Applied Science, Veritasium, and Smarter Everyday are some of my favorites. The series Smarter Everyday did on submarines and the Kodak factory were incredible!
I sadly stopped supporting veritasium and smarter everyday on patreon because their clickbaty title failed to get me interested in watching the videos anymore.
I sure the economics work out in their favour and the actual content is still great, but for me it wasn't even a conscious decision more like a fading away.
Sad that these day giving even a hint of the actual topic in the titles seems to turn off the algorithm/viewers. That and "short" formats for videos that really need an in-depth discussion.
Back to books it is I guess.
The Martian
Ready Player One
Project Hail Mary
Name of the Wind
Dresden Files
Eye of the World (Wheel of Time)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
The Blade Itself (First Law Trilogy)
Dungeon Crawler Carl
The History of Ancient Egypt (Bob Brier lecture)
Food: A Cultural Culinary History (Ken Albala lecture)