Books & Films About Cambodia

We recommend watching a film or two before you travel to set the scene, and taking a book to read whilst you travel, to enhance your understanding and enjoyment of Cambodia.

Here is a list of books and films which we have found both informative and entertaining.

Books
• The Civilisation of Angkor by Charles Higham
• Angkor: An Illustrated Guide to the Monuments by Jean Laur
• Tonle Sap; The Heart of Cambodia's Heritage by Colin Poole, Eleanor Briggs
• Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare by Philip Short
• Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor & Roger Warner
• Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness by Milton PhD Osborne
• The Mindful Moment by Tim Page
• Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam & Cambodia by Tim Page
• When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him (memoir)
• First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung (memoir)
• The Gate by Francois Bizot (memoir)
• The Lost Executioner by Nic Dunlop
• Voices from S-21 by David Chandler
• The Kings Last Song by Geoff Ryman (novel)
• Cambodia Now by Karen Coates
• Cambodia by Michael Freeman
• River of Time by Jon Swain
• Sideshow by William Shawcross
• Hun Sen’s Cambodia by Sebastian Strangio

Films
• The Killing Fields (Film, 1985)
• Year Zero (Documentary, 1979)
• City of Ghosts (Film, 2002)
• Two Brothers (Film, 2004)
• The Last Reel (Film, 2014)
• The Missing Picture (Film, 2013)
• First They Killed My Father (Film, 2016)