What to read next?

I know that I'm going to immerse with Dante's epic poetry, but I must mix something else in. I don't want to go mad.

My buddy Christine once blogged that giving a librarian a reading suggestion is sort of like giving a doctor medical advice. I agree, but I think I see the end of my "location" reading and I need ideas. First there was India, then Chicago, currently New York City. My last stop in this "location" reading is California; I'm thinking Los Angeles, specifically Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey. It s seems a little long, but I really like the excerpt I heard from an iTunes interview with the author. I'm a little weary. Partly because this guy fibbed in his book Million Little Pieces, but I figure this is a fiction book, so no harm no foul, right? However, I also read a pretty bad review about it in the L.A. Times. In the same breath, I found a good review in the New York Times, which is a paper I'll pick over most others. I found it interesting how Frey just gushed over how L.A. is the cultural capital of the United States. Even thought I really did not care for Frey in the interview, his writing really got my attention. We'll see.

After I get passed California, I want a new direction in my reading. I think I'm going for a miscellaneous pick: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. After that, I don't know...

I don't want it to be a location, so what is YOUR suggestion for a topic? Should I continue on to Stephen King's Dark Tower? Should I go genre and read an urban fiction book? Should I pick a country and read one of it's best known authors? Perhaps throw a dart at at a classics list? Eeeeek, or should I grab a non-fiction slice?

I'd love to hear suggestions. Here's a couple I received:

• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
• Beautiful Children
• Ishmael
• Fountainhead

I know, a couple of those are kind of heavy. With keeping in mind I'll be working on the Divine Comedy, tell me where would you take my reading?