Below are a number of books and articles on the Human Genome Project, mostly written for the intelligent lay audience:
AUTHOR		Olson, Maynard V.
TITLE		The human genome project
APPEARS IN	National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings
		vol 90 no 10 (May 15, 1993)  pp 4338-4344
		(a clear recent summary, with extensive bibliography
		tracing 5 years of journal literature)

(the next 5 books are reviewed in a long article by R.C. Lewontin:
"The dream of the human genome".  New York Review of Books
May 28, 1992  pp 31-40)

 TITLE        The Code of codes : scientific and social issues in the human
                genome project / edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood.
 PUBLISHER    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.
 SUBJECT      Human Genome Project --Moral and ethical aspects.
              Human Genome Project --Social aspects.
 Leyburn Library        RB155 .C575 1992               

 
 AUTHOR       National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Mapping and
                Sequencing the Human Genome.
 TITLE        Mapping and sequencing the human genome / Committee on Mapping
                and Sequencing the Human Genome, Board on Basic Biology,
                Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
 PUBLISHER    Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
 SUBJECT      Chromosome mapping.
              Human genetics.
 Leyburn Library        QH445.2 .N38 1988              

 
 AUTHOR       Davis, Joel, 1948-
 TITLE        Mapping the code : the Human Genome Project and the choices of
                modern science / Joel Davis.
 PUBLISHER    New York : Wiley, c1990.
 SUBJECT      Human Genome Project.
              Human gene mapping --Moral and ethical aspects.
              Human gene mapping --Political aspects.
 Leyburn Library        QH445.2 .D38 1990              
 

 AUTHOR       Bishop, Jerry E., 1931-
 TITLE        Genome : the story of the most astonishing scientific adventure
                of our time--the attempt to map all the genes in the human body
                / Jerry E. Bishop & Michael Waldholz.
 PUBLISHER    New York, N.Y. : Simon and Schuster, c1990.
 SUBJECT      Human Genome Project --Popular works.
              Genetic disorders --Popular works.
              Gene therapy --Popular works.
              Chromosome mapping --Popular works.
 Leyburn Library        RB155.5 .B57 1990              

 
 AUTHOR       Wills, Christopher.
 TITLE        Exons, introns, and talking genes : the science behind the Human
                Genome Project / Christopher Wills.
 PUBLISHER    [New York] : BasicBooks, c1991.
 SUBJECT      Human Genome Project.
              Medical genetics --Popular works.
              Molecular genetics --Popular works.
              Exons (Genetics) --Popular works.
              Introns --Popular works.
 Leyburn Library        RB155 .W54 1991                


(recent discussions of legal and ethical issues: 
 TITLE        Gene mapping : using law and ethics as guides / edited by George
                J. Annas, Sherman Elias.
 PUBLISHER    New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
 SUBJECT      Human gene mapping --Moral and ethical aspects.
              Human gene mapping --Law and legislation.
              Human Genome Project.
 Leyburn Library        RB155 .G3585 1992              

 
 AUTHOR       United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary.
                Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks.
 TITLE        The genome project : the ethical issues of gene patenting :
                hearing before the the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and
                Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States
                Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, on issues
                relating to genetic research and biotechnology, focusing on the
                ethical implications of gene patenting, September 22, 1992.
 PUBLISHER    Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of
                Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1993.
 Leyburn-Govt. Docs.    Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.102-1134      

 
(other general treatments:
 AUTHOR       Shapiro, Robert, 1935-
 TITLE        The human blueprint : the race to unlock the secrets of our
                genetic script / Robert Shapiro.
 PUBLISHER    New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.
 SUBJECT      Human Genome Project --Popular works.
              Human gene mapping --Popular works.
 Leyburn Library        QH445.2 .S53 1991              

 
 TITLE        The Human genome [videorecording.]
 PUBLISHER    Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.
 DESCRIPT     1 videocassette (VHS) (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
 SUMMARY      The search for the one specific disease-causing gene among a
                hundred thousand genes clustered on 23 pairs of chromosomes-a
                maze called the human genome.
 SUBJECT      Genomes.
 Leyburn-Circ.-Video    QH447 .H9 1990                 

 
 AUTHOR       Lee, Thomas F.
 TITLE        The Human Genome Project : cracking the genetic code of life /
                Thomas F. Lee.
 PUBLISHER    New York : Plenum Press, c1991.
 SUBJECT      Human Genome Project.
 Leyburn Library        QH447 .L44 1991                


 (an early statement of the Human Genome Project mandate: 
 TITLE        Mapping our genes : genome projects--how big, how fast? /
                Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment.
 PUBLISHER    Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1988]
 SUBJECT      Chromosome mapping.
              Human genetics.
 Leyburn Library        QH445.2 .M36 1988