I'm another reader with "universal tastes".

I use to read a fair amount of Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, but now-a-days its mostly manuals and how to books oriented toward Computer Graphics. Go figure. :)

Now and then I do manage to squeeze in books about history and the sciences. It wasn't too long ago that I enjoyed Richard P. Feynman's physics books. (I have a weakness for quantum mechanics.) Reading about cultures and religions/mythology is something else I enjoy.

Being a bit of a fine carpenter/woodworker, I also study an occasional book on furtinure making/wood working , past and present.

Let's see... With regard to fiction, some of the authors I've enjoyed include...
-- C.J. Cherryh (early works)
-- Glen Cook (the humerous and yet serious Garrett detective novels set in an odd-ball, gritty fantasy world)
-- Joan D. Vinge
-- Robert A. Heinlein
-- Larry Niven
-- Julian May
-- Anne McCaffery
-- Frank Herbert (early works)
-- Steven Brust

Oh, your right Zhann. Can't leave out Shakespeare. :)