Start with high-confidence pentateuch studies books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Life Lessons From Genesis
Max Lucado
Torah Story, Second Edition
Gary Edward Schnittjer
The Torah Story
Grace in the End
Dr. Gordon McConville
Walking the Bible
Bruce Feiler
From Epic to Canon
Frank Moore Cross
The Torah
Jewish Publication Society, Anonymous
The Heart of Torah, Volume 2
Shai Held
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Joseph T. Lienhard, Thomas C. Oden
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
T. Desmond Alexander, David W. Baker
The Book of Genesis
Brian Simmons
Cipher of Genesis
Carlos Suares
The Rational Bible: Exodus
Dennis Prager
