Diving-related books

[ethanb]

The "cave diving show" thread made me think that we should have a discussion of books that might be interesting to forum participants.  I'll start out with a few:

First, the obvious ones:

• The Last Dive (on the Rouses)
  
• Shadow Divers (on the U-who)
  
• Fatal Depth (on the Doria)
  
• Deep Descent (on the Doria)
  
• Dark Descent (on the Empress; I haven't read this one yet)
  
• Silent World (Cousteau)
  

Of the books on NE wreck diving, my favorite would probably be Shadow Divers...

Cave-diving books:

• Beyond the Deep (on caving and diving in Sistema Huautla in Mexico, must read)
  
• Caverns Measureless to Man (Sheck Exley's classic)
  
• Blue Holes of the Bahamas
  
• Deep into Blue Holes (also on the Bahamas)
  
• Deeper into Blue Holes (seriously)
  
• The Darkness Beckons (Martyn Farr's classic - greatest book title ever)
  

Treasure and shipwreck hunting books:

• Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (S.S. Central America - this is a must-read)
  
• The Sea Hunters I and II (Clive Cussler's real-life  shipwreck hunting adventures)
  

Fiction:

• Anything by Clive Cussler
  
• David Poyer's "Tiller Galloway Undersea Thrillers" - i've only read Sunless Sea and it was decent
  

Dry caving books:

• The Longest Cave (must-read, on the Mammoth Cave - Flint Ridge connection in the 1970s)
  
• The Caves Beyond (earlier book on Mammoth exploration in the 1950s)
  
• Beyond Mammoth Cave (recent book on Mammoth exploration - I haven't read this one yet)