Books about Yemen: Recommendations

Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
Victoria Clark, 2010

Reviews: The Guardian; The Economist

Amazon US: paperback
Amazon UK: paperback


Yemen: travels in dictionary land
Tim Mackintosh-Smith, 1997

Award-winning travel book.
See review

Amazon US: hardcover
Amazon UK: hardcover;paperback


Yemen: Land and People
Sarah Searight, 2002

See review

Amazon US: paperback
Amazon UK: paperback


Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen
Kevin Rushby, 1998

See review

Amazon US: hardcover; paperback
Amazon UK: hardcover


A History of Modern Yemen
Paul Dresch, 2000

See review

Amazon US: hardcover; paperback
Amazon UK: hardcover; paperback


Motoring with Mohammed
Eric Hansen, 1992

Amusing tale of a bemused American's hunt for buried treasure in Yemen

Amazon US: paperback
Amazon UK: paperback


The Despairing Developer:
Diary of an aid worker

Timothy Morris, 1996

Amazon US: hardcover; paperback
Amazon UK: hardcover; paperback


The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut
Freya Stark

A classic travelogue from 1934

Amazon US: paperback; large print; cassette
Amazon UK: paperback


Civil Society in Yemen
Sheila Carapico, 1998

See review

Amazon US: hardcover
Amazon UK: hardcover