My daughter screamed if I so much as opened a book in her vicinity for the first few months! It was frankly weird how much she hated them - and ironic too since, as an Early Years teacher and general nerd I'm really passionate about reading in general and good quality books for young children in particular. I remember actually stressing about it, and telling my friend who joked 'she can't be yours!'.
She did like looking at the high contrast black and white books sometimes, so we had a few of those. And as she got older she would enjoy the different textured cloth books, and any that had mirrors etc in. Around 9 -14/15 months was peak time for the 'That's Not My ...' books too I remember, although I think I bought about 50 of the bloody things and the phase didn't last long enough to justify that so maybe go easy!
We did lots and lots of nursery rhymes when she was tiny, and continued right through to now when she's nearly 3. She knows an incredible number of them which I'm pleased about, as I think they're really important for building those early language, rhyme and reading skills.
And I agree you can read anything when they're tiny - they just like to hear your voice, so read what you're reading whether it's a novel, non-fiction, the paper, a magazine, a recipe etc. I used to have an audiobook playing (for me) during nightfeeds too sometimes, just to keep me awake!
She did become less book-averse quite quickly and get into stories, and still loves them now. Some of the early ones I remember reading to her were:
Goodnight Moon
Each Peach Pear Plum
Peepo
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
A Recipe for Bedtime
Whatever Next
Peace at Last
Noisy Farm/ Farm Chase
Oh Dear!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
She still likes most of those now.
The Works often has good deals on, and it's worth joining the local library too - then if you find something that stands out as a real favourite you can buy a copy or add it to your Christmas/ birthday list.