A Gift for a Really Hard To Buy For Guy - Help!

iIf you had to pick just one book - what is your favorite? New or Old? But you just get one pick.

I am trying to choose a book for my brother who is turning 58.
He reads anything and everything. He has an IPAD but has never read a book electronically and so this will be his first.

Recently Read that I know about
A book on the Bacardi (rum) family
Cutting for Stone
Edgar Sawtelle
Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
Can't remember the name but the book on the Obama/Clinton/Edwards behind the scenes campaign

So some new and not so new.
Anyway, would very much like to hear your favorite pick.
Thanks!