[jhwitham]

Titan is a great read. For a more throughout book of the oil industry there is also Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power.

[saryant]

Follow that up with Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve Coll and you've got a fascinating and compelling look at the last ~120 years of oil and American history.

[samstave]

If I were to read all of these - where will I end up mentally? In awe or in prison?

[saryant]

I find myself in awe. Men like Rockefeller made our modern age possible.