A lot of good recommendations here, but I'll throw in a curveball and recommend Signature in the Cell by Stephen Meyer.

It's true that there are many interpretations of all kinds of books which do not reflect the author's intentions. Doing this is fine so long as you evaluate these interpretations to see whether they are based on reality or not. The main point of books is to challenge you to think about different topics, and validating or dismissing our own interpretations of a text without thinking about them defies the point of reading.

If we do, however, want to get a better picture of a writer's intentions, historical, philosophical and social context are paramount. Understanding the beliefs of the author and the context within which he/she writes is the only way to get an idea of what their intentions are.

What you are describing feels more like a problem with your use of Goodreads, rather than the website itself. There are other, much bigger, problems with Goodreads: the reviews are hit-or-miss, the community is very biased towards certain authors and genres, Amazon owns it, and some of its key features (keeping track of books, book recommendations, book lists) are mediocre at best.

The only thing for which I find Goodreads useful nowadays is searching books to find their synopsis, page count and ISBN. If you are looking for a better website to keep track of your books, try Libib. It's far from perfect but it allows you to keep track of your books, has a decent UI, is not owned by Amazon and has no public review system (which I see as a pro, rather than a con). Unfortunately, it doesn't do book recommendations.