The best gifts for book lovers usually aren’t books. Reading taste is about as personal as it gets, and unless they’ve been circling one title for weeks, the hardcover you pick is a guess. A gift that makes the reading itself better is never a guess: the lamp, the blanket, the bath tray, the bookmark pressed with their birth flower. That’s the whole idea behind this guide, and it’s how you make the reader in your life feel like the main character in their own story.
We sorted all 56 by the kind of reader you’re shopping for rather than by budget, because you know your sister reads in the bath long before you know what you want to spend. Every pick still has its price noted, from under-$25 stocking stuffers to the big splurge.
Where we shop first: Etsy, for personalized, handmade pieces from independent sellers that you won’t find twice; Anthropologie, for the heirloom-feeling ones; and Uncommon Goods, where independent artisans do the clever, punny stuff. Amazon comes last on our list, but it carries a surprisingly deep bench of Amazon gifts for book lovers that aren’t books.
Our Top Gifts for Book Lovers, at a Glance
One splurge, one sweet spot, one under $25: start here if you’re short on time.
Gifts for Book Lovers Who Never Leave Their Reading Nook
Build them a reading nook, and you’ve given them an evening, not an object. Our dream setup: this oversized chenille reading chair, this Mongolian Cashmere throw over its arm, this fold-open book lamp glowing on the side table, and a brass glasses stand so their readers stop disappearing into the couch cushions.
Fill that stand with a pair of Anthropologie’s stylish reading glasses, and park one of Uncommon Goods’ book stack planters on the windowsill. The corner is finished.
1. Best Gift for Readers Who'd Rather Stay Home: An Oversized Chenille Reading Chair
For the book lover who would rather be curled up at home than anywhere else, give them the corner of the room. This oversized reading chair is overstuffed in the best way, with plump cushions, pillow-top arms, and a seat deep enough to tuck their feet under for a three-chapter sit, in soft cream or matcha green chenille.
If they read fully horizontal, go bigger: this round corduroy lounge chair is a 49-inch tufted nest with its own neck pillow, in colors from dusty blue to dark green.
Either one is the anchor of the reading nook, and the gift that earns you the best gift-giver award.
Price: Splurge ($300+)
2. Best Investment Gift for Book Lovers: A Mongolian Cashmere Throw
Good luck pulling them out of their reading spot once this Quince cashmere throw is involved. It’s 100% Grade-A Mongolian cashmere with a soft four-inch fringe: it may be the coziest gift on this list, and that’s saying something. It’s also the investment piece most readers would never buy for themselves.
It comes in more than a dozen colors, from heather grey to camel to true navy. We’d drape it over the reading chair.
Price: Splurge ($150+)
3. Best Gift for Their Reading Nook: A Personalized Folding Book Lamp
Closed, this literary lamp looks like a storybook bookshop on the nightstand, with their name painted over the shop door. Open it and the pages fan out and glow. It opens all the way into a circle, has nine lighting modes, and the magnetic cover snaps it shut when they’re done. Mood lighting: activated.
Price: Under $50
4. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Wear Reading Glasses: A Brass Glasses Stand
Cast in brass or stainless steel, this eyewear stand gives reading glasses a permanent home on the side table without taking up much space. Next time the reading bug strikes, they’re right there.
Price: Under $100
5. Best Gift for Homebodies: A "Just One More Chapter" Throw Blanket
A throw blanket is the most fool-proof gift for a reader, and this one is custom-made for them: woven from 100% cotton yarn, with “Just One More Chapter” in bold block letters and multicolored fringe. Fair warning, it’s a promise nobody keeps.
Price: Under $100
6. Best Gift for Organized Book Lovers: A Wooden Book Holder Tray
Portable and lightweight, this wooden organizer tray turns any chair into a reading nook. Cup holder, check. Catch-all for glasses or snacks, check. A hidden compartment to charge their phone? That too, and it holds the book open to their page while it’s at it.
Price: Under $100
7. Best Cozy Gift for Book Lovers: A "My Reading Sweatshirt" Crewneck
“My Reading Sweatshirt,” printed right across the chest, is the politest Do Not Disturb sign we know. This minimalist crewneck is a soft cotton blend in five colors, including a very cute pink, and it’s the one they’ll pull on the second they open a book.
