As you plan your visit to Croatia, there are many free resources you can consult to plan your trip, including blogs, TripAdvisor, social media posts, and other web-based resources. However, unlike popular belief, books are still the best travel resources available to us today. Authors of books spend a lot of time compiling information, filtering through information, and writing to provide readers with valuable information and fun read. Travel authors have also spent considerable time living in the places they write about, and are a great resource for trip planning. Make use of authors’ knowledge and experience as you plan your trip.
Compiled below is a comprehensive collection of Croatia travel guides and other books about Croatia that can help you learn more about Croatia and plan the perfect trip. Books are organized alphabetically by publisher and title.
Travel Guides to Croatia
- Adriatic Road Trip by Toni Krasnic
- Berlitz: Croatia Pocket Guide
- Bradt: Croatia by Piers Letcher
- Croatian Adriatic by Radovan Radovinovic
- Croatian Adriatic Cultural Heritage Tourist Guide by Nikola Stambak
- Culture Smart: Croatia by Irina Ban
- DK Eyewitness Travel: Croatia
- DK Eyewitness Travel: Top 10 Dubrovnik & The Dalmatian Coast
- Enchantment of the World: Croatia by Martin Hintz
- Fodor’s: Essential Croatia
- Fodor’s: Croatia and Slovenia
- Fodor’s: See It Croatia
- Footprint: Croatia by Jane Foster
- Frommer’s: Croatia by Karen Torme Olson and Sanja Bazulic Olson
- Frommer’s: Croatia with Your Family by Jos Simon
- Frommer’s: EasyGuide to Croatia by Jane Foster
- Globetrotter: Croatia by Robin Mckelvie and Jenny Mckelvie
- Insight Guides: Explore Croatia
- Insight Guides: Croatia Pocket Guide
- Lonely Planet: Croatia
- Marco Polo Spiral Guides: Croatia
- Moon: Dubrovnik & The Dalmatian Coast
- Moon: Croatia & Slovenia
- National Geographic Traveler: Croatia by Rudolf Abraham
- Rick Steves: Croatia & Slovenia by Rick Steves and Cameron Hewitt
- Rough Guides: Croatia
- TimeOut: Croatia
- Unpacked: Croatia by Susie Brooks
Travel Guides to Istria, Croatia
- Best of Istria by Toni Krasnic
- Bradt: Istria by Rudolf Abraham and Thammy Evans
- Rough Guide Snapshot: Istria by Jonathan Bousfield
- TimeOut Shortlist: Istria
Croatia Cookbooks and Foodie Travel Guides to Croatia
- Adriatic Kitchen by Barbara Unkovic
- Best of Croatian Cooking by Liliana Pavicic and Gordana Pirker-Mosher
- Cracking Croatian Wine by Charine Tan and Matthew Horkey
- Croatian Desserts Cookbook by Andrea Pisac
- Croatian Recipes by Ivana Novak
- Dalmatia: Recipes from Croatia’s Mediterranean Coast by Ino Kuvacic
- Flloe: Istria by James Fforde and Christian Smith
- Flloe: Dubrovnik & The Elaphites by James Fforde and Christian Smith
- Gault & Millau: Croatia
- Istrian Wine Cellars
- Taste of Croatia by Karen Evenden
- Ultimate Croatian Cookbook by Gordon Rock
Croatian Language Study Books & Dictionaries
- Berlitz: Croatian Phrase Book & Dictionary
- Hippocrene Beginner’s Series: Beginner’s Croatian by Aida Vidan
- Lonely Planet: Croatian Phrasebook & Dictionary
Novels, Non-Fiction, and History Books about Croatia
- Balkan Ghosts by Robert Kaplan
- Balkans: A Short History by Mark Mazower
- Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
- Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic
- Chasing a Croatian Girl by Cody McClain Brown
- Croatia: A Nation Forged in War by Marcus Tanner
- Croatian Princess by Frances Vidakovic
- Culture of Lies by Dubravka Ugresic
- Girl at War by Sara Novic
- My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food by Lidia Bastianich
- Running Away to Home by Jennifer Wilson
- Traveller’s History of Croatia by Benjamin Curtis
- Under a Croatian Sun by Anthony Stancomb
Let us know if we missed any of your favorite books about Croatia and we’ll add them to the list.
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