I'm struggling with the same problem and found biographies to be a good middle ground with typically some (life) story arcs, emotional situations and sometimes flowery language to describe the characters and events. The only thing that helps me to enjoy fiction is the feeling of having pure, unadulterated leisure time that sometimes emerges in the final days of a long vacation.
I like biographies for the same reason. Same with some "true crime/fraud" books like _The Cult of We_, _Smartest Guys in the Room_, _American Kingpin_, etc