For me for example its “Eat me - a natural and unnatural history of cannibalism” by Bill Schutt. Its an amazing book that covers cannibalism in animals and then the history of it in humans (cultural, survival & medicinal cannibalism).
I got a lot of “oh why would someone read something like that?” And “that not something fun to read about!” From relatives but my friends enjoyed the stuff that I could tell them about cannibalism!
I was pretty into Hopping Freight Trains in America by Duffy Littlejohn, though I am not nearly adventurous enough for that (and it’s from thirty years ago anyway, I assume railroad technology has changed).