Reddit reviews The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
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This is a pretty solid and very enjoyable book about our current understanding of Dinosaurs, including the evolution of birds which came out last year: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Dinosaurs-History-World/dp/0062490427
Gregory Paul's Field Guide to Dinosaurs is pretty big and scientifically accurate for the most part. Some of the length is just brief descriptions of dinosaurs, however, and I wish it went into more depth.
I'm a big fan of Mark Witton and hope to order Recreating an Age of Reptiles soon. For some reason Amazon says it isn't out yet, but it was published a while ago. I find that Witton always does very meticulous research and does a great job of acknowledging and explaining disagreements. While not about dinosaurs, his book Pterosaurs is my favorite paleo book of all time. I love the artwork and it's clear that he has a real passion for these animals. He really goes into detail about different groups of pterosaurs, too. I felt like I learned a lot about pterosaurs reading the book and it really made me excited to read anything else he has written. His blog is also fantastic if you are looking for something to read!
As far as up-to-date, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs was just released and seems really interesting. It's has less of a textbook/encyclopedia feel than the other books I've recommended here and it seems like it might follow more of a narrative compared to the others which jump between types of dinosaurs. I haven't read it but I've heard good things and am excited to read my copy soon.
I don’t know if this is exactly on point but The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs is a great starting point.
https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Dinosaurs-History-World/dp/0062490427/ref=nodl_
The book list just keeps growing in so many different directions that it's hard to identify which I want to tackle next (I also have a tendency to take meticulous notes while I read and that slows the process down even further!). Some of the topics I intend to read about once I'm done with the books mentioned:
Plus a bunch of books by Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Carl Sagan, and others. There are way too many. And all the fiction books I want to read too! It's not that I didn't read books before, but my faith transition has sparked an intense desire to study and learn far greater than I ever experienced before.
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte was a good 10,000 foot introduction. I ended up reading many wikipedia articles about various species and genera mentioned in the book, so I consider it a good springboard. The Audiobook on Audible is really well performed.
PBS has a few good documentaries, too. Some may be a bit outdated, but they're free and fun. Here's a few I found:
If you can find it, I remember enjoying American Experience: The Dinosaur Wars. It's about the early rush into the American West to search for fossils and the intense rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh around 1877-1892 (also known as the Bone Wars).