I enjoyed The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Depending on what you're looking for it might be relatively light on the science side and includes autobiographical

I enjoyed The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Depending on what you're looking for it might be relatively light on the science side and includes autobiographical digressions, but overall gives a high-level overview of key developments in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gene:_An_Intimate_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gene:_An_Intimate_History