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I just finished Why Fish Don't Exist by former Radiolab producer and former Invisibilia host Lulu Miller. It has elements of biography, history, memoir, and philosophical essay. I enjoyed reading it. The title topic is not covered until near the end of the book with everything before building the ground work. Before anyone protests that fish most certainly do exist, it turns out that fish is not scientifically useful as a category of animals. It would be like saying a bat is a bird.
The best book for a lay person that treats that and similar problems in more detail is said to be Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science by Carol Yoon.
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