Book Reviews

Check out this preview for our Autumn 2026 print magazine, filled as always with great writing and fantastic underwater photography!

You don't want to miss our Spring 2025 issue and our interview with top photographer Cathy Holmes, plus our in-depth guide to liveaboard safety

Howard Rosenstein's personal history of his journey as a Red Sea scuba diving pioneer, is to be turned into a documentary

An interview with physicist, oceanographer and author Helen Czerski about Blue Machine, her award-winning book about the physics of the oceans

A review of The Adriatic Affair: A Maritime Hit-and-Run off the Coast of Nantucket By Jennifer N Sellitti, published by Schiffer Publishing

A review of Treasures, Shipwrecks and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving, by Howard Rosenstein, published by Dived Up - now available in paperback

In his latest book Coral Triangle Cameos, Alan Powderhan focuses on the diminutive yet vital and often overlooked inhabitants of coral reefs

The remarkable tale of how a ship's cook was rescued by commercial divers after spending three days trapped inside a wrecked tugboat

Ten books about diving and ocean-related themes that make the ideal gifts for scuba divers and their favourite dive buddies

An extract from Howard Rosenstein's book Treasures, Shipwrecks And The Dawn Of Red Sea Diving, detailing the day Jolanda struck Shark Reef

Alex Mustard's 52 Assignments: Underwater Photography is packed with tips to improve your technique - here are 3 to get you started

Ideas to get your creative juices flowing - Jenny Stock reviews the new '52 Assignments - Underwater Photography' by Alex Mustard

A pocket-size treat for shark lovers - a review of Sharkpedia, A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore by Daniel C Abel, Princeton University Press

Wayne Brown, CEO of Aggressor Adventures, publishes his first book 'From Rags to Enrichment: How I Define Success in Business and in Life.'

Dived Up Publications announces a new partnership with the UK's Nautilus Group Ltd to handle distribution of Dived Up's book catalogue

High crimes on the High Seas - a review of The High Seas; Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean by Olive Heffernan, Profile Books

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