I come from a family of people who always were reading more than one book. So my BIP aka 'books in progress' list includes;
...In Sunlight and In Shadow by Mark Helprin, one of those books so well-written that I limit the number of pages I read so I don't get through it too fast,
...Fierce Pajamas, a collection of humorous essays and articles from The New Yorker,
... The Best of Sail Trim from sale magazine because I'm a sailor currently in North Carolina mountains and missing the Gulf Stream,
...You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates,
...My New Orleans by Rosemary's James, a series of essays and appreciations for New Orleans by writers and musicians who live there, and
...anything by Raymond Chandler, though the current selection is an article about his life in La Jolla and later years.

If there were a book entitled "How to Stop A Cat From Being a Fussy Eater", I would read that and try to figure out how a rescue cat, that was perfectly happy to eat bugs and insects, now that she has a home, has to be bribed with Bumblebee Chunk tuna.
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All of the above reading, and books in general, help offset the hours of reading about breast cancer, recurrence statistics, research studies on new drugs and other things that I'd rather not be reading about. Including anything about totally preventable pandemics that weren't addressed immediately to mitigate damage.