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

These are some of our favorites about the Baltics, 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 the Baltics:

Fiction:

• The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• Border State by Tõnu Õnnepalu (Bookshop.org | Amazon)

Nonfiction:

• Falling in Love with the Baltics: A Travel Memoir by Marcelline Hutton (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• Exit into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe by Eva Hoffman (Bookshop.org | Amazon)

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

• The Czar’s Madman by Jaan Kross (Amazon)
• When the Doves Disappeared: A novel by Sofi Oksanen (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• White Shroud by Antanas Skema (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
• DOOM 94 by Janis Jonevs (Amazon)
• Vilnius Poker by Ricardas Gavelis (Amazon)
• In Lithuanian Wood by Wendell Mayo (Amazon)
• The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig (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!