Price: Under $50 · Sizes: [VERIFY size range on listing]
8. Best Gift for Readers Who Love Coffee: A "Do Not Disturb" Book Mug
This ban.do book mug says it so they don’t have to: “Do Not Disturb! I am currently reading a really good book!” It’s hand-painted ceramic in blush pink with a green handle, holds 12 ounces, and goes in the dishwasher. Prefer a softer hint? It also comes in a blue “Bookworm” version. Break it in with some gourmet coffee or tea.
Price: Under $25
9. Best Gift for Book Lovers With a Reading Goal: A Reading Journal and Planner
For the friend who announces her reading goal every January. This reading journal tracks daily progress, holds a review for every book, and saves room for a literary bucket list of future reads. The gold-foil “for the love of books” hardback looks good enough to shelve.
Price: Under $25
10. Best Gift for Readers Who Love to Puzzle: A Literary Jigsaw Puzzle
For the rare night off from reading, these literary jigsaw puzzles let them piece together a book’s world instead. Hunt for Dr. Watson in The World of Sherlock Holmes puzzle, chase clues in the Agatha Christie one, or go gothic with the Dracula and Frankenstein versions.
Price: Under $25
11. Best Gift for Night Readers: A Clip-On Book Light
When “just one more chapter” turns into 2 a.m., this clip-on book light is how they keep going without waking anyone up. Five brightness settings, three color settings, a swivel neck, and it folds flat for travel. It comes in five colors; we’d go pink.
Price: Under $25
12. Best Holiday Gift for Book Lovers: A Handmade Book Stack Ornament
‘Tis the season for finally finishing the stack on the nightstand. This Magnolia book stack ornament is seven handmade books with colorful spines, tied up in red and white string like a little present, and it’s the easiest Christmas gift for a book lover on your list.
Price: Under $30
Gifts for the On-the-Go Reader
For the reader with a paperback in every bag she owns. Book-cover bags are our favorite way to wear a reading habit in public, and Well Read Co.’s Pride and Prejudice crossbody, peacock cover and all, sets the bar. For something more everyday, Anthropologie’s chic book bags carry a hardcover with room to spare.
And for the reader who still gets a little thrill from a fresh library card, ban.do’s library card tote wears one on the outside, with room for her current read and the next one.
13. Best Gift for Fashion-Forward Book Lovers: A Book-Inspired Crossbody Purse
Shaped like an actual hardcover, this book-inspired crossbody purse is the most charming way to wear their taste in literature. It comes in a whole library of classic covers, from Hamlet to Little Women, and the Wuthering Heights version is the one we’d hand a moody fall reader.
Price: Under $100
14. Best Gift for Readers Who Constantly Travel: A Leather Book Carrier Bag
No more digging for the book at the bottom of a tote. With this leather book carrier, the book rides in its own sleeve; they unbuckle the bottom and pick up where they left off. Shoulder and hand straps plus a front pocket for phone, wallet, and keys make it an everyday bag, not just a book bag.
Price: Splurge ($200+)
15. Best Gift for Readers Who Never Leave the House Without a Book: The Kate Spade Book Stack Tote
This canvas Kate Spade everyday tote fits a book or two plus the water bottle, sweatshirt, wallet, and glasses that come along for the ride. The printed stack on the front, with Gulliver’s Travels and Pride and Prejudice among the spines, is exactly what we’d expect from Kate Spade.
Price: Under $50
16. Best Gift for Book Lovers to Add to Their Wardrobe: A Book-Inspired Infinity Scarf
Get wrapped up in a favorite book, literally. Each book-inspired infinity scarf is printed all over with a passage from a classic novel, with multiple titles to choose from. The same Etsy shop makes matching tote bags if you want to give a set.
Price: Under $50 · Size: One size
17. Best Gift for Readers Who Love to Scroll: A Vintage Book Phone Case
Scrolling time may outnumber reading time for most of us, but this vintage book phone case makes the phone look like a well-loved classic. Premium vegan leather, an ornate border, and “The Curious Case of” personalized with their name. For the reader born in the wrong century.
Price: Under $50
18. Best Gift for Well-Read Book Lovers: A "Well-Read" Embroidered Hat
They’re well-read, and this embroidered “well-read” hat says so in tiny lowercase letters. There are 13 colors to choose from, every one of them book-club appropriate. For the friend who keeps you guessing, there’s also this “unreliable narrator” hat.
