Travelers who are interested in reading about the Kamloops area before spending time there will want to consider adding the following books to their list of must-reads:

• Kamloops Cattleman: One Hundred Years of Trail Dust by T. Alex Bulman is a historical guide to the history of cattle raising in the Kamloops area. 
• Kamloops: A History of the District up to 1914 by Mary Balf is a book which is rare and may be difficult to obtain but travelers who get their hands on it will find that it is one of the best historical guides to the area.  
• Kamloops: An Angler’s Study of the Kamloops Trout by Steve Raymond offers travelers information about one of the most popular sports activities in the area: fishing. Additional information about fishing and other sports in the area is available at Inside Kamloops: Sports & Activities here at TripAdvisor.
• Moon Handbooks British Columbia by Andrew Hempstead is a comprehensive travel guide to Kamloops and the larger surrounding area.   Lonely Planet and Frommer’s put out similar guides, both of which are equally useful for navigating the area.