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2. Ben Macintyre, 'A Spy Among Friends'.
3. P.G. Wodehouse, 'Mike and PSmith' (try others in the PSmith series as well, particularly 'PSmith, Journalist').
4. Haben Girma, 'Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law'.
5. Richard Wright, 'Native Son'.
6. Ta-Nehisi Coates, 'Between The World and Me'.
7. Dillibe Onyeama, 'A Black Boy at Eton'.
8. Anthony Seldon, 'The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister'.
9. Aravind Adiga, 'The White Tiger'.
10. Mohsin Hamid, 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'.
Palace of Illusions
A White Tiger
Looking for Alaska
Chanakya's Chant
Having said that, the only way to figure out is to try out various genres, and see what works for you. If a book doesn't appeal to you after an hour of reading, abandon it and move on. No one can like each and every book there is.
The answer also depends on how far along your reading journey you are.
Here are some suggestions- join Senior Reading Racoons on Facebook. It's a very active community, and they will give you ideas based on your previous reading options. If you're a new reader, mention that, and you'll get some great suggestions.
For non-fiction, I suggest you start reading the Saturday and Sunday editions of papers like ET, Mint and Guardian (online). There are short leisure and lifestyle articles there, and you'll slowly start to understand the kind of topics you like, and want to read more about (it could be history, econ, sports, travel, anything). After that, you can do a deep dive and buy some books.
Reading is one of the best things that people can do- I hope you find some books that make it worthwhile soon!