Recommended Books

[Nasser]

Technical Diving form the Bottom Up - by Kevin Gurr.

Ocean Gladiator - by Mark Ellyatt

 

[karstdvr]

Caverns Measureless to Man.... Sheck Exley

As far as manuscripts by Exley,I prefer "Taming of the Slough". More historical perspective and a little less dramatic

Cave diving books: Cave diving by Tom Mount (1972?), Art of Safe Cave Diving edited by NACD, CDS Cave Diving Manual (1992),Cave Diving Articles and Opinions. Something I liked a lot was a 3 part article about Joe Prosser that appeared in an older UWS.

 

[icechip]

DIVER: A ROYAL NAVY AND COMMERCIAL DIVER'S JOURNEY by Tony Groom
For novels, there is the Jack Howard series by David Gibbins

 

[scububa]

Steve Lewis' (aka Doppler) books
I have Six Skills and the other is on my Father's Day list ;-) (But, the reviews have been strong, which is no surprise.)

The Six Skills and Other Discussions: Creative Solutions for Technical Divers

Staying Alive:: Applying Risk Management to Advanced Scuba Diving


and +1 on "articles and opinions" esp

 

[kr2y5]

I run into a similar problem, and chose to explore horizontally, reading on various flavors of diving, or by authors who represent a different point of view, e.g.: Technical Divers Handbook by Gary Gentile (mostly relevant to wreck diving, but it contains some amusing stories, and he also promotes some DIR-incompatible ideas for healthy balance), Essentials of Cave Diving and Basics of Rebreather Diving by Jill Heinerth, Ice Diving Operations. Steve Lewis, besides the great Six Skills book, also authored a bunch of manuals, such as SDI Solo diving, TDI Trimix. Although the manuals can feel a bit introductory and repetitive after consuming all the great books you have listed, I thought they were certainly all well worth the read. Also, although not strictly on tech diving, I liked the NAUI Master Diver manual because it was fairly dense compared to other books, easier to stay awake... it also offers a nice list of references in each section for follow-up reading.

 

[waterpirate]

Any military training material, vintage or not. sometimes it is hard to read and hard to find, but offers a interesting perspective on what we take for granted as " safe diving practices " and their SOP.
Eric

 

[SanDiegoSidemount]

I quite enjoyed:

Scuba Confidential
Lost Wife, Saw Barracuda

Also the two by @DivemasterDennis and his wife:

The Scuba Snobs' Guide To Diving Etiquette
The Scuba Snobs' Guide to Diving Etiquette Book 2

None of these are technical, but they are enjoyable and provide good perspective.

 

[lowviz]

Mike:

Waiting for you to add vids so I can suggest Water's Journey...

Florida Springs Video - Hidden Rivers of Florida - Florida's Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems

 

[Subcooled]

Darkness Beckons - The History and Development of Cave Diving

 

[Michael Guerrero]

Mike:

Waiting for you to add vids so I can suggest Water's Journey...

Florida Springs Video - Hidden Rivers of Florida - Florida's Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems

I'll take anything . All these books I haven't heard of which is awesome.