We always hear that we should read but... the question is.. what to read?

[Naked Freedom]

currently i m reading 'A House for Mr. Biswas' by V.S.Naipaul
with age the kind of books that one likes differ.... when i was a kid i had read The Hardy Boys.... , Nancy Drew, Famous Five etc......
i also read Sherlock Holmes, A tale of two cities, Around the world in 80 days....etc.
as i grew up i was drawn more into Sidney Sheldon and read all his novels. i also read Robin Cook, Robert Ludlum (i have read anly 4 of his novels .... wanna read them all) Gone with the wind... and the sequel to it i.e. Scarlet.
that was when i was about 14-19 years of age.
now at 19-23 i have read The Alchemist, God of small Things, all novels by Dan Brown and autobiographies / biographies.