A couple of free books I've downloaded recently that look interesting.

The Fourth Paradigm (data-driven science) from Microsoft (!)

The New Science of Metagenomics

God knows when I get time to skim read through them. But they both look good.

The main reason I'm linking them here is that I heard about them both via unorthodox means. The metagenomics one was recommended by Stewart Brand in his book Whole Earth Discipline, the Fourth Paradigm in a podcast I was listening to today.