Price: Under $25
19. Best Gift for Book Lovers on the Go: A Birth Flower Page Holder
For the reader who takes a book everywhere, this birth flower page holder means one thumb holds the book open instead of two hands, on the couch, the bus, or the beach. The resin is set with real pressed flowers, and you can customize it with their birth flowers. The version pictured even has a little tealight well in the center.
Small enough for a pocket, pretty enough to leave out on the nightstand.
Price: Under $25
20. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Scribble in the Margins: A Leather Pen Strap
For the margin scribbler, this leather pen strap wraps an elastic band around any size book and keeps a pen tucked in a leather sleeve. Underlining a quote, circling a favorite passage: the pen is always right there. It comes in plenty of colors, too.
Price: Under $25
Gifts for the Kindle and Audiobook Crowd
E-reader loyalists and audiobook listeners get overlooked by gift guides built around paper. These picks make the device itself feel like a present: a cover that looks like a vintage hardback, a page-turner remote, a stand that keeps their hands free.
21. Best Gift for Audiobook Lovers: Bluetooth Beats Headphones
For the book lover who listens more than they read. These Bluetooth Beats headphones have cushioned ear cups, a sleek design, and 50 hours of battery life, which is a lot of audiobooks between charges. Pair them with an Audible membership and the next title is always queued.
Price: Currently on sale for 50% off so these are under $100
22. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Use a Kindle: Vintage Hardback Kindle Covers
E-readers make reading anywhere easy, but nobody ever fell for that plain black case. These Kindle covers are made to look like vintage hardbacks, and you can base one on a specific title, like The Great Gatsby or Pride and Prejudice.
Prefer something prettier than a replica? This Rifle Paper Co. Kindle case wraps their Paperwhite in the brand’s illustrated “Book Club” print, with a magnetic closure and a built-in hand strap. Check their model first: it fits the newest 7-inch Paperwhite and Colorsoft Signature Edition.
Price: Under $50
23. Best Gift for Readers Who Love to Multitask: A Weighted Tablet Floor Stand
This weighted floor stand holds a tablet or e-reader on an adjustable arm, so they can read hands-free while working out, floating in the pool, or soaking in the bath. Reading goal, still on track.
Price: Under $50
24. Best Gift for Hands-Free Reading: A Kindle Page Turner Remote
This remote control page turner flips pages on a Kindle, tablet, or iPhone with one press. It’s a small luxury for anyone tired of holding the device, and a genuine help for readers with mobility issues in their hands or fingers. Pair it with a weighted floor stand for fully hands-free reading.
Price: Under $50
Gifts for Book Lovers Who Read in the Bath
The bath reader has rules: no hardcover she can’t bear to get wet, something warm within reach, and a glass of something nearby. These picks respect every one of them.
25. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Read in the Bath: A Rustic Wood Bath Tray
No more wet pages. This rustic wood bath tray spans the tub with a built-in book holder and a wine glass slot, so they can turn pages with dry hands and a drink within reach. Add a luxurious bath bomb and the whole night is planned.
Price: Under $100
26. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Read in the Tub: A Waterproof Kindle Paperwhite
The one book she doesn’t have to keep dry. The Kindle Paperwhite is waterproof, so the bath, the pool, and the beach chair are all fair game, and the glare-free screen shifts from white to warm amber for reading by candlelight. One charge lasts up to 12 weeks, and there are no notifications or social apps to pull her out of the chapter.
Wrap it in one of the Kindle cases from #22 and the gift is done.
Price: Splurge ($200+)
27. Best-Smelling Gift for Book Lovers: A "Quiet Bookshop" Candle
Bottle the smell of a hushed bookstore and you get this “Quiet Bookshop” candle: teakwood, sandalwood, and dark musk, softened by fresh coffee, caramel, and a spoonful of brown sugar. It’s hand-poured soy from a small Etsy shop, in a tin or an 8-ounce glass jar. Set one on the bath tray, run the water, and open the book.
Price: Under $25
Looking for more best-smelling gift ideas for book lovers? Check out our complete round-up of swoon-worthy candles!
Gifts for the Aesthete and the Collector
For the reader whose shelves are styled as carefully as they’re stocked. Commission custom book-themed wall art on Etsy, or anchor a favorite row with some stylish bookends.
Anthropologie’s keepsake coffee table books are made for the collector who displays as much as she reads. We especially love the Assouline travel series books for a holiday gift.
28. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Style Their Shelves: Decorative Book Bundles
For the reader whose shelves are half library, half vignette. These decorative book bundles stack 10 to 12 hardcovers in quiet, neutral spines, tied with natural jute twine and ready to set on a console, a coffee table, or the open end of a bookshelf. It’s the styling trick designers use, and the gift for the friend whose home always looks like it was shot for a magazine.
Price: Splurge ($150+)
29. Best Luxury Gift for Diehard Readers: A First Edition of Their Favorite Novel
We know, we said skip the book. This is the one exception, and it’s a big one. A first edition of the novel that made them a reader isn’t a guess at their taste; it’s proof you know it, an heirloom with your note on the flyleaf.
First editions take some tracking down. Start with the rare-book sellers on Etsy, browse first editions on AbeBooks, and don’t be afraid to hit up your local used or antique bookstore.
Price: Splurge (varies widely by title and edition)
30. Best Gift for Coffee Table Book Lovers: An Elegant Wood Book Stand
Show off a favorite book like it’s art. This elegant wood book stand holds a book open to a chosen page, perfect for a chic coffee table book, a luxe cookbook, or a photo album. Flip the page and the centerpiece changes.
Price: Under $150
31. Best DIY Gift for Book Lovers: A Book Nook Bookshelf Kit
Half gift, half weekend project. This DIY book nook kit builds into a tiny, warmly lit antique bookstore that slides between real books on the shelf, working as both a bookend and a reading light. Prefer magic or city streets? Try this fantasy magic version or this little town street design.
Price: Under $50
32. Best Wall Art Gift for Book Lovers: A First Edition Book Cover Art Print
Can’t swing a real first edition? Hang one. This first edition book cover art print is made from high-resolution scans of original covers, down to the worn corners and faded cloth, and set in a birch wood shadow box that can hang on the wall or lean on a shelf. Pick the cover of the book they never stop talking about, from The Great Gatsby to Pride and Prejudice.
Price: Under $100
33. Best Home Decor Gift for Book Lovers: Book-Shaped Ceramic Vases
Book-shaped decor is the bookish gift that rarely misses, and these book-shaped vases are the proof, with covers inspired by The Secret Garden, The Great Gatsby, and Pride and Prejudice. Fill them with flowers, or use the small one for makeup brushes.
Price: Under $50
34. Best Gift for Book Lovers With Limited Space: Invisible Floating Bookshelves
For the reader short on wall space, these invisible shelves disappear under the bottom book so the whole stack looks like it’s floating. They’re strong enough to hold a full stack, and a set of four comes in under $50.
Price: Under $50
35. Best Gift for Book Lovers With a Curated Collection: A Custom "From the Library Of" Stamp
For the reader slowly building a personal library, this custom self-inking stamp puts “From the Library Of” and their name on every title page. Choose from nine ink colors; each cartridge is good for up to 10,000 impressions, which is a very good excuse to buy more books.
Price: Under $25
Gifts for the Romantic and Sentimental Reader
Anniversaries, weddings, graduations, new babies: this is the bookish version of a big-feelings gift. Roses folded from vintage pages, a locket that opens to a famous line, and a onesie that announces a first edition.
36. Best Classic Gift With a Bookish Twist: A Personalized Book Bouquet
The only thing better than a bouquet of roses is a bouquet of books. This book bouquet wraps one to five best-sellers in faux flowers and pretty paper; just give the seller a genre for inspiration. For the romantasy reader, A Court of Thorns and Roses, obviously.
Price: Under $100
37. Best Gift for Main Characters: A Gold Novel Locket Necklace
These gold novel locket necklaces come in three classics by iconic women writers, and each one opens to a famous line from the book. Think of them as the grown-up sibling of the book-shaped photo locket below, made for the reader who still quotes her favorite main character.
Price: Under $100
38. Best Gift for Special Occasions: Miniature Book Cufflinks
For a wedding day or a graduation, these handmade miniature book cufflinks replicate any cover you choose, down to The Great Gatsby’s famous eyes and red lips.
Price: Under $50
39. Best Romantic Gift for Book Lovers: Roses Made From Vintage Book Pages
A dozen roses, but make them literary. These book page roses are handmade from the pages of vintage books, and unlike the real thing, they last. Style them in one of the book-shaped vases for a gift that stays on the nightstand.
Price: Under $50
The romance of it all! If you’re shopping for a pair of love birds (or your other half), then don’t miss these sweet anniversary gift ideas for couples!
40. Best Gift for Readers Who Love to Show Off Their Book Hobby: A Miniature Book Locket
This miniature book locket opens on tiny hinges to hold a photo or a note, and it’s the small, sweet kind of gift that gets worn every day. Want something even more personal? These custom book earrings can be made with any book cover. We’re obsessed.
Price: Under $25
41. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Are New Parents: A "First Edition" Onesie
Welcome the newest reader to the family. This organic cotton “First Edition” onesie is styled like a vintage title page and personalized with the year of publication: theirs. Pair it with a favorite children’s book and start the habit early.
Price: Under $25 · Sizes: Baby sizes
Gifts for the Fandom Superfan: Austen, Cottagecore, and Witchy Readers
Some readers don’t just love a book; they move in. These are for the Austen devotee, the cottagecore romantic, and the reader who keeps a tarot deck next to her TBR stack. The pet-obsessed count too: these Etsy bookmarks inspired by their fur baby make the dog a permanent part of the reading routine.
42. Best Gift for Jane Austen Superfans: A "Mr. Darcy" Fragrance
Let’s be honest: we’ve all wondered what Mr. Darcy smelled like. This Etsy literature-inspired perfume answers with sandalwood, oak, and black tea, and it’s vegan, cruelty-free, and non-toxic.
Not an Austen household? The same seller makes scents for other books, characters, and reading moods, and this “Bookstore” fragrance is already in our cart.
Price: Under $50
43. Best Gift for Readers Who Love to Entertain: Wood Book Coasters
We don’t recommend resting hot tea on a real book. On these wood book coasters, go right ahead: they’re handmade from reclaimed solid wood to look like classic covers, with more than 50 titles to build a coaster library from. Add this book lover’s mug for a complete set.
Price: Under $50
44. Best Gift for Cottagecore Book Lovers: Personalized Pressed Flower Bookmarks
The ultimate upgrade from dog-eared pages. These pressed flower bookmarks hold real blooms in clear resin, can be made in any color palette, and can be personalized with a name, a word, or initials. Every reader needs a bookmark; this is the one they’ll keep.
Price: Under $25
45. Best Gift for Witchy Book Lovers: The Literary Witches Oracle Deck
Getting your cards read by Emily Brontë, Agatha Christie, or Toni Morrison is now an option. The Literary Witches Oracle, written by Taisia Kitaiskaia and illustrated by Katy Horan, is a 70-card deck of trailblazing women writers, made for the reader whose TBR shelf sits right next to her crystals.
Price: Under $25
Gifts for the Book Lover Who Also Drinks or Cooks
The reader with a bar cart or a cookbook shelf gets the punniest picks on this list, and honestly some of the best. Gin Eyre lives here.
46. Best Gift for Punny Book Lovers: Book-Shaped Cutting Boards
The puns live here. These walnut cutting boards look like oversized hardbacks, titles engraved right on the spine: A Time to Grill is our favorite, with Lord of the Fries a close second. You can also get one personalized with a cooking pun of their own invention.
Price: Under $150
47. Best Gift for Cookbook Lovers: A Marble Cookbook Stand
For the cookbook collector, this marble cookbook stand pairs a marble and stainless steel base with an acrylic shield that keeps splatter off the pages. Set it up with an equally luxe cookbook and the counter becomes a display.
Price: Under $100
48. Best Gift for Readers Who Love Tea: The Novelteas Literary Tea Set
Pride and Peppermint. Sense and Senchability. War and Peach. Don QuixoTea. Every tin in this literary tea gift set pairs a punny classic with original artwork that pays homage to the story and the leaves inside.
Price: Under $100
49. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Enjoy a Nightcap: Literary Whiskey Glasses
If their nightcap is whiskey instead of chamomile, skip the bookish mug for these literary rocks glasses. Each one carries the cover design and a famous quote from a classic like Dracula, Moby Dick, or Pride and Prejudice. A nightly chapter with a nightcap? Very Hemingway of them.
Price: Under $25
50. Best Gift for Boozy Bookworms: Tequila Mockingbird, the Literary Cocktail Book
More than 70 cocktail recipes inspired by the classics, and the names alone are worth it: Gin Eyre, The Hand-Mule’s Tale, and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margarita. Tequila Mockingbird by Tim Federle is the bar-cart book for the reader who hosts book club, and the 10th anniversary expanded edition is the one to wrap.
