Some years ago I started a thread on this site with suggestions of books to read which may help with Challenge route planning, background information on the area of the Highlands through which Challengers pass and other aspects of walking in remote country. With a hundred or so new Challengers each year I thought that this information may again be useful. Feel free to ignore it if you already know it all! Also if you have other suggestions (books that is) please feel free to add them.
Some are already in the notes to Challengers.

The following are books which may help Challengers with their route planning
The Munros, Scottish Mountaineering Trust, ISBN 0 907521 13 4
The Corbetts and other Scottish Hills, Scottish Mountaineering Trust,
ISBN 0-907521-29-0.
Scottish Hill Tracks, Scottish Rights of Way Society, ISBN 0 9502811 8 2.
I’ll add,
Hamish’s Mountain Walk, Hamish Brown, ISBN 0 575 02362 7.
Climbing the Corbetts, Hamish Brown, ISBN 0-575-04378-4.
Classic Walks in Scotland, C. McNeish & R. Smith, ISBN 0-946609-51-9.
West Highland Walks vol 1, Hamish MacInnes, ISBN 0-340-35971-4.
West Highland Walks vol 3, Hamish MacInnes, ISBN 0 340 26912 X.
The Drove Roads of Scotland, A.R.B. Haldane, ISBN 1 874744 76 9.
Great Walks, Scotland, Brown, McOwan & Mearns, ISBN 0-7063-6749-9.
Exploring Scottish Hill Tracks, Ralph Storer, ISBN 0-71539806-7.
Coast-to-coasting: John Gillham & Ronald Turnbull. ISBN 0 7153 0955 2.
Across Scotland on Foot: Ronald Turnbull. ISBN 0 9515 996 4 X.
Classic Walks: Ken Wilson & Richard Gilbert. ISBN 0 906371 11 2.
Wild Walks: Ken Wilson & Richard Gilbert. ISBN1 898573 20 4.
The Scottish Glens series -
Book 1 - The Cairngorm Glens ISBN 1-85284-086-2 
Book 2 - The Atholl Glens ISBN 1-85284-121-4
Book 3 - The Glens of Rannoch ISBN 1-85284-170-2
Book 4 - The Glens of Trossach ISBN 1-85284-199-0
Book 5 - The Glens of Argyll ISBN 1-85284-226-1
Book 6 - The Great Glen ISBN 1-85284-236-9
Book 7 - The Angus Glens ISBN 1-85284-248-2
Book 8 - Knoydart & Morvern ISBN 1-85284-282-2
Book 9 - The Glens of Ross-shire ISBN 1-85284-296-2.
The Central Highlands - 6 Long Distance Walks ISBN 1-85284-267-9
Seton Gordon Highways and Byways in the Central Highlands ISBN 1-874744-33-5
Walking the watershed' from Dave Hewitt (ISBN0952268019)
Great British Ridge Walks, Bill Birkett( David Charles)
Exploring Scottish Hill Tracks. Ralph Storer isbn 0-7153-9806-7
"Scotland" by Chris Townsend: ISBN: 9781852844424
Irvine Butterfield's 'The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1 The Munros and Tops and other 3,000ft Peaks' (ISBN 1-898573-63-8)
Ralph Storer:
Vol 1: Southern Highlands - ISBN 1-906307-57-1
Vol 2: Central Highlands South including Glen Coe - ISBN 1-906817-20-0
Vol 3: Central Highlands North including Ben Nevis - ISBN 1-906817-56-1'A Walk From Cape Wrath to Edale'. Ken Proudler (Challenger) available from Amazon Books as a Kindle download.


The following are books which may be helpful to those new to backpacking and the Scottish mountain environment.
Mountaincraft & Leadership, Eric Langmuir, ISBN 1 85060 295 6.
First Aid Manual, ISBN 0-7513-0399-2.
Beyond Backpacking, Ray Jardine, ISBN 0-9632359-3-1.
Hostile Habitats, Scottish Mountaineering Trust, ISBN 0 907521 93 2
"Scotland" by Chris Townsend: ISBN: 9781852844424
Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin and Meaning [Hardcover]

This is just a jolly good read and one of my favorite books!
Kidnapped, R.L.Stevenson.

is that all

No, but I have had to keep it short.