But Wordcandy loves nonfiction readers, too.

A fascinating study of the long and ignominious history of election fraud, Andrew Gumbel's book Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America is an ideal choice for the nonfiction reader on your holiday gift list. It's interesting, it's well-written, and (since it assigns roughly equal amounts of historical blame to both Democrats and Republicans) it's one of the few books about American political history that you can safely give to anyone, regardless of their political affiliation.