One of the greatest books I did not expect to like reading while in high school was The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin . If you are a Diablo fan then it's a definite must read, OK I know you said no fantasy but technically one could call it Greek mythology, one of the all literary time greats.
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Also, any book written by Michael Crichton.