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The Rough Guide to Slovenia  (3rd edition published April 2010) - Norm Longley

Typically detailed coverage from Rough Guides, allocating a generous 352 pages to this small country.

Slovenia - Lonely Planet Country Guide  (8th edition published May 2016)

I have used both the Lonely Planet and Rough Guide on different visits to Slovenia. Although I generally prefer Rough Guides, in this instance there is little to choose between them, and the Lonely Planet is now more up to date by several years

Slovenia - The Bradt Guide  (2nd edition published May 2008) - Robin & Jenny McKelvie

The Julian Alps of Slovenia - Cicerone Walking Guide  (2nd edition published May 2015) - Justi Carey, Roy Clark

More than 50 mountain walks and short treks, organised around five bases in northwest Slovenia (Kranjska Gora, Bovec, Kobarid, Bled, and Bohinj. The routes range from relatively easy valley walks to high-level treks requiring more experience. Cicerone also publishes guides to the Slovene High Level Route and the Karavanke mountain range.

Ljubljana In Your Pocket

As well as a typically detailed city guide to Ljubljana, IYP covers a range of destinations in Slovenia, both urban and rural.

The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth

Back then an Austrian District Commissioner of the stamp of Herr Von Trotta would have been less distressed by news of his only son's death than by the mere suggestion that he had conducted himself dishonourably.

I suppose I'm stretching a point by classifying The Radetzky March, the great novel of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a book about Slovenia or the Balkans. But its central characters do come from Slovenia, and anyway this book deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in European history or literature. Roth creates a compelling sense of impending doom, as the Empire's elaborate rituals and codes of behaviour prove insufficient to stave off its collapse.