"Who Reads?" "What?"

CNN reports on the annual "Who Reads What?" list, out in time for National Library Week. But, I'd like to know: did the celebrities list their favorite books, or the books they're currently reading? Somehow, the article treats the two possibilities as interchangeable -- as if reading is such a rare activity for celebrities, they're entitled to pretend the past tense is the present. Worse yet, the books named in the "What They're Reading" side panel sound like they're cribbed off an 11th grade syllabus -- implying that most people haven't read much since high school, or read so little in high school they're still catching up.