I think it's less about what you read, but rather how you read it. If you aren't actively trying to challenge yourself with your reading, you're probably not go

I think it's less about what you read, but rather how you read it. If you aren't actively trying to challenge yourself with your reading, you're probably not going to learn much from it. You can read easily read 1984 as a thriller, which I suspect is why you get all these bad takes about how "something I dislike anyways" is like 1984.