Good Mathematical Literature: Any Suggestions?

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Any recommendations on some good mathematical literature? I'm not talking about textbooks; I'm talking about something like https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743224574/?tag=pfamazon01-20 by Steven Strogatz.

Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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Brockman - My Einstein: 24 essays by people like Strogatz, Tipler and such on the person, his work and legacy

Derbyshire - Prime Obsession: the history, personalities and the math of the Riemann Hypothesis

Ronan - Symmetry and the Monster: the story of the people that developed the classification of the finite simple groups as well as a glimpse of what is was about

Singh - Fermat's Last Theorem: a story of the people and the effort to prove it up through Wiles

Davis & Hersh - The Mathematical Experience: vignettes about what mathematics is, probably not exactly in line with the OP request but there it is none-the-less.