From a more geology-oriented perspective:
Robert M Hazen (2007) - Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins
Noam Lahav (1999)- Biogenesis: Theories of Life's Origin
J William Schopf (2001) - Cradle of Life
I have watched Hazen's nice "Origins of Life" DVD/Video Course. There he says that the Miller-Urey stuff has gotten less popular. Their atmosphere contains too much Nitrogen, Hydrogen and focuses on the water surface and the open water body.
More recent research points to a more CO2-rich atmosphere, and that life evolved deeper in hot water at the bottom of the ocean.
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