Discover GEEO’s suggested books to read before you travel to Austria. Our book club is a way for travelers to learn about the places they’ll visit through literature.

These are some of our favorites about Austria, so if you’re heading there, take a look (the GEEO book club is not a required element of our programs, just a bit of added fun)! We hope you will enjoy the books we have selected and they will enhance your experience.

You should be able to find most of our selections through the links below and in your local library system as well. Do you have any feedback on our selections or suggestions for additions? Contact us and let us know!

Recommended books to read before traveling to Austria:

Fiction:

• The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• The Little Book by Selden Edwards (Bookshop.org | Amazon)

Nonfiction:

• The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford (Bookshop.org | Amazon)

Christmas-themed books for our European Christmas Markets program:

• The Christmas Star by Eva Ibbotson (Amazon)
• The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil by various authors (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• A Very German Christmas: The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of All Time by Al Ridenour (Amazon)

For those looking for more suggestions, here are some other books you may want to consider:

• The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• Thunder at Twilight by Frederic Morton (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 by Frederic Morton (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• Vienna, 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna by David King (Bookshop.org | Amazon)

GEEO utilizes both Bookshop.org and Amazon Associates links for the above-suggested books. If you purchase a book through one of the links above, you’re supporting us as a nonprofit and helping more teachers travel through GEEO!