Start with high-confidence energy industry books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Fire on the Horizon
Tom Shroder, John Konrad
The New Map
Daniel Yergin
The Big Rich
Bryan Burrough
The Quest
Private Empire
Malcolm Hillgartner, Steve Coll
The Powerhouse
Steve Levine
Untapped
John Ghazvinian
Belly Up
Phillip L. Zweig
Powering the Future
Robert B. Laughlin, Traber Burns
California Burning
Katherine Blunt
Material World
Ed Conway
The Elements of Power
Nicolas Niarchos
Power Failure
Mimi Swartz, Sherron Watkins
Following Oil
Thomas A. Petrie
Volt Rush
Henry Sanderson
Saudi America
Ms. Bethany McLean, Bethany McLean
Blood Will Flow
Alex Perry
The Boom
Russell Gold
Gusher of Lies
Robert Bryce, Peter Larkin
The Frackers
Gregory Zuckerman
Crude Nation
Raúl Gallegos
Energy
Vaclav Smil
Oil
The Rare Metals War
Guillaume Pitron, Bianca Jacobsohn
Renewable Energy Integration for Bulk Power Systems
Pengwei Du