A dozen perfect gifts for the bookish people in your life
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Can you read your friends and family like a book? Here are a dozen perfect gifts for the bookish people in your life.
For the fur fiend:
The Life and Love of Dogs
Lewis Blackwell
Abrams, $50
For the family that plays together:
Unbored Games
Serious Fun for Everyone
Joshua Glenn
Bloomsbury, $16
For the religious experiencer:
The Norton Anthology of World Religions
Jack Miles, Wendy Doniger, et al.
W.W. Norton, $100
For the L.A. foodie:
Huckleberry
Stories, Secrets, and Recipes from Our Kitchen
Zoe Nathan
Chronicle, $35
For the well-read-child:
Personalized Vintage Bookplates
Oiseuxvintage.com, $16.95
For the literary twentysomething:
Texts From Jane Eyre
And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters
Mallory Ortberg
Henry Holt, $23
For good sports:
Football
Great Writing About the National Sport
Edited by John Schulian
Library of America, $30
For the fantasy fanatic:
Game of Thrones e-reader cover
Geekifyinc.com, $52.95 and up
For the pop-culture fan:
Dear White People
A Guide to the Inter-Racial Harmony in “Post-Racial” America
Justin Simien
Atria, $19
For the history buff:
The Roosevelts
An Intimate History
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Alfred A. Knopf, $60
For the literary adventurer:
Map of London rewritten as book titles
Wearedorothy.com, $40 and up
For the eccentric DIYer:
Taxidermy Art
The Rogue’s Guide to the Work, the Culture and How to Do It Yourself
Robert Marbury
Artisan, $18.95
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