109 East Palace by Jennet Conant

 A very good book about Los Alamos and Oppenheimer. Very different from the definitive Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. It is less about the technical and more about life in Los Alamos. It also is wonderfully sourced by Oppenheimer's female assistants and some other women so it gives a very grounded view of the project and some of the mystery and stress from the point of view of the families and singles. I believe the author is related to James B. Conant and this was a very high-level source. The technical parts are well done as well. If you read one book, read Rhodes, but if you read more, this is the second one to read about this amazing project.