Start with high-confidence paleontology & fossils books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
First Steps
Jeremy DeSilva
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
Steve Brusatte
The Story of Birds
End of the Megafauna
Ross D E MacPhee, Peter Schouten
Spying on Whales
Nick Pyenson
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures
Dougal Dixon
Masters of the Planet
Ian Tattersall, Bob Souer
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Riley Black
The Monster's Bones
David K Randall
The Rise of Mammals in Africa
Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Charlène Letenneur
Kindred
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Audible Studios
Ancient Sea Reptiles
Darren Naish
Ancient Bones
Madelaine Böhme, Aimée Ayotte
The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi
Julius Csotonyi
Dinosaur Art II
Steve White
BBC Walking With Dinosaurs
Andrew Cohen, Helen Thomas
