Books & gifts for everyone who loves bats and caves
Speleobooks is a specialty bookshop devoted entirely to speleology and chiropterology — the science, exploration, and folklore of caves and the bats who call them home. Field guides, cave surveys, children's books, jewelry, apparel, and gifts you won't find anywhere else.
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Twelve favorite starting points from our 92 categories of bat and cave books, gifts, and collectibles.
Plush Toys
Soft, huggable bats and cave critters for young cavers and gift-giving. 27 items.
Shirts & Clothing
Cave and bat tees for grown-ups, including our own Speleobooks designs. 43 items.
Ornaments
Hanging bats, cave formations, and collectible ornaments for the tree. 37 items.
Jewelry — Earrings
Bat and cave earrings in silver, pewter, and enamel. 30 items.
Socks
Bat-print and cave-themed socks. An easy gift that always lands. 16 items.
Caving Techniques
Rigging, vertical work, safety, and practical technique for cavers. 6 items.
Popular Titles & Fiction
Cave stories, novels, and the accessible reads we recommend most. 49 items.
Cave Photography
Underground photography — technique books and photographic collections. 7 items.
Caps, Hats & Bags
Field-ready caps, hats, and totes carrying bat and cave designs. 30 items.
Signs
Metal and wooden signs for the cave, the lab, or the hallway. 11 items.
Stickers
Bat and cave decals for helmets, water bottles, and gear. 25 items.
Mugs & Cups
Mugs, tumblers, and cups for the post-trip coffee. 13 items.
And 80 more categories
Cave Books, Cave Bibliographies, Kentucky Cave Surveys, and regional guides to caving destinations across North America, Africa, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe & Russia. Also Magnets, Stickers, Jewelry Sets, Figures, Sculptures & Art, Shirts & Clothing, Young Readers & Read-To titles, Quilts by Emily, Patches, Pins & Buttons, Caver Music CDs, Pens & Pencils, Fossil Bat Castings, Speleo Projects, Rescue gear, and our Private Collection of antiquarian and rare speleological works.
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Two of our classics: the seal from a print catalog cover, and a wordmark that has been flying across the internet since 1997.
Five decades in the dark, on purpose
Speleobooks has been a specialist source for cave and bat literature since 1973.
Speleobooks is family-run, built by and for people who actually go underground. We've spent more than fifty years locating, cataloging, and selling books, field guides, surveys, and gifts on a single, specific subject: bats and caves. That focus means our shelves hold titles a general bookseller would never stock — regional cave surveys, out-of-print monographs, and a standing Private Collection of antiquarian and rare speleological works.
We're based in New York State and ship the same specialist inventory whether you're a caver restocking a club library, a biologist tracking down a hard-to-find field guide, or a parent looking for a young reader's first book about bats.
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Questions about an order, a title, or whether we carry something specific? We're happy to help.