I am reading Dongri to Dubai by S. Hussain Zaidi.
Growing up in Mumbai in the 1980s/90s, I remember reading news stories about the Mumbai gang wars.
This book covers that in great detail and as such qualifies as a genuine history book.
And yet, it reads like a potboiler. It is essentially unputdownable.
10/10
Chronicles by Jean Froissart. A very readable account of the Hundred Years’ War
I’d also recommend Dan Jones’ books The Templars and Crusaders.
Marc Morris and Ian Mortimer also have great medieval history books
Also Jonathan Sumption’s multi-volume history of the Hundred Years War.