The next non-fiction choice is easy.

"Books are, let`s face it, beter than everything else.  If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League and made books go 15 rounds in the ring against the best that any other art forn had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time.."

Yes, it`s Nick Hornby is the wonderful THE COMPLETE POLYSYLLABIC SPREE, being funny, provocative, thoughtful, original, stimulating, interesting, informative and infuriating. No one else has made me think so much about books and reading lately, nor given me such a long list of must-reads, many of which I would never normally go for, some of which I will buy and probably never read - but what a book full of delights. You could give it to man or woman, older or younger, anyone who loves reading, and be sure they would delight in it, argue with it, and come in for a lot of surprises.