Reader: K. P., North Andover

Book Challenge: My nephew recently graduated from college with a degree in geography and a minor in music. (Geography included the study of many disciplines such as history, geology, cartography, sociology, and climatology.) He’s read and enjoyed Simon Winchester’s “The Map That Changed the World,’’ Kathryn Schulz’s “Being Wrong,’’ Barbara W. Tuchman’s “The Guns of August,’’ and Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel.’’ I thought I’d give him a Mark Kurlansky book, although I?think he’s already read “Salt’’ (all?of?them are miraculous).

Can you tell me if there are similar titles he might enjoy? I know he’d like to read more fiction, particularly classics. Maybe you know of titles that would be within the purview of his major, other than “Moby-Dick’’ by?Herman Melville (I would not inflict that on anyone under the age of 40).

Match Book: Gift books for graduates are so seasonal. And Simon Winchester is a great way to go for polymaths. He has written lots of books that combine history and geology, among other subjects — “Pacific,’’ “Krakatoa’’ — which will likely interest your nephew. My favorite Winchester book is more literary — “The Professor and the Madman.’’

Have you thought of giving him a lovely copy of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species’’? I also think that “The Last of the Mohicans’’ by James Fenimore Cooper might suit him.

Contemporary books he might enjoy include fiction by Rick Bass — his story collection “For a Little While’’ was published in March — and nonfiction by Bill Bryson. “A Walk in the Woods’’ would be my pick. I never get tired of recommending Andrea Barrett’s books, including “Servants of the Map’’ and “The Voyage of the Narwhal.’’

But, hey, I love “Moby-Dick.’’ I consider it a suitable gift for any occasion.

NICOLE LAMY

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