Maybe if he is really seriously mathy some history of math or science. Like Joy Hakim's The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way.

And for reluctant readers if you read a page and then he reads a page might work. Or each of you reading a section on your own and holding a discussion afterward (with you showing a lot of enthusiasm). Reading is a lot of fun if you can share your feelings about what you have read with someone else.

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...reading is pleasure, not just something teachers make you do in school.~B. Cleary