Do you give books as gifts? If you have books on your 2024 gift-giving list this year, I have some recommendations for you from my 2024 reading!
Ideas For 2024 Book Gifts
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For this Book Gift post, I’ve drawn from my 2024 reading (even though they may not have been published this year). Please read my linked reviews for content summaries and possible trigger warnings. You might also enjoy pursuing the gift list from 2023.
I’m linking up today with That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday: December Freebie.
Ten categories of books to choose from for your bookish friends and family.
Seasonal Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Love You a Latke by Amanda Elliot
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin
The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley
The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan
Mystery
The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton
Literary Historical Fiction
James by Everett Percival
You might also find my FREE Book Club Kit a useful resource!
Biographical Historical Fiction
By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley
Mature Middle Grade/Young Adult
Heroes by Alan Gratz (WWII Pearl Harbor, Survival)
WWII Homefront Historical Fiction
The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin
The Wartime Bookshop Series by Lesley Eames (one review)
Historical Fiction: NOT WW2
The Berlin Apartment by Bryn Turnbull
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Quirky, Poignant, and Whimsical
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
The Borrowed Life of Fredrick Fife by Anna Johnston
A Book About Books & the Reading Life
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
Nonfiction:
Memoir for Foodies and Entrepreneurs: Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
Journalistic/Narrative Nonfiction: The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory by Thomas Fuller
More Ideas for Book Gifts:
Books as Gifts 2023
Books as Gifts 2022
Books as Gifts 2021
Books as Gifts 2020
Books as Gifts 2019
QOTD:
What books are on your gift-giving list?
Please let me know if you found something useful on this list for gift-giving!
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Fab list Carol. As usual I’m giving books to my adult son and husband, and to myself as well! 😀
The best gifts! I remember as a child reading my Christmas book between Christmas and new year!
Those quirky books look interesting.
Thanks Lydia! (I always find your comments in spam…sorry for the delayed response….so frustrating!)
Good TTT Topic!
Thanks!
Great choice for this week, Carol. I give books to my grandkids, but that’s it. My children don’t read much anymore, they are crazy busy, but I hope they get back to it eventually.
Thanks Carla!
This year my oldest daughter and her partner are both getting cookbooks. My daughter is also getting a nonfiction book I read earlier this year about WWII in Hawaii. My youngest is getting some manga she asked for. My husband is getting a few books he asked for as well.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/christmas-2024-tbr-will-i-squeeze-them-all-in/
Yay! So many book gifts! 🎄📚
The number of categories here is so helpful. There are a few on here that I want for myself. Maybe I can get myself a gift?
Thanks for linking your Instagram. I followed you there.
Absolutely buy yourself a book gift! Thanks for commenting! I’ll follow you on IG 🙌
Thank you for the list, Carol.
My pleasure!
Great list of giftable books! Thanks for sharing, Carol.
My pleasure Gina!
Great topic! I haven’t read any of these books, but now I’ll have to look some of them up 🙂 Especially Sipsworth.
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/12/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-black-covers.html
Thanks Marwah! You might enjoy Sipsworth as a fun brain break! Hopping over to read your post (but I have difficulty commenting).
[…] For this Book Gift post, I’ve drawn from my 2025 reading (even though a few may not have been published this year). Please read my linked reviews for content summaries and possible trigger warnings. You might also enjoy pursuing the gift list from 2024. […]