EnergyPolicyUS Suggested Reading List

Featured New Book

How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil

ENERGY HISTORY

ENERGY GENERAL

ENERGY & CLIMATE

PRIMARY ENERGY

RENEWABLE-SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

ELECTRICITY, POWER GRID & TRANSMISSION

ENERGY HISTORY

The Prize by Daniel Yergin

Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil

Energy: A Human History by Richard Rhodes

Energy in World History by Vaclav Smil

The Quest by Daniel Yergin

Atomic Awakening by James Mahaffey

The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan

The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan

The Boom by Russell Gold

The Frackers by Gregory Zuckerman

Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese

Power Trip: The Story of Energy by Michael E. Webber

Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects by Vaclav Smil

After Fukushima: What We Now Know by Andrew Daniels

The Seven Sisters by Anthony Sampson

The Greatest Gamblers by Ruth Sheldon Knowles

The Big Rich by Bryan Burrough

ENERGY GENERAL

Energy for Future Presidents by Richard A. Muller

The Science of Energy by Michael E. Wysession & The Great Courses

Energy Myths and Realities by Vaclav Smil

Energy in Nature & Society by Vaclav Smil

Power Density by Vaclav Smil

Power Hungry by Robert Bryce

The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations by Daniel Yergin

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein

Beyond Oil by Kenneth S. Deffeyes

A Thousand Barrels a Second by Peter Tertzakian

Energy: A Beginner’s Guide by Vaclav Smil

Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives & Uncertainties by Vaclav Smil

Fossil Future by Alex Epstein

The Flyover Nation: Energy’s Role in a Troubled Heartland by J. C. Whorton

The Gamechanger’s Playbook, by Tisha Schuller

Following Oil by Tom Petrie

ENERGY & CLIMATE

Unsettled by Steven Koonin

Apocalypse Never by Michael Shellenberger

False Alarm by Bjorn Lomborg

Hot, Flat & Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

PRIMARY ENERGY

Oil by Vaclav Smil

Natural Gas by Vaclav Smil

Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese

Atomic Awakening by James Mahaffey

Beyond Oil by Kenneth S. Deffeyes

A Thousand Barrels a Second by Peter Tertzakian

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein

After Fukushima: What We Now Know by Andrew Daniels

Super Fuel: Thorium, The Green Energy Source for the Future by Richard Martin

Biomass Energies by Vaclav Smil

RENEWABLE-SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air by David J.C. MacKay

Green Illusions by Ozzie Zehner

Bottled Lightning by Seth Fletcher

Superpower by Russell Gold

Biomass Energies by Vaclav Smil

Solar Power by Dustin Mulvaney

ELECTRICITY, POWER GRID & TRANSMISSION

Shorting the Grid by Meredith Angwin

A Question of Power by Robert Bryce

Lights Out by Ted Koppel

The Grid by Gretchen Bakke

Creative Destruction and the Electric Utility of the Future by David J. Hurlbut

Superpower by Russell Gold