Start with high-confidence renewable energy books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Powerhouse
Steve Levine
Renewable Energy
Professor Bruce Usher, Bruce Usher
Renewables
Michael Aklin, Johannes Urpelainen
The Great Texas Wind Rush
Kate Galbraith, Asher Price
Powering the Future
Robert B. Laughlin, Traber Burns
Wind Power for Dummies
Ian Woofenden
Solar Power Your Home for Dummies
Rik DeGunther
Photovoltaic Design and Installation for Dummies
Ryan Mayfield
Power Metal
Vince Beiser
Traveling the Power Line
Julianne Couch
Dwelling in Resistance
Chelsea Schelly
Here Comes the Sun
Bill McKibben
Energy
Richard Rhodes
David Elliott
Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook (PDF)
John Schaeffer
The Grid
Gretchen Bakke, Emily Caudwell
Mad Like Tesla
Tyler Hamilton
Vaclav Smil
Solar Energy
Arno Smets, Klaus Jäger
Battery Technology Crash Course
Slobodan Petrovic
Life After Fossil Fuels
Alice J. Friedemann
Renewable Energy Integration for Bulk Power Systems
Pengwei Du