maybe try listening to music while reading? also take your book everywhere with you, it can help you with reading more :) good luck!

For beginners, from philosophy genre, I would recommend The Little Book of Stoicism by Jonas Salzgeber, it uses simple language, its not very long. It's a simple guide to stoicism with some practises to try. I'd also recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, its a lil harder to go through, but it's a classic and I think it's worth it. It can really change your mindset and you will think about this book daily. From history I'm not sure what you are interested in, but my recommendations is The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Paintings by Ben Lewis. This discuss both history and renessance, also the life of Leonardo and what happened to make the painting so expensive. I'm not really into those genres, but I read some books and I hope I helped :) Sorry for not touching the subject of psychology books, but I dont think I've ever read any.

well, it depends on what genre

in my opinion, i feel like these are the worst types of books that you can recommend to people who dont read at all. Coraline by Neil Gaiman is short book, but when you read it it's so hard to finish it. The worst and longest two hours of my life. I wouldnt recommend.