I’m always looking for interesting books related to geology, so let me know if there is a book that you would recommend! If you are looking for a book, I recommend you check this massive list I compiled via Reddit.
Things that are on my bookshelf (with the edition year of my copy):
- Non-fiction (General Audience)
- A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries About the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth by Peter Ward & Joe Kirschvink (2016)
- Annals of the Former World by John McPhee (1998)
- Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution by Kenneth R. Miller (reissued 2007)
- On the Trail of Stardust – The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification by Jon Larsen (2019)
- Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan (1994)
- Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It by Gabrielle Walker (2003)
- The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester (2001)
- The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin (2009)
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte (2018)
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (2015)
- Timefulness: How Thinking Like A Geologist Can Help Save The World by Marcia Bjornerud (2018)
- Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin (2009)
- Non-fiction (Reference Books)
- A Golden Guide: Rocks and Minerals by Herbert S. Zim & Paul R. Shaffer (1957)
- Atlas of Natural and Induced Fractures in Core by John C. Lorenz and Scott P. Cooper (2018)
- Dictionary of Geological Terms by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson (1983, 3rd edition)
- Dinosaurs: from Allosaurus to Tyrannosaurus by Gerrie McCall (2005)
- Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann (2013, 5th edition)
- Glossary of Geology by Klaus K.E. Neuendorf, James P. Mehl Jr., and Julia A. Jackson (2011, 5th edition)
- National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (2006)
- Rocks, Crystals, & Minerals: Complete Identifier by Rosie Hankin (2004)
- The Complete Encyclopedia of Fossils by Martin Ivanov, Stanislava Hrdličkovà, Růžena Gregorovà (2004 & 2007)
- The Complete Encyclopedia of Minerals by Petr Korbel & Milan Novàk (1999)
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World by Douglas Palmer, Barry Cox, R.J.G. Savage, Brian Gardiner, Colin Harrison, & Kevin Padin (2006)
- The Geoscience Handbook: AGI Datasheets by J. Douglas Walker and Harvey A. Cohen (2009, 4th edition)
- The New Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary by Helen Roney Sattler (1990)
- Non-fiction (Specific Localities/Travel Guides)
- 101 American Geo-Sites You’ve Gotta See by Albert B. Dickas (2012)
- Petrified Forest National Park: A Wilderness Bound in Time by George M. Lubick (1996)
- Roadside Geology of Colorado by Halka Chronic and Felicie Williams (2009)
- Roadside Kansas: A Traveler’s Guide to Its Geology and Landmarks by Rex C. Buchanan and James R. McCauley (2010)
- Non-fiction (Textbooks)
- Applied Hydrogeology by C.W. Fetter (1994, 3rd edition)
- Earth System History by Steven M. Stanley (2005, 2nd edition)
- Elements of Petroleum Geology by Richard C. Selley (1998, 2nd edition)
- Fundamentals of Geophysics by William Lowrie (2007, 2nd edition)
- Geochemistry: Pathways and Processes by Harry Y. McSween Jr., Steven M. Richardson, & Maria E. Uhle (2003, 2nd edition)
- Global Tectonics by Philip Kearey, Keith A. Klepeis, & Frederick J. Vine (2009, 3rd edition)
- How Does the Earth Work? Physical Geology and the Process of Science by Gary A. Smith & Aurora Pun (2006)
- Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology by Myron G. Best (2003, 2nd edition, PDF)
- Introduction to Optical Mineralogy by William D. Nesse (2004, 3rd edition)
- Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes by Laurence Robb (2005, PDF)
- Invertebrate Paleontology by W. H. Easton (1960)
- Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy by Melinda D. Dyar, Mickey E. Gunter, and Dennis Tasa (2008)
- Ore Deposit Geology by John Ridley (2013, PDF)
- Petrology: Principles and Practice by Gautam Sen (2014, PDF)
- Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology by John D. Winter (2010, 2nd edition)
- Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy by Sam Boggs Jr. (2006, 4th edition)
- Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions by George H. Davis & Stephen J. Reynolds (1996, 2nd edition)
- The Dynamics of the Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology by Edgar Winston Spencer (1972)
- The Manual of Mineral Science by Cornelia Klein and Barbara Dutrow (2007, 23rd edition)
- Vertebrate Paleontology by Michael J. Benton (2005, 3rd edition)
- Non-fiction (Abbreviated Textbook-style Books)
- Crystallography: A Very Short Introduction by A. M. Glazer (2016)
- Introduction to Crystallography by Donald E. Sands (1993 Dover republication of 1975 edition)
- The Art and Science of Seismic Interpretation by Christopher L. Liner and T. A. (Mac) McGilvery (2019)
- Non-fiction (Other Technical/Educational/Academic-Style Books)
- Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States by Martin Lockley & Adrian P. Hunt (1995)
- Dinosaurs of the East Coast by David B. Weishampel & Luther Young (1996)
- Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia with Emphasis on the Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, and Paleoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates by Peter J. Whybrow & Andrew Hill (1999)
- The Art of Gem Cutting by H.C. Dake (1987)
- The Dinosaur Papers 1676-1906 by David B. Weishampel & Nadine M. White (2003)
- The Dinosauria by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, & Halszka Osmòlska (1992)
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (2009, 150th Anniversary Edition)
- When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time by Michael J. Benton (revised 2015)
- Non-fiction (Journal Publications)
- AAPG Memoir 88: Giant Hydrocarbon Reservoirs of the World: From Rocks to Reservoir Characterization and Modeling by P. M. Harris and L.J. Weber (2006)
- AAPG Memoir 109: A Color Guide to the Petrography of Sandstones, Siltstones, Shales and Associated Rocks by Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, Peter A. Schoole, Juergen Schieber, and Robert J. Raine (2014)
- AAPG Memoir 120: Mudstone Diagnesis: Research Perspectives for Shale Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Seals, and Source Rocks by W. Camp, K. Milliken, K. Taylor, N. fishman, P Hackley, and J. Macquaker (2019)
- GCSSEPM 8th Annual Research Conference: Innovative Biostratigraphic Approaches to Sequence Analysis: New Exploration Opportunities (1987)
- GCSSEPM 18th Annual Research Conference: Shallow Marine and Nonmarine Reservoirs: Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Architecture and Production Characteristics by Keith W. Shanley and Bob F. Perkins (1997)
- SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 7: Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy- Concepts and Applications by Henry W. Posamentier and George P. Allen (1999)
- SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 8: Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy by Wolfgang Schlager (2005)
- SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 10: Outcrops Revitalized – Tools, Techniques and Applications by Ole J. Martinsen, Andrew J. Pulham, Peter D.W. Haughton, and Morgan D. Sullivan (2011)
- SEPM Short Course Notes 51: Continental Trace Fossils by Stephen T. Hasiotis (2006)
- SEPM Special Publication 75: Micropaleontologic Proxies for Sea-Level Change and Stratigraphic Discontinuities by Hilary C. Olson and R. Mark Leckie (2003)
- SEPM Special Publication 82: The Deposition of Organic-Carbon-Rich Sediments: Models, Mechanisms and Consequences by Nicholas B. Harris (2005)
- SEPM Special Publication 105: Deposits, Architecture and Controls of Carbonate Margin Slope and Basinal Settings by Klaas Verwer, Ted E. Playton, and Paul M. Harris (2013)
- Non-fiction (Art)
- The New Dinosaurs by William Stout (2000, signed #622/1000)
- Fiction
- Deception Point by Dan Brown
- Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston