[endisukaj]

Even a non-humanities major can be reduced to reading 20 (technical) books at your own leisure.

[bo1024]

Much, much, much easier said than done.

[randcraw]

IMHO, implementing the projects required in engineering & CS curricula teaches you much more than writing papers does in a humanities program. Thus reading books autodidactically misses the target less in the humanities than in engineering.