Symmetry

"Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman.

"The Design of Everyday Things" is a book for anyone who makes or uses things.

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "The World until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond.

The Three-Body Problem - Decent enough science fiction but extra interesting because it's science fiction from a different culture.

Seveneves - Neal Stephenson's latest. If you like his books read it but maybe skip the last 1/3 after the timeskip.

Stories of Your Life and Others - Brilliant and poetic short stories.

Quantum Computing since Democritus - I understand QM much better now.

"Quantum Computing since Democritus" by Scott Aaronson.

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future - Wow he did a lot of cool stuff.

Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed - An interesting perspective on certain aspects of government. A bit too negative for the topic, the factors outlined are also why commercial economies were able to develop more centralized economies than agrarian ones in the early modern era.

It was only sort of useful for my 36 year old self but it would have been immensely useful to me at 16.

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction - How to be wrong less often. Based on the Good Judgement Project results.

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch - What it says on the tin. Actually a good overview how some important technologies interrelate.