Start with high-confidence general science books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Quantum Electrodynamics
Richard Phillips Feynman, Richard P. Feynman
Shots in the Dark
Jon Cohen
Your Brain, Explained
Marc Dingman PhD, Marc Dingman
Atomic Awakening
James Mahaffey
The Wormwood Prophecy
Thomas Horn
The Periodic Table
Tom Jackson