I wanna start reading books, but Idk where to start..any reccs?

I won't lie, I'm doing this for two reasons. First, I want to be smart. I'm an idiot and I don't know much about anything except psychiatry and painting. The second reason is that I want to relearn patience. 😃 If that helps, I'm interested in philosophy, history, novels (although I'm not sure what novels [...]