On the nanotech bookshelf
Richard Jones at Soft Machines has posted a nice list of nanotechnology books on his shelf, in the order in which they were published:
Engines of Creation , by K. Eric Drexler (1986).
Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation , by K. Eric Drexler (1992).
Molecular Devices and Machines : A Journey into the Nanoworld , by Vincenzo Balzani, Alberto Credi and Margherita Venturi (2003).
Bionanotechnology : Lessons from Nature , by David Goodsell (2004).
Soft Machines : Nanotechnology and Life , by Richard Jones (2004).
Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars , by Daniel and Mark Ratner (2004).
Nanoscale Science and Technology , eds Rob Kelsall, Ian Hamley and Mark Geoghegan (2005).
Nanofuture: What's Next For Nanotechnology , by J. Storrs Hall (2005).
Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz , by David Berube (2006).
The Dance of Molecules : How Nanotechnology is Changing Our Lives , by Ted Sargent (2006).
The Nanotech Pioneers : Where Are They Taking Us? , by Steve Edwards (2006).
More details are available at Soft Machines.