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I recall reading that we typically learn best if we take several, say four, college courses simultaneously per semester as is normally done, all of them lasting say four months, as opposed to a hypothetical program in which we take the courses sequentially each one lasting a month.
If true, this may suggest that simultaneously working through several books over a given time period is better for retention than reading them sequentially within that same time period.
As to why, my guess is that this is related to the fact that cramming is very bad for retention.
My guess is that it's related to what makes spaced repetition work--the process of switching forces the reader to recall the context and previous facts. See if you can even vaguely recall where you read this; I'd like to take a look at any pertinent research.