Selected Odonate Identification/Biology Books

• Abbott, J.C. 2015. Dragonflies of Texas. A field guide. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 448 pp.
• Abbott, J.C. 2011. Damselflies of Texas. A field guide. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 268 pp.
• Abbott, J.C. 2005. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 344 pp.
• Bailowitz, R., Danforth D., and Upson S. 2015. A Field Guide to the Damselflies & Dragonflies of Arizona and Sonora. Nova Granada Publications, Tucson, AZ, 459 pp.
• Beaton G. 2007. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, 355 pp.
• Behrstock, R.A. 2008. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Southwest. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 96 pp.
• Biggs, K. 2004. Common Dragonflies of the Southwest. Azalea Creek Publishing, CA, 160 pp.
• Biggs, K. 2009. Common Dragonflies of California. Azalea Creek Publishing, CA, 128 pp.
• Biggs, K. 2015. Dragonflies of the Greater Southwest. Azalea Creek Publishing, CA, 232 pp.
• Cooper, A. 2014. Dragonflies: Q&A Guide. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 102 pp.
• Corbet, P.S. 1999. Dragonflies: behavior and ecology of Odonata. Compstock, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 829 pp.
• Cordoba-Aguilar A., Beatty C. and Bried J. 2023. Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research (2^nd edition). Oxford University Press.
• Dijkstra K-D. B., Schroter A. and Lewington R. 2020. Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. Bloomsbury Nature Guides, London, 336 pp.
• Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars. A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY, 252 pp.
• Galliani C., Scherini R. and Piglia A. 2017. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Europe. WBA Handbooks, 345 pp.
• Garrison R.W., von Ellenrider N. and Louton J.A. 2006. Dragonfly Genera of the New World - An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisoptera. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore,  368 pp.
• Kerst C. and Gordon S. 2011. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon - A Field Guide. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR, 304 pp.
• Lam, E. 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. A guide to the species of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. Biodiversity Book, Forest Hills, NY, 96 pp.
• Manolis, T. 2003. Dragonflies and Damselflies of California. Univ. CA Press, CA, 201 pp.
• May M.L. and Dunkle S.W. 2007. Damselflies of North America - Color Supplement. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL, 156 pp.
• Mead K. 2017. Dragonflies of the North Woods, 3rd Ed. Kollath + Stensaas Plublishing, Duluth, MN, 271 pp.
• Mitchell F.L. and Lasswell J.L. 2005. A Dazzle of Dragonflies. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, 224 pp.
• Needham J.G., Westfall M.J., Jr. and May M.L. 2014. Dragonflies of North America, third edition. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL, 657 pp.
• Paulson, D. 2009. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 535 pp.
• Paulson, D. 2011. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 538 pp.
• Paulson, D. 2019. Dragonflies and Damselflies. A Natural History. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 224 pp.
• Paulson D. and Haber W. 2021. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, 399 p.
• Smith B.D. and Patten M.A. 2021. Dragonflies at a Biogeographical Crossroads: The Odonata of Oklahoma and Complexities Beyond its Borders. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 726 pp. 
• Stevens L.E., Baillowitz R.A. and Danforth D. 2021. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Grand Canyon Region. BookBaby, 136 pp.
• Tillyard R.J. 1917. The Biology of Dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera). Cambridge Univ. Press, 396 pp.
• Walker, J.S. 2017. Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Pacific Coast: A Life Size Field Guide. Cave Art Press, Anacortes, WA. 176 pp.
• Westfall M.J., Jr and May M.L. 2006. Damselflies of North America - Revised Edition. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL, 502 pp.