Best Books on Engineering & Megastructures

How the biggest things ever built got built. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the engineering & megastructures documentaries.

1. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - View on Amazon
2. The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough - View on Amazon
3. How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
5. To Engineer Is Human by Henry Petroski (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
6. Skyscraper by Karl Sabbagh - View on Amazon
7. Built by Roma Agrawal - View on Amazon
8. Higher by Neal Bascomb - View on Amazon
9. Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner - View on Amazon
10. The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
11. Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
12. The Prize by Daniel Yergin (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
13. Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air by David J.C. MacKay - View on Amazon
14. Empire of the Deep by Ben Wilson - View on Amazon
15. The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites - View on Amazon
16. Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
17. The Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack - View on Amazon
18. Factory Man by Beth Macy - View on Amazon
19. Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar - View on Amazon
20. The Big Burn by Timothy Egan - View on Amazon
21. Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara - View on Amazon
22. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
23. Cathedral by David Macaulay - View on Amazon
24. Site Planning by Kevin Lynch - View on Amazon

Best Books on Bridges, Tunnels & Towers

1. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - View on Amazon
2. To Engineer Is Human by Henry Petroski (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. Skyscraper by Karl Sabbagh - View on Amazon
4. Built by Roma Agrawal - View on Amazon
5. Higher by Neal Bascomb - View on Amazon

Best Books on Energy & Power

1. Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner - View on Amazon
2. The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
3. Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Prize by Daniel Yergin (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
5. Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air by David J.C. MacKay - View on Amazon
6. The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough - View on Amazon
7. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - View on Amazon
8. Built by Roma Agrawal - View on Amazon

Best Books on Factories, Mines & Machines

1. The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites - View on Amazon
2. Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack - View on Amazon
4. Factory Man by Beth Macy - View on Amazon
5. Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar - View on Amazon
6. The Big Burn by Timothy Egan - View on Amazon
7. Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara - View on Amazon
8. Built by Roma Agrawal - View on Amazon