CBreezy,

I don't read a great deal of fiction. However I have gleaned some great truths from fiction that are simply too complex to explain in non-fiction. A fictional narrative can reveal them more easily.
My point is that I have benefited by occasionally getting out of my reading comfort zone.
That being said would recommend a non-fiction book from 2017 by Timothy Snyder, "The Road to Unfreedom". Though coming up on 5 years old it still is one of the best books that comes to my mind for some insight into the crises involving Putin(AKA Russia), Ukraine, Western Democracy, and much more.
Snyder is not a simple narrative styled Historian. To get much benefit from reading his work requires one (well myself anyway) to pay attention and periodically pause to reflect on his arguments and conclusions.