Best Less Popular Geology Books on Goodreads

1.
Reading The Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
Reading The Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth 3.98 avg rating — 582 ratings
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The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to the Basics of Geology and to Collecting and Identifying Rocks
The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to the Basics of Geology and to Collecting and Identifying Rocks 3.84 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It
Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It 3.99 avg rating — 415 ratings
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Earthquake Storms
Earthquake Storms 3.94 avg rating — 551 ratings
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The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey into Earth's Deep History
The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey into Earth's Deep History 3.80 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Principles of Geology
Principles of Geology 3.91 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet
Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet
by: Ted Nield
3.86 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood 3.97 avg rating — 514 ratings
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Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time 3.90 avg rating — 457 ratings
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Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail
Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail 4.36 avg rating — 245 ratings
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: North America
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: North America 4.28 avg rating — 489 ratings
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The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? 3.78 avg rating — 187 ratings
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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals 4.19 avg rating — 220 ratings
14.
Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology
Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology 3.81 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Physical Geology
Physical Geology 3.87 avg rating — 386 ratings
16.
Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals 3.90 avg rating — 346 ratings
17.
Understanding Earth
Understanding Earth 4.03 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Roadside Geology of Washington (Roadside Geology Series)
Roadside Geology of Washington (Roadside Geology Series) 3.97 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Roadside Geology Of Colorado (Roadside Geology Series)
Roadside Geology Of Colorado (Roadside Geology Series) 4.05 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Nature's Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything
Nature's Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything 4.05 avg rating — 127 ratings
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A Peterson Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
A Peterson Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals 3.88 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Roadside Geology of Arizona
Roadside Geology of Arizona 4.17 avg rating — 141 ratings
23.
Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History 4.17 avg rating — 3,947 ratings
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Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World 4.07 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
25.
Essentials of Geology
Essentials of Geology 3.64 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth
Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth 3.99 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 3.94 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Earth: Portrait of a Planet
Earth: Portrait of a Planet 3.89 avg rating — 286 ratings
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The Hidden Landscape: A Journey into the Geological Past
The Hidden Landscape: A Journey into the Geological Past 4.08 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Earth
Earth 4.40 avg rating — 263 ratings
31.
Island on Fire
Island on Fire 3.85 avg rating — 824 ratings
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Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World
Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World 3.70 avg rating — 694 ratings
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Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages
Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages 4.09 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened
Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened 4.06 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Roadside Geology of Oregon (Roadside Geology Series)
Roadside Geology of Oregon (Roadside Geology Series) 3.90 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Sand: The Never-Ending Story
Sand: The Never-Ending Story 3.98 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood 4.08 avg rating — 252 ratings