Science

• Benedict, MT Pigford, H. Levi. Nuclear Chemical Engineering
• Duderstadt, James. Nuclear Reactor Analysis
• Knief, Ronald Allen. Nuclear Engineering: Theory and Practice of Commercial Nuclear Power
• Lamarsh, John. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
• Lee, John, Norman McCormick. Risk and Safety Analysis of Nuclear Systems
• Loveland, Walter. Modern Nuclear Chemistry
• Zebroski, EL. Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Theory & Strategy

• Ball, Desmond, Jeffrey Richelson. Strategic Nuclear Targeting
• Betts, Richard. Nuclear Blackmail and Nuclear Balance
• Brodie, Bernard. Strategy in the Missile Age
• Campbell, Kurt, Richard Einhorn, Mitchell Reiss. The Nuclear Tipping Point: Why States Reconsider Their Nuclear Choices
• Carter, Ashton, John Steinbruner, Charles Zraket. Managing Nuclear Operations
• Freedman, Lawrence. The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy
• Goldstein, Avery. Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France, and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution
• Jervis, Robert. The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution: Statecraft and the Prospect of Armageddon
• Hashmi, Sohail, Steven Lee. Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious and Secular Perspectives
• Kahn, Herman. On Thermonuclear War
• Kaplan, Fred, Martin Sherwin. The Wizards of Armageddon
• Kartchner, Kerry. Negotiating Start: The Quest for Stability and the Making of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
• Kissinger, Henry. Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
• Kroenig, Matthew. Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
• Nye, Joseph. Nuclear Ethics
• Powell, Robert. Nuclear Deterrence Theory
• Reiss, Mitchell. Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities
• Schelling, Thomas. Arms and Influence
• —. The Strategy of Conflict
• Serber, Robert, Richard Rhodes. The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How To Build an Atomic Bomb
• Snyder, Glenn. Deterrence and Defense: Toward a Theory of National Security
• Solingen, Etel. Nuclear Logics: Contrasting Paths in East Asia and the Middle East
• Waltz, Kenneth, Scott Sagan. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed
• Zagare, Frank. Perfect Deterrence

China

• Lewis, John, Xue Litai. China Builds the Bomb
• Xu Yi-Chong. The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

France

• Hecht, Gabrielle. The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II
• Kohl, Wilfried. French Nuclear Diplomacy

India

• Abraham, Itty. The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State
• Anderson, Robert. Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International Networks, and Power in India
• Frey, Karsten. India’s Nuclear Bomb and National Security
• Karnad, Bharat. Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy
• Perkovich, George. India’s Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation
• Tellis, Ashley. India’s Emerging Nuclear Posture: Between Recessed Deterrent and Ready Arsenal

Israel (& the Middle East)

• Aronson, Shlomo. The Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East: Opacity, Theory, and Reality, 1960-1991: An Israeli Perspective
• Cohen, Avner. Israel and the Bomb
• —. The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bargain with the Bomb
• Feldman, Shai. Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East
• Ginor, Isabella, Gideon Remez. Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War
• Hersh, Seymour. The Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy
• Kamrava, Mehrava. The Nuclear Question in the Middle East
• Karpin, Michael. The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World

Soviet Union/Russia

• Holloway, David. Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956
• Josephson, Paul. Red Atom: Russias Nuclear Power Program From Stalin To Today
• Kojevnikov, Alexei. Stalin’s Great Science: The Times and Adventures of Soviet Physicists
• Zaloga, Steven. The Kremlin’s Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000

United Kingdom

• Arnold, Lorna. Britain and the H-Bomb
• —. Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath
• Baylis, John. Ambiguity and Deterrence: British Nuclear Strategy 1945-1964
• Clark, Ian. Nuclear Diplomacy and the Special Relationship: Britain’s Deterrent and America, 1957-1962
• Clark, Ian, Nicholas Wheeler. The British Origins of Nuclear Strategy 1945-1955
• Freedman, Lawrence. Britain and Nuclear Weapons
• Gowing, Margaret. Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945-52 (2 vols.)
• Melissen, Jan. The Struggle for Nuclear Partnership: Britain, the United States and the Making of an Ambigious Alliance 1952-1959
• Moore, Richard. Nuclear Illusion, Nuclear Reality: Britain, the United States and Nuclear Weapons, 1958-64
• Navias, Martin. Nuclear Weapons and British Strategic Planning, 1955-1958
• Ogilvie-White, Tanya. On Nuclear Deterrence: The Correspondence of Sir Michael Quinlan
• Paul, Septimus. Nuclear Rivals: Anglo-American Atomic Relations, 1941-1952

United States

• Brenner, Michael. Nuclear Power and Non-Proliferation: The Remaking of US Policy
• Bundy, McGeorge. Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb in the First Fifty Years
• Gilpin, Robert. American Scientists & Nuclear Weapons Policy
• Groves, Leslie. Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project
• Helmreich, Jonathan. Gathering Rare Ores: The Diplomacy of Uranium Acquisition, 1943-1954
• Hansen, Chuck. Swords of Armageddon: History of the US Development of Nuclear Weapons
• Hoddeson, Lillian. Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
• Jones, Matthew. After Hiroshima: The United States, Race and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965
• Jungk, Robert. Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists
• Maddock, Shane. Nuclear Apartheid: The Quest for American Atomic Supremacy from World War II to the Present
• Rhodes, Richard. Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
• —. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
• Seaborg, Glenn. Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban
• Tal, David. The American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, 1945-1963

Other

• Albright , David. Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies
• Armstrong, David, Joseph Trento. America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise
• Bernstein, Jeremy. Hitler’s Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall
• Bratt, Duane. The Politics of CANDU Exports
• Clearwater, John. Canadian Nuclear Weapons: The Untold Story of Canada’s Cold War Arsenal
• Corera, Gordon. Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the AQ Khan Network
• Frantz, Douglas, Catherine Collins. The Man from Pakistan: The True Story of the World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Smuggler
• Khan, Feroz. Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb
• Langewiesche, William. The Atomic Bazaar: Dispatches from the Underground World of Nuclear Trafficking
• Levy, Adrian, Catherine Scott-Clark. Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons
• Maloney, Sean. Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada’s Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War
• Nuti, Leopoldo. La sfida nucleare: La politica estera italiana e le armi atomiche 1945–1991
• Purkitt, Helen, Stephen Burgess. South Africa’s Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Reynolds, Wayne. Australia’s Bid for the Atomic Bomb
• Richter, Andrew. Avoiding Armageddon: Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons 1950-63
• Schrafstetter, Susanna. Avoiding Armageddon: Europe, the United States, and the Struggle for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, 1945-1970
• Venter, Al. Allah’s Bomb: The Islamic Quest for Nuclear Weapons
• Weissman, Steve. The Islamic Bomb

Terrorism

• Levi, Michael. On Nuclear Terrorism
• Mueller, John. Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda
• Stenersen, Anne. Al-Qaida’s Quest for Weapons of Mass Destruction: The History behind the Hype

Energy

• Allison, Wade. Radiation and Reason: The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear
• Brand, Stewart. Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
• Cravens, Gwyneth. The Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy
• Ferguson, Charles. Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know
• Garwin, Richard, Georges Charpak. Megawatts and Megatons: The Future of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
• Marcus, Gail. Nuclear Firsts: Milestone on the Road to Nuclear Power Development
• Mahaffey, James. Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
• Muller, Richard. Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
• Till, Charles. Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor
• Tucker, William. Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America’s Energy Odyssey
• Weart, Spencer. The Rise of Nuclear Fear
• Zoellner, Tom. Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock that Shaped the World