Here is a list of the books I read over the Christmas break, in no particular order.
Neal Stephenson, Anathem
Andrew Lambert, The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin’s Tragic Quest for the North West Passage
Daniel Headrick, Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present
Robert E. Wright, One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe.
Peter F. Hamilton, Judas Unchained
Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815. Part of the Oxford History of the United States series. Fantastic book. Scholarly yet accessible to ordinary people– the type of historical book I admire the most.
Robert E. Wright, The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance
The Past Speaks 
By my count, that’s about 2000 pages of history and 2000 pages of fiction. Impressive. I’d be interested to know about your reading style.
It helps when your winter break includes long, boring trans-pacific flights.