Start with high-confidence history of science for teens books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
The Spark of Life
Frances Ashcroft
Neanderthal Man
Svante Pääbo
The Unthinkable
Amanda Ripley
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around US
Felice Frankel
The Invisible Rainbow
Arthur Firstenberg