Price: Under $25
For readers who love to pair their current book with a cocktail, these bar carts also make great gift ideas! We rounded up chic options for every style.
51. Best Gift for Readers Who Love to Cook: A Literary Cookbook
We’ve all wanted to live inside a favorite book; a literary cookbook gets them a taste. There are cookbooks for the worlds of Jane Austen, Tolkien, and Harry Potter, which means a tea party worthy of Mr. Darcy, Regency picnics and “nuncheons,” or finally trying Hogwarts pumpkin juice.
Price: Under $25
Experience and Subscription Gifts for Book Lovers
For the reader whose shelves are already full, give something that doesn’t need a shelf. And for anyone who listens more than they read, pair any gift in this guide with an audiobook subscription: Audible has the deepest catalog, and Libro.fm is our pick for readers who want their membership to support the independent bookstore of their choice.
52. Best Personalized Luxury Gift for Book Lovers: A Custom Video Message From Cameo
You can’t wrap their favorite author, but you can get the next best thing. Cameo offers custom video messages from hundreds of public figures, writers included. Search for their favorite, tell them what to say, and let a professional wordsmith take it from there. A pep talk from Cheryl Strayed? The dream.
Price: Splurge (varies by talent)
53. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Are Also Writers: A MasterClass Membership
For the reader quietly drafting the Great American Novel, a MasterClass subscription unlocks in-depth writing courses taught by authors like Judy Blume, Dan Brown, and Joyce Carol Oates. Writing advice from the people whose books are already on their shelf? Priceless.
Price: Under $150
54. Best Monthly Subscription Gift for Book Lovers: A Blue Bottle Coffee Subscription
A great book and a great cup of coffee: name a better pairing. This Blue Bottle Coffee subscription delivers their favorite ethically sourced, small-batch roast right to the door, with options from instant espresso to cold brew to matcha.
Price: Under $50
55. Best Gift for Book Lovers Who Prefer Experiences: A Literary Pub Crawl
For the reader who’d rather do than own. Tripadvisor lists book-themed experiences all over the country, like this Greenwich Village literary pub crawl through the NYC watering holes where famous writers drank. Search for literary tours near them; it doubles as a very good date.
Price: Varies by tour
56. Best Gift for Jet-Setting Book Lovers: A Trip to a Famous Literary Destination
We saved the biggest for last. Send them to the city where the story was written, like Paris, where Ernest Hemingway was a regular, or into the real setting of a classic, like New York City, where The Great Gatsby unfolds. Book a literary tour for when they land.
Then picture them on a bench below the Eiffel Tower, the paperback they packed for the flight open on their lap.
Price: Splurge
Frequently Asked Questions
Skip the book and upgrade the ritual. A picky reader has strong opinions about titles, not about a cashmere-blend throw, a good clip-on book light, or a bath tray that keeps pages dry. For something more bookish, go personalized: a custom “From the Library Of” stamp or a birth flower page holder is theirs alone.
Yes, if you know exactly what they want, like a title they keep mentioning or a special edition of a book they already love. Otherwise, we’d skip it, because reading taste is deeply personal. Our one exception is a first edition of their favorite novel, which reads as an heirloom instead of a guess.
Our most unique picks are a Mr. Darcy perfume that smells of sandalwood, oak, and black tea, a Litographs shower curtain made entirely of The Great Gatsby’s text, a crossbody purse shaped like a classic hardcover, and a Greenwich Village literary pub crawl. Each one shows you paid attention to how they read, not just what.
Plenty of the best are under $25: pressed flower bookmarks, a clip-on book light, Tequila Mockingbird (the literary cocktail book), a “well-read” embroidered hat, and The Literary Witches Oracle deck. Pair two of them and the gift feels considered without the splurge.
Order personalized and handmade pieces first. Custom stamps, engraved lamps, and made-to-order Etsy items need production time before they ship, so we’d order those by mid-November. Ready-made gifts can wait a little longer, and experiences and subscriptions like Audible, Libro.fm, or MasterClass work even as last-minute gifts.
Gift Guides for Everyone Else on Your List
Once the reader in your life is covered, keep going. For the delightful and unexpected, start with our most unique Christmas gift ideas. Shopping for two? These Christmas gift ideas for couples pull double duty.
And for the person who already owns everything, every book included, there’s our guide to unique gifts for the hard-to-shop-for.
