Alvarez, Walter. T. rex and the Crater of Doom. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1997. This is the classic work by the man who began the dinosaur extinction controversy by suggesting a link between a certain type of rock and the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Bakker, R.T. Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction. Reprint. New York: Kensington Publishing, 1996. Another classic dinosaur book that dispels common misconceptions about dinosaurs, presenting new evidence that the creatures were warm-blooded, agile, and intelligent.

Larson, Pedro, and Kenneth Carpenter, eds. Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Tyrant King. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2008. Covers the most famous of dinosaurs, with a CD included.

Long, John, and Peter Schouten. Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds. Oxford University Press, 2008. All you’ve ever wanted to know about the controversial subject of bird origins.

Poinar, George, and Roberta Poinar. What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008.

The authors offer evidence of how insects directly and indirectly contributed to the dinosaurs’ demise.