The best all encompassing book on the civil war is "Battle Cry of Freedom" by James McPherson. It can be a little dry and reads a little bit like a textbook. This one may be a little bit of a "deep dive" but it certainly is the best overall book IMO.

I think the best book for you personally would be a coffee table book put out by the Smithsonian titled, "The Civil War. A Visual History". https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Visual-History/dp/1465429573
I think since you are someone that normally isn't into this stuff, a book with a lot of visual depictions will keep you more interested. It is a book that you can pick up and just kinda glance over here and there rather than a dry text that would be best read cover to cover.

Another suggestion would be to skip the books and watch a documentary such as "Ken Burn's Civil War". I believe that's on Netflix. It's by far the most well known documentary on the subject and it's very well done. It is not perfect from the historian perspective, but it's still great.

Another non-book suggestion would be the videos put on YouTube by the Civil War Trust. This one is on the entire war: https://youtu.be/ZmxfJqxwVIs
They also put out some quick "Civil War in 4 minutes" videos that go over different topics briefly. They are very informative despite their short length. https://youtu.be/v5pWc1_8mU4

Hope this helps. I'm on mobile so I'm sorry if this is a bit poorly formatted.

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