I love to read and always have. I can do without the computer, the T.V....but I cannot do without a decent library.
My favorites of late are the books by the late Patrick O'Brian with Jack Aubrey and Dr. Steve Maturin of His Majesty's Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. I read and re-read these so much that my kids bought me the whole set last Christmas.
I also like any of the spy novels by John Le Carre, particularly those that pertain to his master spy George Smiley. I enjoy his writing enough to ignore his virulant anti-Americanism, which is overt enough to be pathetic at times. Unfortunately, I've read them all, so I'm out of Smiley.
I also enjoy his professional arch nemises, Frederick Forsyth. Check it out, these guys fight a lot in the literary press....keeps things interesting.
I'm also have a fairly long commute (long, but easy), and I listen to audio books. Current one is an Inspector Lindley mystery by Elizabeth George. Since I've listened to these all out of order, I know what character is going to be dead by the end, but I work around that. For pure recreation I enjoy mystery's. M.C. Beaton is a current favorite of mine.
For non-fiction I revert to history. I like "A History of the English Speaking Peoples" by Winston Churchill, and his "The Second World War". To balance that I also read Simon Schama's "A History of Britain" , and own the History Channel DVD series which is excellent.
Current book is "Ex-Libris" by Ross King. Half way through.....