Start with high-confidence biology books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Good Gut
Justin Sonnenburg, Erica Sonnenburg
MYP Biology: a Concept Based Approach
David Mindorff, Andrew Allott
Biological Weapons
Jeanne Guillemin
Spying on Whales
Nick Pyenson
Breath From Salt
Bijal P. Trivedi
Textbook of Industrial Microbiology
Renu Agrawal