Looking for a perfect holiday gift for readers or writers in your life? Here are twenty-five unique, note-book, gift ideas in every price range and for every imaginable taste.
Naughty or nice, doesn’t the bibliophile in your life deserve a gift they’ll love?
1/ Thriving Scribes Planner for Authors $22
The Thriving Scribes Planner is a productivity workbook and planner designed specifically for self-publishing authors. It will guide authorpreneurs toward planning their year with intention and purpose. This 375-page Thriving Scribes Planner is undated, designed to be picked up at any time of the year and has plenty of space to hold your creative thoughts, ideas, and scribbles.
Get a PDF version your writer can print themselves, or order one already printed and bound
2/ Note Cards Boys and Girls Reading or Writing $4/each or $22 for 12
These illustrated cards are evocative of an older, simpler time and are perfect for a quick thank you note or a thinking of you scribble. Buy one or buy a box, at this price, and with so many options, you’ll have a hard time choosing only one.
3/ Stickers for readers/writers $6.80
Looking for an inexpensive but fun, whimsical gift? Writers love to give stickers to their fans at book signings and events. And if they are like me they love to receive them too. I have stickers like these on my white board, my monitor and laptop and all over the cover of my Kindle. At this price, stickers make an excellent gift choice.
4/ Book Lover’s Keychain $9.98
This keychain was one of the first gifts I asked for this holiday. Yes, I needed a new keychain, but also, it’s fun to proclaim my love of books wherever I go. A simple but elegant option for a gift this season, or a great stocking stuffer.
5/ Set of 12 Literary Chocolates $23.95
These favors would be perfect to share with your book club, book-loving friends, or any chocolate lover for whom you need a gift. Or break up the set and use them for stocking stuffers. Better yet, with Ghirardelli chocolates inside, gift them to yourself and indulge. You deserve it.
6/ Clock for Writers $22.14 (on sale now!)
This is undoubtably one of my favorite literary gifts for this season. Every writer struggles with writing, editing, and for traditionally published authors, that agonizing time spent wiating for feedback after submitting a manuscript for publication. Make the time fly by a little faster with this affordable, adorable wall clock for writers.
7/ Woman Reading Sculpture $35.97
This sculpture caught my eye, but it is only one of hundreds of artistic sculptures, paperweights, bookmarks, pictures or bookends that capture the spirit of reading and celebrate it. A gift like this feels wonderfully personal and the reader in your life will certainly appreciate it.
8/ Book Shower Curtains $72
www. Lithographs. com has several brilliant ideas for the book lover or the author In your life. I discovered them when someone gifted me a litho scarf from Pride and Prejudice (see Number 9 below) but the company has move far beyond scarves with literary clothing and accessories including these fabulous shower curtains. The background, which appears solid, is actually the manuscript of the book itself, so the book lover in your life can read while they wash.
9/ Book Scarf $39
From the company that brought you a Jane Eyre or Great Gatsby shower curtain (see Number 8 above) comes an Infiniti scarf to warm your neck and your heart. With a large number of colors to choose from and even more book selections, this is a perfect gift for any woman on your list. It’s even machine washable, and a perfect weight for year-round wear.
10/ Drink Wine, Read Books, Be Happy Mug/Tumbler $19.99
11/ Reading Girl Life Is A Book Fleece Blanket Sherpa Blanket $39 – $72
This sherpa blanket comes in three sizes, from perfect for your lap to perfect for two. Gift it to a person who will invite you to come cozy under it with a good book.
12/ Kindle Paperwhite (8 GB) – Now with a 6.8″ display and adjustable warm light $139
For the serious eBook reader, nothing is preferable to a paper white. Built only for reading, and with improvements like the adjustable warm light, it is light in the hand and easy to view. This version has 8 GB of storage for the voracious romance reader on your gift list.
13/ KU Subscription $9.99/mo or Audible Gift Membership $15/mo
Talk about a gift that keeps on giving, a subscription to Kindle Unlimited for the eBook afficianado, or Audible for the listener in your life, would make a fantastic gift. Buy one, three, six months or even a year’s subscription and the reader or writer in your life will certainly be thrilled.
14/ Amazon gift card $50 to $2000
Not sure what that reader or writer really wants? How about an Amazon gift card. They can use the money to purchase any of the gifts listed here or one of 1000’s more. With the cute holiday packaging, it feels festive and is always, always welcome.
15/ Women’s Primaloft Packaway Gloves – Touchscreen Compatible $44.95
These touchscreen compatible gloves are ultralight, ultrawarm. Made with lightweight PrimaLoft insulation, originally developed by NASA, the Aerogel technology provides more warmth and with very little weight, so you stay warm and comfortable all day long.
16/ Book Light $21.99
With over 60,000 five-star reviews, this Amazon best seller is one of the coolest book lights I have ever seen. The reader in your life will love this gift. The
Glocusent LED Neck Reading Light, Book Light comes in three colors and six brightness levels. It has a bendable arm for comfort fitting, is rechargeable and long-lasting. Perfect for reading all night when they have that page-turner they can’t put down.
17/ Portable speaker for audio book listening $249
There are definitely less expensive options, but for premium, signature Sonos sound, the One speaker is a versatile option that can play your Audible books and more. The Sonos One works with a variety of music services for direct on-device streaming, and it also works with wireless standards like Apple’s AirPlay 2. Best of all, this speaker includes Alexa, so you can summon your books or tunes at will.
18/ First-edition-book-cover-art-print $65
These 12×16 prints are high-quality, shadow-boxed photo prints that look amazingly crisp and real, because each book has been carefully photographed to retain original marks and wear and then remastered to highlight every detail of the cover design. Made in New York City.
19/ Warby Parker Reading Glasses-All prices
Know someone who needs reading glasses? Get them a fun, elegant, or whimsical pair from Warby Parker or any number of online shops. Shopping last minute? Your local drugstore or Target has them too.
20/ Mont Blanc Starwalker Doue Ballpoint Pen $480
When money is no object, get your favorite author a pen they will enjoy using at book signings and events. “The new StarWalker is about walking amid the stars,” according to the manufacturer, and what author doesn’t aspire to that?
21/ A Journal and Tracker for Book Lovers $16.87
22/ Library card and the Libby App (free)
What could be better, especially for the young reader, or those who get out infrequently, than to get a passport to all the books In the local library. Yep, a library card is free (well, paid for with your taxes of course) and with the Libby App, you can take the entire contents of the library with you on your phone!
23/ Complete Works of Jane Austen – Boxed Set $79
This gorgeous clothbound boxed set contains over 3000 pages of Jane Austen, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Love and Freindship. If your reader isn’t a Jane fan, consider a different classic boxed set, perhaps Shakespeare?
24/ Book Lovers Gift Box (curated) $36.95
25/ Standing desk $599
The Uplift V2 Standing Desk responds quickly to control-pad input (from your choice of four keypad designs) and produces minimal wobble even at tall heights. It should accommodate people of the average female and average male seated and standing heights, but if you’re shorter than 5-foot-4—something that applies to a wide swath of the population—the desk likely wouldn’t work for you without a footrest. In that case, we recommend the Fully Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk or the Fully Jarvis Laminate Standing Desk with a three-stage low-range frame. Uplift offers nearly 30 desktop options, including several unusual but expensive wood tops such as acacia and pheasantwood. The company also has four frame colors, three grommet colors, and three keypad colors to choose from, as well as multiple add-on accessories, so you can truly make this desk your own.