Good fiction and non-fiction books about dinosaurs?

mightyspacepope

I'm very much hyped up for Jurassic World and would love to get my dino on.

In terms of fiction, I've read Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Raptor Red.

In terms of non-fiction, I've read The Dinosaur Heresies by Bakker.

Any other recommended books?

Thanks!

guacamolegirl

Yay! Dinosaur Books!

Fiction

Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Land that Time Forgot (more classic!)
Ray Bradbury: Dinosaur Tales (short story collection featuring dinosaurs)
James Gurney: Dinotopia series (young adult novels)
Greg Bear: Dinosaur Summer (intended as a 'sequel' to The Lost World)
James F David: Dinosaur Thunder (space-time anomalies)
Robert Sawyer: The Quintaglio Ascension series (dinosaur evolution on another planet) and End of an Era (time travel investigating the extinction)
Anne McCaffrey: Dinosaur Planet (technically a campy kid's book but enjoyable)

Non-Fiction

Walter Alvarez: T-Rex and the Crater of Doom
Anthony Martin: Dinosaurs Without Bones
David Fastovsky: Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs
Steve White: Dinosaur Art, the World's Greatest Paleoart
Stephen Brusatte: Dinosaur Paleobiology
John J. Lanzendorf: Dinosaur Imagery: The Science of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art

Hope that's helpful

Siska

All Yesterdays

All Yesterdays is a book about the way we see dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty original artworks, All Yesterdays aims to challenge our notions of how prehistoric animals looked and behaved. As a critical exploration of palaeontological art, All Yesterdays asks questions about what is probable, what is possible, and what is commonly ignored. Written by palaeozoologist Darren Naish, and palaeontological artists John Conway and C.M. Kosemen.

enlightenedbum

James Gurney: Dinotopia series (young adult novels)

I'd describe them as closer to illustrated short stories. That are gorgeous. So, so pretty.

WiseManTobes

If a book has dinosaurs in it, can it even be a bad book?

Wassermelone

WiseManTobes wrote: »

If a book has dinosaurs in it, can it even be a bad book?

I was thinking "Well if you replaced Edward Cullen with a large raptor..."

But then, yeah that would be amazing.

see317

enlightenedbum wrote: »

James Gurney: Dinotopia series (young adult novels)

I'd describe them as closer to illustrated short stories. That are gorgeous. So, so pretty.

There were both. A series of illustrated books and a series of YA novels.

The illustrated books are a lot of fun to read and are full of little notes and details that really build the setting.
The YA novels that I've read I remember as being entertaining, but it's been a while.

Muddypaws

'Raptor Red' a story told from the viewpoint of a female raptor, penned by the Palaeontologist who helped spearhead the 'Dinosaurs are NOT slow, clumsy dimwits' paradigm back in the 80's.