
Take a look at our recommended reading list


Take a Chance on Greece by Sue Roberts

Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

As Greek as it Gets: A fun, feel-good romantic comedy by Sue Roberts

The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North

STRONGHOLD: Four Seasons in the White Mountains of Crete

House of Odysseus: The breathtaking retelling that brings ancient myth to life by Claire North

How Greek Is Your Love? by Marjory McGinn

The Village: A Novel of Wartime Crete

The Women of Troy by Pat Barker

Enemies to Lovers: The laugh-out-loud funny romcom you’ll want to escape with this summer

It’s All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina – And Real Greeks

The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After Midlife by Jonathan Rauch

Hades: Myth, Magic & Modern Devotion by Jamie Waggoner

Blue Skies & Black Olives: A Survivor’s Tale of Housebuilding and Peacock Chasing in Greece

The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity

Travels with Epicurus: Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age by Daniel Klein

How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson

The Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (Ancient Wisdom)

The Girl Under the Olive Tree by Leah Fleming

Orphia And Eurydicius: A beautiful compelling story of love and creativity

In the Greek Midwinter: A laugh-out-loud winter romance by Mandy Baggot

Medusa: A beautiful and profound retelling of Medusa’s story

Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey – A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology

Minoans: A Captivating Guide to an Essential Bronze Age Society in Ancient Greece Called the Minoan Civilization

Nine Days In Greece by Kristie Dickinson

Beneath the Lemon Trees by Emma Burstall

The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance

Island Sun (Escape to the Islands) by Holly Greene

The Hill: The brutal fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete by Robert Kershaw

Truly, Madly, Greekly: The perfect romantic feel-good read from Mandy Baggot

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Dawn of Genius: The Minoan Super-Civilization And The Truth About Atlantis

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

My Perfect Summer in Greece by Ian Wilfred

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

A History of Crete by Chris Moorey

The House of Dust and Dreams by Brenda Reid

The Year of the Locust: The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of I AM PILGRIM

Greek Secret: The perfect escapist love story with a twist

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Summer Swap: The brand new heart-warming beach read by Sarah Morgan

Some Like It Greek: A completely laugh-out-loud romantic comedy

A Piano Bar in Crete: The perfect summer feel-good read by Richard Clark

The Daisy Chain – by Al Campbell

The Cretan Runner – by George Psychoundakis

Desperately Seeking Summer: The perfect feel-good Greek romantic comedy to read on the beach this summer

All You Need is Greece: An absolutely unputdownable summer holiday romance

Complete Greek Myths (Complete Books): An Illustrated Book of Greek Myths

Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation by Roderick Beaton

Apokeri Bay by Jackie Watson

And the Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

The Honey Farm on the Hill by Jo Thomas

The Greek Holiday by Maeve Haran

Island of Secrets by Patricia Wilson
