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I just started reading Inferno by Max Hastings. It's supposed to be the best, or one of the best, single volume accounts of World War II. I'm only 2% in, but so far it's well-written, compelling and fascinating.
Also I strongly recommend 1491 by Charles Mann. It is the utterly astonishing account of, as the title suggests, what the Americas were like pre-Columbus. And a great seasonal choice would be Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick which is the riveting account of the Puritans landing in Plymouth. It debunks a lot of the mythology surrounding those events.
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