Dino-Mite Books

Books about Dinosaurs.

Updated June 16, 2026
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Impossible monsters : dinosaurs, Darwin, and the battle between science and religion
Taylor, Michael
Paper Book
When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country's southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had in fact discovered the "first" ichthyosaur, and over...
The lost world of the dinosaurs : uncovering the secrets of the prehistoric age
Schmitt, Armin
Paper Book
*A Library Journal Best Book of 2024* "An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair."--Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times...
The last days of the dinosaurs : an asteroid, extinction, and the beginning of our world
Black, Riley
Paper Book
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writing." --Publishers Weekly, starred review In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the...
The rise and fall of the dinosaurs : a new history of a lost world
Brusatte, Stephen
Audiobook
A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. "THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY."  -- Scientific American The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain...
How fast did T. rex run? : unsolved questions from the frontiers of dinosaur science
Hone, David
Paper Book
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in palaeontology that are beginning to...
Why dinosaurs matter
Lacovara, Kenneth
Paper Book
What can extinct dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth. By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories...
Dinosaurs : how they lived and evolved
Naish, Darren
Paper Book
Dinosaurs are one of the most spectacular groups of animals that have ever existed. Many were fantastic, bizarre creatures that still capture our imagination: the super-predator Tyrannosaurus, the plate-backed Stegosaurus, and the long-necked, long-tailed Diplodocus....
The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs
Paul, Gregory S.
Paper Book
This lavishly illustrated volume is the first authoritative dinosaur book in the style of a field guide. World-renowned dinosaur illustrator and researcher Gregory Paul provides comprehensive visual and textual coverage of the great Mesozoic animals that gave rise to the living dinosaurs, the...
The bone bed
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her reason to expect that this may be her next case. Then a body is recovered from...
Dragon teeth : a novel
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel--a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still...
Jurassic Park : a novel
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's...
The butcher's masquerade
Dinniman, Matt
Paper Book
Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose. Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed 'The Butcher's Masquerade.' The sixth floor....
The lost world
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Paper Book
The creator of Sherlock Holmes dabbled in many other genres including science fiction, and in this 1912 fantasy he transported readers to the wilds of the Amazon for a rollicking adventure among dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. The Lost World is the first and best of Arthur...
The meister of Decimen City
Raney, Brenna
Paper Book
2023 Foreword INDIES Award Gold Medal Winner "Raney's debut is a blast [and] inventive as all get out . . ." --Booklist, Starred Review "Thoroughly entertaining and utterly delightful." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ...
Over the moon at the Big Lizard Diner
Wingate, Lisa.
Paper Book
Welcome to Big Lizard Bottoms, home of the famed Lover's Oak, where matrimony is a local industry. Not exactly an ideal destination for a play-it-safe paleontologist who has sworn off romance. But Lindsey Attwood isn't on vacation. She's here on a covert mission to help recover dinosaur tracks...

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