Books

Neal Stephenson's historical fiction is better than his science fiction.

Tricks with polynomials and Riemann-Roch spaces. Breaking into the platonic realm to pillage forbidden abstractions. Starknet grantee.

The whole Baroque Cycle! It’s like a 3 book prequel to Cryptonomicon. Its set during the Enlightenment in Europe(specifically late 17 century).  It has many interesting characters. Some of them ancestors to characters in Cryptonomicon (like the Shaftoes or Waterhouses) some real historical figures (Newton, Leibniz, Hooke, Pepys). Its amazing.