I read books like The Moral Animal by Robert Wright, The Outer Limits of Reason by Noson Yanofsky, and Without Consience by Robert D. Hare. All great books with, as per my knowledge, good factual accuracy.
Now, I am craving more nonfiction like these. They can be on varied topics.
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The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan is wonderful, even though it was written in the 90s. I’ve always had a copy. Great nonfiction book about superstition and conspiracy and why people believe that stuff. Billions and Billions is great too, with even more controversial science, released just after he passed.
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* The Machinery of Life by David S. Goodsell, a good introduction to biology as a field. I know a few professors who have the diagrams from this book as art in their offices.
* Big Chicken by Maryn McKenna. This is a nonfiction book about the history of antibiotic use in agriculture. I used to work in a lab that researched antibiotic resistance in agriculture, so I know a bit about this, and it all seems accurate to me.
* The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, a very easy to read book about the discovery of waterborne illness in London, leading to the beginning of modern epidemiology.
* Plagues & Poxes by Alfred J. Bollet, MD. This is a bit drier and more textbook-like, but very educational. Describes diseases that have had a big impact on human history.
Now, for nonfiction that **is not** factually accurate so you know to avoid it:
* Guns, Germs, & Steel. Notorious for inventing evidence in order to prop up a compelling story. /r/AskHistorians has multiple threads where they recommend other, better books to read instead. I read Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest by Matthew Restall from a recommendation there, but I lack the expertise to evaluate how good books on this topic are.
* Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem. A good concept, talking about how hereditary diseases were selected for because they provided a survival advantage in some circumstance of the past. But while there are real world examples of this, this book includes a lot of inaccurate and cherry-picked examples.