I'm gonna be commuting on public transit again soon, and my MIL refuses to get me less than like 4 things for my birthday/christmas, lmao.
I'm mostly into fantasy/sci-fi and history books (ideally leftist but hey, i'm open), a lot of my recent(ish) reading has been Prachett, Sanderson, and going back to Dune/LotR. On the history side, I really like Howard Zinn and have read A People's History of the United States/Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train and would be interested in reading more from him or similar writers. Histories of countries/regions ideally from the perspective of the people there are also good.
I don't have an e-reader so paperbacks are nice but I've lugged Kapital in my work bag so a tome is not a dealbreaker. I've read a decent breadth within these genres but there's always holes so even if a suggestion seems obvious, feel free to make it.