Book Reviews

The co-founder of one of the world's most highly regarded fish identification books has passed away peacefully at the age of 86

Extracts from Helen Scales’ beautifully illustrated Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life, featuring two of its most iconic ocean creatures

A review of Many Things Under a Rock - The Mysteries of Octopuses, by David Scheel - a fascinating book about a fascinating subject

A review of The Bathysphere Book, Effects of Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad Fox - an extraordinary book about an extraordinary man

A review of Britain's Living Seas, Our Coastal Wildlife and How We Can Save It, by Hannah Rudd, Bloomsbury Wildlife

A Diver's Guide to the World, in which Carrie Miller and Chris Taylor explore 50 of the world's top dive spots focused on sustainability.

Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea is a stunning work of science fiction, which pays proper attention to the details of scuba diving

Win a signed copy of marine biologist Fiona Gell's book, Spring Tides, as she recalls a dive encounter with Isle of Man quahog in this extract

Fiona Gell's beautifully written book is her story of returning to the Isle Man to work as a marine conservationist

A powerful polemic calling for urgent action to save our blue planet from Chris Armstrong

A moving story by Julie Berwald intertwines a personal drama with the global crisis of coral conservation.

Dylan McFinn and the Sea Serpent's Fury is the first of three novels by Liam Jenkins, who – inspired by scuba diving – brings to the page an excellent young-adult adventure filled with a wonderful sense of humour, and a very important message for conservation.

Roz Lunn reviews the updated and revised Global Underwater Explorers manual The Fundamental of Better Diving