Some popular books that can be enjoyed on a safari

Among the Elephants by Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Born Free / Living Free, by Joy Adamson
Cry of The Kalahari by Mark & Delia Owens
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
Green Hills of Africa and The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Earnest Hemingway
I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallman
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hothschild
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
MO by Mohammed Amin
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Shake Hands With The Devil by Lt Gen Romeo Dallaire
The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley
The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
The Man Eaters of Tsavo by Col R J Patterson
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
The White Maasai by Corinne Hoffman
The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham
The State of Africa by Martin Meredith
The Lunatic Express by Charles Miller
The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
West With the Night by Beryl Markham
Whatever You Do, Dont Run!, and, Dont Look Behind You! by Peter Allison

Some field guides

AFRICA

Field Guide to African Wildlife by the National Audubon Society
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara by Sinclair & Ryan
Trees & Shrubs of East Africa by Najma Dharani
Trees of Southern Africa by Piet Van Wyk
Insects of East Africa by Dino Martins
Insects of South Africa by Picker, Griffiths & Weaving
Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa by Spawls, Howell & Drewes

INDIA

Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Grimmett, Inskipp & Inskipp
Indian Mammals by Vivek Menon
Jungle Trees of Central India by Pradip Krishen
Snakes of India by Whitaker & Captain
The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians by J C Daniel