Start with high-confidence jewish studies books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
A History of the Jews
Paul Johnson
A Bintel Brief
Liana Finck
As a Jew
Sarah Hurwitz
People Love Dead Jews
Dara Horn
Whitechapel Noise
Vivi Lachs
Palestine and Jewish History
Jonathan Boyarin
Antisemitism, an American Tradition
Pamela S. Nadell
Recovering Jewishness
Frederick S. Roden
The Jews and the Left
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Broadside Books
Remix Judaism
Roberta Rosenthal Kwall
Song Is Not the Same
Josh Kun, Bruce Zuckerman
The Genius of Israel
Dan Senor, Saul Singer
