A good popular book on the subject is: “Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why”
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Actually that is completely incorrect. I know Bart and have worked with him. Sadly he is what many of us call a ‘fallen scholar’. IOW, his atheism and hatred of Christianity has had a negative effect on his scholarship and he is no longer considered to be a good or reliable source much like what happened to Hugh J. Schonfield.
Ehrman has become like the crazy aunt at the family picnic, you are polite but avoid him at all costs.
For someone to suggest Misquoting Jesus as a good or reliable source shows they don’t know much about the field. It would be the equivalent of an ‘armchair Egyptologist’ recommending E.A. Wallis Budge.
I don’t doubt that traditional christianity doesn’t like to hear what Ehrman has to say. But that is a bit like the kid sticking his fingers in his ears and shouting so as not to hear something they don’t want to hear. Ehrman is merely the messenger, not the message. Ignoring the facts of NT textual criticism will not make it go away. Facts are facts and that is all Ehrman and others in the field are relating.
NT textual criticism can be rather dry material and Ehrman has done the general public a service by writing “Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why” as it provides many examples of important textual variants and a broad introduction to the field of study.