Kingdom of Knuffel

I'm looking for reading material recommendations, specifically non-fiction, not depressing, and if it's history it's a bonus.
Anyone have a book, article, etc. they'd recommend along those lines?

I take a broad view of "history".
So for instance: a biography of a mathematician counts, an atlas of known bronze-age settlements counts, someone's thesis on how mass canning factories changed population distribution counts, a letter collection from an early oligarch that covers the establishment of a new trade route counts, a collection of speeches by an historical figure counts, a port city's customs log for a year of the sail age counts, etc. etc.

Books welcome and probably simplest, but as you can see other mediums perfectly acceptable.

I suck at recommendations.
I forget titles and authors right away...
I also don't read a lot of history :|

But.
My question is: Have you tried GoodReads or any other bookish social media?

I use GR and I don't like its recommendation algorithm, but I've found the site useful because I can follow other readers' reviews.
So if someone (who is not my friend) reviews the kind of books I usually like, I follow their reviews and see what they recommend.

Last time I looked at Goodreads was.... a very long time ago. It might have changed since then. I found it less than helpful at the time, but, well, things evolve. I'll give it another try.

Tbh I don't think it has changed.
But it has a large memberbase. Which means you may find interesting people to follow.

As I said before, their recommendation algorithm is crappy. And don't get me started on their indexation.
But there are so many people writing reviews there, that you can find quite a bit of information on pretty much any book.