A few books I read this year (or perhaps late last year), and wholeheartedly recommend:

- Typee: A peep at Polynesian Life by Herman Melville

- Fatu-Hiva, Back to Nature by Thor Heyerdahl

- The lost world: being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee and Mr Ed. Malone of the 'Daily Gazette'