It's a good book and you should read it. This left-winger has read a couple Rush Limbaugh books, Solzhenitsyn, Whittaker Chambers, and his opponent, Rand, and Branden. I was a fan of all of them. Solzhenitsyn and Rand/Branden will always have a place on my bookshelf.
It's boring and extremely limiting to just read * you already know and/or agree with 100%. What do you gain from that?
I'm the same way. Want to get different points of view. The only way you can really grow. I'm fascinated by authors that have sold a ton of books on subjects that I don't agree with. You have to walk in other peoples' shoes before you can understand.
Living in South East Asia back in the 70's was a sad but good experience to go thru. Travelling thru some of Europe, Mexico , and all over the U.S. was also good.
Luckily for me I had a mother that read 5 books a week and took us kids to the library all the time. My parents bought us books, magazine subscriptions , and monitored our TV time which I am forever grateful for.
I read about 75 - 100 books a year. 99% non fiction. Used to read sci-fi and westerns in my teens and 20's but the last 40 years think that non-fiction is more exciting.
Go thru phases. Sometimes read all about the early American West , then change over to war books, history is always great. biographies ( like to know what makes successful people tick ) , the American Indian and much more.
We had one room that was filled with bookcases and books. When the grandkids came over I let them take whatever they wanted. Now paring down giving many to thrift stores and the library for their fundraising sales . Still have over a 1000 left , many of them are worth a lot of money; first editions and rare books that we will keep.