I've read the Dune and LOTR and Foundation trilogies multiple times, like many others on this list. I'll try to list some less obvious ones.
Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke by VI Arnold: neither a popular science book nor a technical treatise, it discusses mathematical ideas from Newton's times and their modern mannifestations. I learn something new each time I read it.
Chaos by James Gleick. Mostly I read and re-read this before university. It's clear and presents the science and its personalities in an engaging way. Now that I actually work in dynamics and have met a number of these people, I'm not sure I like it as much. But still a good general science book IMO.
Cannery Row by Steinbeck. I grew up in the Bay Area and visited Monterey fairly often, and though the Cannery Row in the book hasn't existed (and perhaps never has?) for a very long time, somehow it evokes a certain nostalgia for me. (We don't live in CA anymore.)
Glenn Gould Reader. Actually an collection of his writing, and I don't re-read every piece. But something new each time.
Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke by VI Arnold: neither a popular science book nor a technical treatise, it discusses mathematical ideas from Newton's times and their modern mannifestations. I learn something new each time I read it.
Chaos by James Gleick. Mostly I read and re-read this before university. It's clear and presents the science and its personalities in an engaging way. Now that I actually work in dynamics and have met a number of these people, I'm not sure I like it as much. But still a good general science book IMO.
Cannery Row by Steinbeck. I grew up in the Bay Area and visited Monterey fairly often, and though the Cannery Row in the book hasn't existed (and perhaps never has?) for a very long time, somehow it evokes a certain nostalgia for me. (We don't live in CA anymore.)
Glenn Gould Reader. Actually an collection of his writing, and I don't re-read every piece. But something new each time.