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Interesting. When I first saw the question I thought of it as a question about whether we tend to read things that reflect our existing beliefs and views, or whether we read things that expose us to new ideas that we might find controversial and possibly disagree with.
I find it fun to read books that "preach to the choir", but much more enlightening (and sometimes frustrating) to read books from the other side. Since I made a major political and religious transformation in my early adulthood, transitioning from the inherited beliefs and views of my parents to the diametrically opposed opposite, I have experience with both sides, yet the old views still feel foreign to me when viewed through that window today.
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