Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the Moon or Mars).

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
When You Find the Right Rock
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
The High Sierra: A Love Story
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Annals of the Former World
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883]
Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1)
Earth: An Intimate History
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Crack in the Edge of the World
The Ends of the World
Rising from the Plains (Annals of the Former World, 3)
Principles of Geology
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)
Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases  by Paul OlaA Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariLife on the Edge by Johnjoe McFaddenThe Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey
Science Books Published In/After 2012
118 books — 27 voters
Getting Ready for an Earthquake by Fei Zheng-WardWhat Was the San Francisco Earthquake? by Dorothy HooblerWhen The Ground Shakes by Irit Almog MaEarthquakes by David L. HarrisonSofie and Daniel Get Ready for Earthquakes by Lin K Glen
Earthquake Survival for Kids
12 books — 1 voter

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Women in Science
326 books — 103 voters

#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawFracking by Kathryn   Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe War on Poverty by Carolee LaineThe Syrian Conflict by Michael Capek
Special Reports series
44 books — 8 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Map That Changed the World by Simon WinchesterAnnals of the Former World by John McPheeBasin and Range by John McPheeEarth by Richard Fortey
Best Geology Books
127 books — 70 voters


George Monbiot
walking in the Cambrian Desert, it sometimes seems impossible to imagine trees returning there, the emptiness stands as an incontestable fact, as if it were a matter of geology, not ecology
George Monbiot, Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life

W.H. Auden
Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered.
W. H. Auden

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