Currently reading the book Earth buy David Brin, a very ponderous tome about a near-future Earth being sucked into an artificial black hole. It is one of those highly scientific books- Brin being a highly scientific writer. I would not have chosen it myself; it was a birthday present.
I normally read Bernard Cornwell, Derek Robinson, I normally check out the latest Pratcheet, also Stephen Fry, and so on.
I read the Daily Telegraph.