I did recommend [b:Cryptonomicon|816|Cryptonomicon|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327931476l/816.SY75.jpg|1166797] to my in-laws, they'd enjoy it.
A stellium of personal history connections with the text, despite not having lived in the Philippines, or worked in cryptanalysis, nor for the US military, nor having been an executive in a dotcom/IT startup, kept me riveted, and this 918-page thriller had what no other books of its heft and categories have: hilarity, and style, and a code offered by Bruce Schneier.