Mainly humor books like George Carlin, Dennis Miller, Steve Martin, Al Franken. Also books on current politics like the one I'm reading now. Also a mixture of the two like Al Franken and other political satirists. I'm not too much into history, I mean I read history text books but not too many books. I just finished reading "The Double Helix" again which is good. I'm mostly into non fiction because I like to learn stuff. And the fiction that I read is mainly classical stuff like Twain, Dickens, Wells. The only sci fi stuff that I really enjoy is Wells, Asimov, and Bradbury (well he's not really sci fi). I haven't read anything by Asimov since 8th grade though. I hate Shakespere. I've actually never fully read a book for any of my classes. I've read enough to get by on the quizes, tests, and essays. My next phase will be late 19th-early to mid 20th century authors like Hemingway, Walker Percy, Kurt Vonnegut, and the like. I actually don't like to read but I have to keep my mind sharp and my reading comprehension skills tip top.