Apple Books text display on macOS is too high and lacks whitespace

Apple Books on MacOS is an extremely claustrophobic experience, especially compared to iOS on iPad. The text is always pushed so high up on the screen, both in windowed mode and in full screen. It is very uncomfortable, sometimes almost impossible to read, especially if the mouse get on top of the screen. Is there a way to fix this? This should absolutely not be the default look of the app. I have tried to fiddle with settings, but can't find anything that adds whitespace at the top.

When mouse is at top of the screen it becomes completely useless:

The name of the book is still covering the text on top of the book:

On full screen, the two top lines are covered if the mouse hover at top of the screen:

Full screen with mouse not hovering at the top is almost the only usable option, but still feel so crammed to the top of the screen without any whitespace: