Find the perfect book based on their favourite activities
The best gifts come from knowing what makes someone tick. This Christmas, go beyond the mainstream by surprising them with beautiful, thoughtful book gift recommendations tailored to feed their curiosity and passions.
What do I give the reader who has everything?
Bookish is the story of a life spent falling in love with reading. Bookworm author Lucy Mangan chronicles her years of buying, borrowing and hoarding everything from well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters.
Brimming with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations, this book is an ode to the bookish places – from local libraries to bookstores big and small – and the stories that make us who we are.
What is a good gift for someone who loves to craft?
Britain has always been a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands defined our identities, built our communities and shaped our regions. Craftland chronicles the vanishing skills and traditions that once governed every aspect of life on these shores.
A celebration of that deeply necessary connection between our creative instincts and the material world we inhabit, Craftland reveals a richer and more connected way of living.
For the health-conscious person on your list our gift recommendation is
From the world-leading gut scientist and no. 1 bestselling author of Food for Life
Tim demystifies the world of ferments, and introduces us to some of his favourites. Ferment is the ultimate gift for anyone who wants to eat better and feel better.
What is a great gift for someone who loves to journal or write?
Like Suleika, many consider it a transformative and often vulnerable journey of self-discovery. The Book of Alchemy explores this art and offers companionship and support to those seeking to navigate the in-between.
Featuring writing prompts, essays and wisdom from one hundred contributors, the book offers encouragement, direction and gives readers the tools to engage with discomfort, to ask questions, to peel back the layers and uncover their truest selves.
The perfect gift recommendation for puzzle and mystery fans this Christmas is
November 1933, London. Seven people receive mysterious letters: Someone knows their terrible secrets. They are summoned to an opulent townhouse where one of them is stabbed right in front of the others, but somehow no one saw a thing. Can you help Scotland Yard solve the mystery?
An interactive murder mystery from the bestselling author and illustrator of Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village .
What is a good gift recommendation for the paw parents in your life?
Once a stray kitten, I Am a Cat ’s narrator finds himself adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan.
Discover the original Japanese Cat classic, now in a vibrant new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City .
How do you welcome someone new into your heart and home? A week before Christmas, newly retired BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones receives a special delivery that will change his life.
This is the story of rescue dog #SophieFromRomania.
This book follows the real journey of Sophie’s adoption – from her battles with anxiety, to the joys of play and her first time outside. Sophie from Romania is a moving story of love, kindness and a lot of patience, paying tribute to rescue dogs and their tender community.
When Florrie’s great-niece discovers Florrie was a footballer in the early twentieth century, she unearths a secret history both on and off the pitch.
This is a story of self-discovery, friendship and queer love, alongside huge (and little known) historical moments for the women’s game. In Florrie , Anna Trench brings readers a beautifully drawn, evocative and warm-hearted love-song to an unforgettable woman and sport.
For the person in your life who loves the outdoors, we recommend this gift
At once transporting and expert, this profoundly original exploration of the science of trees is a startlingly new way of understanding these glories of our natural world.
The Genius of Trees gives us hope for the future. It enables us to see trees, for the first time, not as victims but as agents of change in a grand ecological narrative – and as leading actors in the great drama of life on earth.
Looking for the perfect gift recommendation for the Swiftie on your list?
In The Slicks , Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge toward wanting hard, working hard, and pouring forth – and as twinned targets of patriarchy’s ancient urge to disparage, trivialise and demonise such prolific, intimate output.
The Slicks is an inspired treatise and unexpected celebration of two iconic female poets by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.
This culinary ode to the Swiftieverse will hit all the right notes. These baking recipes capture everything we love about Taylor Swift’s creations – the lyrics, the vibes, the emotional journey – and delivers fun desserts and snacks perfect for your next party.
These 'era' inspired tasty treats will elevate you to a superstar in the kitchen.
The gift any F1 fan would love to find under the tree is
We recommend this gift for the wine connoisseur
Thirsty is the story of Tom Gilbey (The Wine Guy) and his life in wine, a celebration of the bleedin’ beautiful people who make it, and a history of his family’s love affair with winemaking – and let’s be honest, drinking – since the 1800s.
Let Tom show you how this gloriously gluggable elixir is, at its heart, made to bring pleasure, and that there is no right or wrong to enjoy wine: just go for it.
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