“Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary
Countdown” by Stephen Jay Gould
“The End Of Time: Faith And Fear In The Shadow Of The Millennium” by Damian Thompson
“An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and
Supernatural: James Randi's Decidedly Skeptical Definitions of Alternate
Realities” by James Randi
“The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer” by James Randi
“Selling Fear: Conspiracy Theories and End-Times Paranoia” by Gregory S. Camp, Sherman S. Smith
“The Last Days Are Here Again: A History of the End Times” by Richard G. Kyle
“End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon” by Richard Abanes
“When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture (Studies in Cultural History)” by Paul Boyer
“The Millennium Myth: The Ever-Ending Story” by Sean M. O'Shea, Meryl A. Walker
“Eve of Destruction : Prophecies, Theories and Preparations for the End of the World” by Eva Shaw
“Apocalypse Culture” by Adam Parfrey (Warning: Not
for the squeamish)
“Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds” by Charles Mackay*
“Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time” by Michael Shermer
“The Demon Haunted World” by Carl Sagan
“Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium” by Carl Sagan
“Apocalypse Pretty Soon” by Alex Heard
“Apocalypse Wow!: A Memoir for the End of Time” by James Finn Garner
“Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs Through the Ages” by Eugen Weber
“The End Of The World: An Annotated Bibliography” by Tom McIver (Note: An exceptional resource)
“Discover” Magazine - January 1999
“Smithsonian” Magazine - April 1999
“TIME” Magazine - July 12, 1999
“Newsweek” Magazine - November 1, 1999
“Archaeology” Magazine - November/December, 1999
“Skeptical Inquirer” Magazine - November/December, 1999
“TIME” Magazine - July 1, 2002
* Can also be found online at Project Gutenberg