I see it as a choice of who you read. These are the ones I have read. And I don't see them as a waste of time reading.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
Faith of My Fathers by John Mccain, Mark Salter
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
Just As I Am by Billy Graham
I don't read many cause I am picky.
As far as other genre's/authors. I won't read Stephen King. I won't read MOST Science Fantasy but adore Science Fiction.
And those are MY favorites. Esp authors like Tom Clancy and W.E.B.Griffin. Liz