Here's a fun arm chair travel book (or, you could do it for real, if you like): Art Hiding In New York: an Illustrated Guide to the City's Secret Masterpieces, by Lori Zimmer with illustrations by Maria Krasinski (they met when they were kids!). There are art installations pretty much everywhere in New York, one is even an 'audible installation' so you have to go to that location and listen! Some you can touch, or climb, others you view by looking up, or down, some light up at night ... it's a diverse collection for sure! All but one are free and a few no longer exist but the history is interesting.

I like Bill Bryson's writing and while The Body: a Guide for Occupants is .... more dense (as in lots of information and detail) ... there is still that touch of humor that I expect from this author. In each section (Skin, Hair, Blood, etc.) you'll find a bit of history, an explanation of how it all works, changes in thinking about care, changes caused by aging and so on. There is an excellent bibliography and index and the edition I read also includes an afterword about Covid 19.

Reading Hermit With Dog