The following is a selected bibliography of relevant titles. Not all books are specifically about Googie, but each adds something to our understanding of the style and its place in history.

Corn, Joseph and Brian Horrigan. Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future. The Smithsonian Institution, 1984. 
If people in the 1950s and '60s thought the future looked like Googie, what did other generations think the future would look like? This book illustrates the long and colorful history of the future.

Hess, Alan. Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1985.
The definitive book on the subject. If you want to learn about Googie, this book is the place to start.

Hess, Alan, The Architecture of John Lautner. Rizzoli International Publications, 1999.
With photos by Alan Weintraub, this book is the only book about Lautner (to my knowledge) that pays enough attention to his achievements in commercial architecture, including the original Googie's Coffee Shop.

Hine, Thomas. Populuxe. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1986.
"The look and life of America in the '50s and '60s, from tailfins and TV dinners to Barbie dolls and fallout shelters." This book is not about Googie, but rather the cultural changes that made it (and other Space Age phenomenon) possible.

Kaplan, Sam Hall. L.A. Lost and Found. Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y., 1987.
Includes several pages about Googie and an excellent selection of Julius Schulman photos.

Kirsten, Sven. The Book of Tiki: The Cult of Polynesian Pop in Fifties America. Taschen, Köln, 2000.
This is the definitive book on the subject of "Polynesian Pop" -- In fact, Kirsten coined the term. The book explores Tiki architecture (a close cousin to Googie) along with many other facets of tiki pop-culture.

Langdon, Philip. Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture of American Chain Restaurants. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1986.
Includes and excellent chapter on Googie. Paints a larger picture of what came before and what replaced Googie.

Leibs, Chester. Main Street To Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1985.
"...A classic study... Will probably remain the standard history of roadside architecture for years to come." (Philip Langdon)
This book refers to Googie as "exaggerated modern," and offers some unique insights.

Marcus, George H., Design In The Fifties: When Everyone Went Modern. Prestel, N.Y., 1998.
This book is a valuable crash course in what mid-century Modern design was all about. 

McCurdy, Howard. Space and the American Imagination. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1997.
Googie was but one pop-culture response to the space program. This book explores the relationship between the American public and the dream of space travel.

McIntosh, Martin. Taboo: The Art of Tiki. Outre Gallery Press, Melbourne, 1999.
Although mostly a collection of modern tiki art, this book includes essays by Boyd Rice and Sven Kirsten on the subject of Tiki -- Googie's faux-Polynesian cousin.

Phoenix, Charles. Cruising the Pomona Valley 1930-1970. Horn of Plenty Press, 1999.
Modern and roadside architecture, art, and attractions in the Pomona Valley of Southern California, including Googie and Tiki.