Read the mini-reviews on the next four pages, then buy the books at your neighborhood bookstore or--if you can't find them locally--by clicking on the "Order page" links that accompany some of the listings.

Notes:

We've reviewed some books in more detail; click the links in the listings below to read the illustrated reviews.
If a book is out of print, there's a good chance that you'll be able to find a secondhand edition at an an online vendor like Amazon or Magers & Quinn, a family-owned independent bookseller in the U.S. that ships to customers around the world.

Venice book recommendations:

Background reading

General-interest guidebooks

Special-interest guidebooks

Popular fiction

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Venice canal reflections

From our Venice Travel Blog:

A water taxi ride to Venice Airport
A warning about water taxis

Venice Railroad Station: a vaporetto view
Long lines at Venice Airport
Free boat trips to Murano

Need to pee? Prepare to pay
The perils of overpacking
Flood warning: the sound of sirens

Stupid tourist tricks
Johnny Depp's palazzo
Venetian daily life

Maggie in Venice

From Maggie in Venice:

A dog's life in Venice
A Beagle boards a water bus
Venice Carnival for dogs

Venice cruise review:

MSC Eastern Mediterranean Cruise