My favorite is probably The Books of the North of The Black Company series. The rest are good too but the first 3 are great.

Currently I’m reading the bakemonogatari series just finished kizu. Only started because my friend sent me a screenshot of him listening to the audio book but then he gave up cause it’s too complicated to listen to in the background.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/07/655345630/how-fruit-became-so-sugary

I remember seeing this article or something similar over the years though I didn’t really look too far into it