Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

I highly recommend the book "Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed" by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos

+1 for Skunk Works.

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

there's "Skunk Works" by Ben Rich and Leo Janos

Another good non-fiction one is “Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed” by Leo Janos, about cold war and aviation technology. This one is fine for a birthday, assuming you generally like these topics.