Geology of the Ottawa-Gatineau region:
Geoscape Ottawa-Gatineau: English / French. J.M. Aylsworth. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 85, 2004.
Guide to the geology and scenery of the National Capital Area. D.M. Baird. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 15, 1968, 88 p.
Geology of the Ottawa – St. Lawrence Lowland, Ontario and Québec. A.E. Wilson. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 241, 1946, 66 p.
Urban geology of the National Capital Area / Géologie urbaine de la région de la Capitale nationale; Bélanger, R. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5311, 2008. This can be downloaded for free from http://geopub.nrcan.gc.ca/publist_e.php , query by the open file number - 5311.
Quaternary geology of the Ottawa region, Ontario and Québec. R.J. Fulton et al. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 86-23, 1987.
Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario. D.A. Williams. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5770, 1991.
Geology of the southern part of the Gatineau Park, National Capital Region. D.D. Hogarth. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 70-20, 1970.
A guide to the geology of the Gatineau-Lièvre district. D.D. Hogarth. The Canadian Field Naturalist, v. 76, 1962, p 1-55.
Rocks of the Masson - Buckingham - Mayo area. D.D. Hogarth. Québec Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la faune Rapporte GM 63238 and Carte 63238 C00001.
Rocks and minerals for the collector - Hull-Maniwaki, Québec: Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario. A.P. Sabina. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 41, 1987.
A guide to the mineral deposits of southeastern Ontario and southwestern Québec. J.E. Udd. CJ Multi-Media Inc., 2005.
A walking guide - Ottawa's building and monument stones. Q. Gall. Geological Association of Canada Miscellaneous Publication 7, 2009.
A geological excursion through the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings. J. DeGrace. Background paper BE-36E, Library of Parliament, 1982.
The story of the stones in the Dominion Parliament Building. E.M. Kindle. Scientific Monthly, v. 23, 1926, p. 539-544.
Building stones of Canada's federal Parliament Buildings. D.E. Lawrence. Geoscience Canada, v. 28, 2001, p. 13-30.
Legacy in stone. The Rideau corridor. F. Spalding-Smith and B.A. Humphreys. Boston Milles Press, 1999.
General geology/geology of Canada:
Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey. N. Eyles and A. Miall, 2007.
Ontario Rocks: Three Billion Years of Environmental Change. N. Eyles and A. Miall. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, pubs. 2002.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. S.J. Gould. Hutchinson, pub. 1989.
Science, including earth science, evolution, cosmology:
A Short History of Nearly Everything. Bill Bryson. Random House Publishing. 2004.
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution. Richard Dawkins. Mariner Books. 2004.
The Earth: An Intimate History. Richard Fortey. Knopf/Random House. 2005.
Geodiversity: Valuing and Conserving Abiotic Nature. Murray Gray. Wiley. 2004.
Basin and Range. John McPhee. Straus & Giroux. 1981.
In Suspect Terrane. John McPhee. Straus & Giroux. 1983.
Bedrock-Writers on the Wonders of Geology. L.E. Savoy, E.M. Moores and & J. E. Moores (editors). Trinity University Press. 2006.
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body. N. Shubin, Pantheon Books, N.Y. 2008.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. E.O. Wilson. Vintage Books, 2006.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883. Simon Winchester. Harper Collins. 2003.
The Map that Changed the World. Simon Winchester. Harper Collins. 2001.
A Crack in the Edge of the World. Simon Winchester. Harper Collins. 2005.