Not really "reading" it per se (it's an encyclopedia!) but I've been slowly working my way through
River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Roger Branfill-Cook. It covers a very broad scope, and features a lot of fascinating obscure craft, but it's let down by a lack of hard details and terrible photo quality.
My review:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2Q9UD...p_perm?ie=UTF8