Top 10 Christmas Reads to Gift Your Book Lover Friends
Christmas shopping can be a daunting task, but in the technological setting of today’s world, you can quickly find a plethora of gift options online as well as offline. Never-ending shopping websites, markets stretching to thousands of miles, and countless items inside them add more to the ambivalence of the buyer. Yet, few are the chances that your loved one would be content with your selection.
While there are many alternatives to gift your loved ones on Christmas, books remain the ultimate choice. As the renowned author, Garrison Keillor, said, “A book is a gift you can open again and again”. And if your partner is a lover of books, such a case is surely icing on the cake.
It is aforesaid in a celebrated novel Writers and Lovers, “It is a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone”. So why not gift a book that would add more glamour to your love life? It is surely going to make your love bond robust, isn’t it?
Potentially, there are a lot of book gift ideas that you may find overwhelming. However, you rely upon our recommendations that are put forward after thorough research. These are, arguably, the best gift ideas for book lovers this Christmas.
What Just Happened?
There are the decades where nothing happens, and then there are the days where decades happen. Such is the story of “What Just Happened” for the book lovers.
You get up at the dawn only to discover something surreal is waiting for you. A day full of exhilaration and challenges. A day that would turn your cherished dream into a reality. A decision, an intriguingly peculiar circumstance, an estranging sensation, a certain yearning and magnetic pull.
A day full of possibilities to get your hands on and a chance to turn your dreams into a reality. Epochs are being shaped.
In the glary side of the opportunities that you anticipate and the gloomy side of tribulations you associate with your desires, you might lose sight of the whole picture. Be cautious!
This book turns up to be one of the best book gift ideas this Christmas.
Climax
The state of the world is deteriorating owing to ineffective leadership, uncontrolled avarice, growing indifference, and socio-economic inequalities.
However, insightful high school grad Molly has an idea; to make the planet a better place to live again. Her brilliant cousin and fellows espoused this idea that turned out to be a success. They ultimately spent fifteen years and seventy-million pounds to shape this idea into a world powerhouse.
Molly got everything she wanted; the love of her life, a child, an extended family, and a fulfilling career. But if you thought everything went well after that, then you have guessed it wrong. How Molly was taken aback by an emotional backlash by her partners? What was the evilness of their lurking intent? Find out the plot twist here.
Undoubtedly, this is the best Christmas present for booklovers.
I won’t Call You Again
It was an era when parents could reminisce about World War II, when people were taking buses to and from work, when milk was served door to door, and when the rag-and-bone man's call was just beginning to vanish from the neighbourhood.
This is the story of two young individuals in Northern England during a critical period in their lives: a student considering leaving his hometown to study at a university, and a pragmatic shop-worker from the same neighbourhood with dreams of her own, moving in a different direction. Their emotional inexperience becomes apparent when they are unexpectedly placed together, despite their maturity for their age.
The story revolves around the two lead characters' close-knit families, their friends (a mix of students and local employees), and outsiders.
To explore more about their phenomenal life story, grab a copy now.
The Shell of Stone
Nimmo White is a poet whose book-length poetry is widely celebrated. This book is the third one of that collection.
The author mentions the passage of time and his ageing, which he addresses with a sense of humour. While there is always a sense of nostalgia, and oftentimes sadness, White neutralises this with the poems about several delights. In his book, he speaks about having grandkids, animal observations, the growing amount of time he spends in his garden, etc.
His book-length poetry is a pleasant sight for every book lover. The reader is left with a sense of reverence for the past as well as optimism for the future. White's poetry is full of warmth and empathy, as well as a healthy dose of his native Scottish wit.
The poet's four decades of community service have provided him with invaluable information and insight into the lives of ordinary men and women who will be able to relate to and enjoy his poetry.
Flamingo Tears
Sometimes the rumours that we take for granted can get us in big trouble. The same is the case that is portrayed in Flamingo tears.
Book narrates the journey of a Supreme Court judge that is besmirched by a scandal. The story revolves around the following characters: a great female barrister, two ladies who run an underground mini theatre, one a pathologist and the other a lawyer, and the judge's mother. All are living a prosperous life.
Then, all of a sudden, things start turning upside down. There is a lot of misunderstanding, and terrible assumptions are made. Everyone feels that there’s something fishy but are unaware of it. The obscure version of truth throws peace of their lives out of kilter. And guess what, that’s not it! To find out more about how agony creeps in their privileged lives, get a copy of your own.
Another Box Set
After 2020’s Box set, here is another short story by Elfrida Eden Fallowfield for the lover of books to relish. You might be on tenterhooks to find out how this version is distinctive from the former one, aren’t you?
Will there be a whit of sorcery? Or a secret to reveal? Maybe a time travel? A clever ruse?
We won’t let your agitation go in vain. Grab a copy of Another Box Set to satiate your queries.
There's No Balls in Bingo!
Julian Cotterell is an eminent author who has lived his life and has written about it. Getting underway his bingo career in the ‘60s with ping-pong balls, mostly in transformed cinemas, he had faced vicissitudes of his fortune.
He played a vital role working as the Managing Director of South Africa’s first legalised bingo in 1998… in any case, what matters started around thirty years ago.
Happy Moon
Yasmin, a 22-year-old ambitious woman, is on the west coast of Turkey in 1993, and everything appears to be going well for her. She's gotten her dream career, married her long-time boyfriend, Metin, and is expecting her first child. However, a sequence of tragic occurrences has ruined her joyful life and left her distraught.
Now the year is 2005. While playing with his cousin in the family home in Morocco, a 12-year-old kid discovers some long-hidden mysteries about his origins, bringing his secure world crumbling down around him.
Yasmin, now 42 years old and based in London, is on holiday in a tiny hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco, after splitting up with her fiancé. She started to fancy Tahiri, the hotel's owner, and the two begin dating. Tahiri holds a key to a series of enigmas that date back to 1993, including the tragedy of Yasmin’s ill-fated marriage to Metin.
This is one of the best books to gift a female friend this Christmas.
99 Love Letters
While you’re looking for potential book gift ideas, this book is second to none.
99 Love Letters by Zahava Orli is an uplifting set of inspiring poems encompassing all parts of love, life, and spirituality.
The poet expresses unique and incisive perspectives on the issues addressed in this wonderful book, offering suggestions for how to appreciate and live life to the fullest, as well as reminding us to be grateful for every day.
These aren't just rhymes; they're pearls of insight and truth. Something exceptional for booklovers.
Our Mothers
In every group of friends, there lie hundreds of untold stories. About their lives, adventures, the time they spend in togetherness, and what else. When such stories are put together in an artistic style, there is no better sight for book lovers. And this book, Our Mothers, is no different.
Rarely commended, these brief tales are about their moms. Even though these ladies came from various backgrounds, where some were born or have spent their early years in different countries, they shared few things in like manner. They were either British by birth or by heritage. Talking about age, they were middle-class women in their late twenties or early thirties, and young moms during World War II or shortly after. They lived in Canberra during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s – sometimes for longer – and contributed to the city's social life in many ways.
To find out more about their amazing life stories, grab a copy of this book now.
Undoubtedly, this list musters some of the best reads to gift the book lovers in your life.
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