Discover GEEO’s recommended books to read before you travel to Madeira. Our book club is a way for travelers to learn through literature about the places they’ll be visiting.
These are some of our favorites about Madeira, 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 Madeira:
Fiction:
- Distant Music by Lee Langley (Amazon)
- The Malady in Madeira: A Julia Probyn Mystery by Ann Bridge (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
Nonfiction:
- New Leaves from a Madeira Garden by Tony Powell (Amazon)
- A World Ago: Memories of a Madeira Childhood by Maria Mendonça (Amazon)
For those looking for more suggestions, here are some other books you may want to consider:
- Oceans of Wine: Madeira and the Emergence of American Trade and Taste by David Hancock (Amazon)
- Madeira: The Islands and Their Wines by Richard Mayson (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- The Blandys of Madeira: 1811-2011 by Marcus Binney (Amazon)
- Madeira: The Mid-Atlantic Wine by Alexander Liddell (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Making the Black Atlantic: Britain and the African Diaspora by James Walvin (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Madeira: Women, History, Books and Places by Susanna Hoe (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!