It’s the holidays. You have a bunch of friends and family to buy presents for. You only have so much time, so much money and so many ideas. It’s time for a cheat sheet.
Here is a list of books to buy for the bookworms in your life:
First and foremost, books for the (other) writer in your life:
Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood
Or
Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman
Psychological Thrill Seekers :
Tangerine by Christine Mangan
Murder Mysteries:
Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
Or
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Horror Must Have:
Bunny by Mona Awad
Literary Fiction Fiends:
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Or
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Queer Lit Lovers:
All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman
Or
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Historical Fiction Nerds:
The Confessions of Frannie Langton By Sara Collins
Or
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
Novels With a Touch of Magic:
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Or
The Corset by Laura Purcell
Romance Readers:
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Or
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Sci-Fi Geeks:
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Fantasy Readers:
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Dystopian Worlds:
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
First Time, Fail Safe Reads for the Precocious Kids in your Life:
Kids:
A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
Or
One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodi Smith
Or
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
Teens:
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Or
His Dark Materials Series by Phillip Pullman
New in History:
Normal Women by Phillipa Gregory
Dinner with Joseph Johnson by Daisy Hay
For True Crime Junkies:
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Unmasked by Paul Holes
Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
For the Non-Readers:
Buy them a beanbag. Everyone loves a beanbag.
What a great list - thank you - LOVED JOAN!