 | The New Key to Costa Rica by Beatrice Blake
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.95 This is the guide I use most when looking at new areas, or for new lodges in an area I already know.
|
 | Costa Rica (Country Guide) by Matt Firestone
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $13.16 Another pretty good guide
|
 | Costa Rica: Waterproof Travel Map of Costa Rica by Toucan Maps
Buy new: $11.95 / Used from: $5.95 Excellent overall map of Costa Rica. Waterproof and tearproof.
|
 | The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide by Richard Garrigues
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $20.35 This is the standard field guide to Costa Rica birds. Beautiful pictures, range maps, well organized. A must for anyone interested in Costa Rica birds.
|
 | Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica (Helm Field Guides) by F.Gary Stiles
Buy used from: $107.99 The most comprehensive bird guide. Known as the portable encylopedia - readable, but less portable than the Garrigues field guide.
|
 | Guide to Costa Rican Spanish by Christopher Howard
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $14.06 Small,handy, guide to Costa Rican Spanish
|
 | Costa Rican Natural History
Buy new: $45.31 / Used from: $30.95 Widely thought of as the bible on Costa Rican ecology and natural history
|
 | Costa Rica Butterflies & Moths: An Introduction to Familiar Species (A Pocket Naturalist Guide) by James Kavanagh
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $11.90 I've given these small, lovely fold out laminated guides to my children before or during a trip. Nothing like a reference book, but educational nonetheless. Illustrations are superb.
|
 | Costa Rican Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (A Pocket Naturalist Guide) by James Kavanagh
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $4.71 I've given these small, lovely fold out laminated guides to my children before or during a trip. Nothing like a reference book, but educational nonetheless. Illustrations are superb.
|
 | Costa Rica Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species (A Pocket Naturalist Guide) by James Kavanagh
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $12.07 I've given these small, lovely fold out laminated guides to my children before or during a trip. Nothing like a reference book, but educational nonetheless. Illustrations are superb.
|
 | Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora by Willow Zuchowski
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $20.99 This is one of a series of three guides from local Costa Rican publisher Zona Tropical. Very portable, good introductions, nicely written. Pick up the other two (fruits, trees) when in CR.
|
 | Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide by Louise H. Emmons
Buy new: $31.30 / Used from: $19.41 Dense and accademic. The mammal guide, but not as nicely packaged as the bird guides. B&W illustrations at the back, not next to text. Unless you need it now, wait until improved version.
|
 | Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica (Corrie Herring Hooks) by Carrol L. Henderson
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $15.93 |
 | The Mammals of Costa Rica: A Natural History and Field Guide by Mark Wainwright
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $24.93 Good general reference to mammals
|
 | A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico by Fiona A. Reid
Buy new: $36.45 / Used from: $34.93 |
 | National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Bahamas, Bermuda by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.00 |
 | National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World (National Audubon Society Field Guide Series.) by Brent S. Stewart
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $2.15 Top quality
|
 | Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises by Mark Carwardine
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $8.34 |
 | Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America by Adrian Forsyth
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.45 |
 | Travellers' Wildlife Guides Costa Rica by Les Beletsky
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $13.25 |
 | Fodor's Costa Rica 2009 (Fodor's Gold Guides) by Fodor's
Buy used from: $10.45 |
 | Moon Living Abroad in Costa Rica by Erin Van Rheenen
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.40 |
 | Moon Costa Rica (Moon Handbooks) by Christopher P. Baker
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $12.68 |
 | National Geographic Traveler: Costa Rica, 3rd Edition by Christopher Baker
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $5.90 |
 | The New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica by Christopher Howard
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $13.00 |
 | National Geographic Costa Rica Adventure Map by National Geographic
Buy used from: $124.06 |
Listmania!
