Another good one that I got recently is Arabia Felix [1], a rather obscure Danish book from 1962 from NYRB. A minor classic.
I'm not a war buff by any stretch, but I can recommend Antony Beevor. Sometimes his books devolve into exhausting, never-ending play-by-plays of tank and troop movements, but both Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin [3] and were fascinating just for his ability to conjure up the time and place. Inside the Third Reich was similarly interesting, even it's known to be a flawed narrative.
I also recently read Bad Blood, about Theranos, which was excellent. Literary-wise not quite on the same level, though.
Got any recommendations?
[1] https://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/531929925/in-the-refrains-of-...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Fateful-1942-1943-Antony-B...