I just read "London for immigrant suckers" and I'm not sure if it can improve your intellectual level, but it certainly tick some of your boxes.
Politics - yes, ( warning - it can destroy lives if managed by charlatans)
Religion - yes ( the drug of the nation)
Economics - yes ( housing market)
History - yes, although you were not specific whose history. This book briefly examines the history of Yugoslavia, but amazingly, through the Prism of football.