Start with high-confidence condensed matter physics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Solid State Physics
Robert L. Stamps, Robert E. Camley
Introduction to Surface Engineering and Functionally Engineered Materials
Peter Martin
Surface Science
John Hudson, John B. Hudson
Quantum Theory of Solids
Charles Kittel
The Fourth Phase of Water
Pollack
Surface and Interface Analysis
Seong H. Kim
Electronic Properties of Materials
Rolf E. Hummel
Introduction to Crystallography
Frank Hoffmann
Solid-state Physics
Harald Ibach
Fundamentals of Semiconductors
Peter YU, Manuel Cardona
2d and 3d Nanostructures
Jean-Claude Serge Levy, Jean-Claude Serge Lévy
