Christmas reading

With some leisure, I plan to read a bit. Here is my tentative "stack": - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined - Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850 - Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding - Mirroring the Past: The Writing And Use of History in Imperial China - Meditations - Consolation of Philosophy I also plan on browsing more of Brian and Deborah Charlesworth's magisterial Elements of Evolutionary Genetics , and my friend Joel Grus'Thinking Spreadsheet. I'm skeptical that I would prioritize fiction, but if I manage to read some, I'll try and finish The Sacred Band, the last in David Anthony Durham's Acacia trilogy. What are you reading for the holidays? (and if you aren't reading for the holidays, why are you spending your marginal time reading this blog!)