| 195 | The Coral Reef | Angelo Mojetta | Alibris |
| 196 | The Dive Sites of the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea | Neville Coleman | National Geographic |
| 197 | The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs | Peter F. Sale | Nova |
| 198 | The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms With Nature on the Coral Reef | Osha Gray Davidson | National Geographic |
| 199 | The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place, and Space | C. Michael Hall; Stephen J. Page | Questia |
| 200 | THE GREAT BARRIER REEF | Allan Power | Classic Dive Books |
| 201 | THE GREAT BARRIER REEF | Eric Worrell | Oceans |
| 202 | THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. A World Heritage National Park | Gary Bell. Text by Tony Ayling | Oceans |
| 203 | The Great White Shark Scientist | Sy Montgomery | Aqua |
| 204 | The Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity | Boyce Thorne-Miller and John G. Catena | Encyclopedia |
| 205 | The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder | Martin Moe | Saltwater Smarts |
| 206 | The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea | Brenda Z. Guiberson | Aqua |
| 207 | The New Marine Aquarium | Michael Paletta | Saltwater Smarts |
| 208 | The Octonauts and the Great… | Meomi | Alibris |
| 209 | The Princeton Guide to Ecology | Simon A. Levin | Questia |
| 210 | The Reel Downfall of Reefs: Controlling Fishing to Save the Coral Reefs | Pala, Christopher | Questia |
| 211 | THE ROMANCE OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF | Frank Reid. With illustrations by Geoffrey C. Ingleton | Classic Dive Books |
| 212 | The Salt Smart Guide to Preventing, Diagnosing, and Treating Diseases of Marine Fishes | Jay Hemdal | Saltwater Smarts |
| 213 | The Sea Shells of Jeffreys Bay | Douw G. Steyn and Elise j. Steyn (Eldolise Publishers, 1999) | Dive Style |
| 214 | The Secret Pool | Kimberly Ridley | Aqua |
| 215 | The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs | Charles Darwin | Nova |
| 216 | TROPICAL PACIFIC INVERTEBRATES – A Field Guide to the Marine Invertebrates Occurring on Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs, Seagrass Beds and Mangroves. | Partick L. Colin and Charles Arneson | Oceans |
| 217 | Tropical Reef Fish | Underwater | |
| 218 | Turtles in My Sandbox | Jennifer Keats Curtis | Aqua |
| 219 | Two Oceans: A guide to the Marine Life | Dive Style | |
| 220 | Underwater Naturalist – Asia Pacific Marine Life Identification | Underwater | |
| 221 | Water and Light: A Diver’s… | Stephen Harrigan | Alibris |
| 222 | Water Can Be | Laura Purdie Salas | Aqua |
| 223 | Water Is Water | Miranda Paul | Aqua |
| 224 | Waterman’s Boy | Suspenso en la Bahía | Susan Sharpe | Aqua |
| 225 | We’re Roaming in the Rainforest | Laurie Krebs | Aqua |
| 226 | Wharton’s and Darwin’s Theories of Coral Reefs | Davis, W. M | Questia |
| 227 | What Happens to Our Trash? | D.J. Ward | Aqua |
| 228 | Where Is the Great Barrier… | Nico Medina | Alibris |
| 229 | Wild Australia Guide – Marine Fishes | Underwater | |
| 230 | Wild Australia Guide – Marine Life | Underwater | |
| 231 | Wild Australia Guide – Sea Mammals & where to watch them | Underwater | |
| 232 | Wild Australia Guide – Sharks & Rays | Underwater | |
| 233 | World Atlas of Coral Reefs | Mark D. Spalding; Edmund P. Green; Corinna Ravilious | Nova |
| 234 | World Atlas of Marine Fauna | Underwater | |
| 235 | World Atlas of Marine Fishes | Underwater | |
11 Best Coral Reef Book Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Alibris | Best Selling Coral reef ecology Books |
| Aqua | READ TO REEF BOOK LIST |
| Classic Dive Books | Great Barrier Reef, coral reefs. |
| Dive Style | Books |
| Encyclopedia | Corals and Coral Reefs |
| National Geographic | Great Barrier Reef |
| Nova | Selected Coral Reef Books: |
| Oceans | CORAL & TROPICAL REEFS, and their inhabitants. |
| Questia | Coral Reefs |
| Saltwater Smarts | Reliable Marine Aquarium Reference Sources |
| Underwater | Identification Books |
