Unfortunately, that hasn’t deterred many others to take the cause."
A quick Amazon search for books on "Chemical Origins of Life" produces a list of 152 (!!) books, the oldest of which seems to be this one:
The chemical origin of life, (A monograph in American lectures in living chemistry) Hardcover – 1964
The most recent are these two:
The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology by Pier Luigi Luisi, October 20, 2016
Biochemical Adaptation: Response to Environmental Challenges from Life's Origins to the Anthropocene 1st Edition by George N. Somero (Author), Brent L. Lockwood (Author), Lars Tomanek (Author), February 1, 2017
