2018 gift grids: reads

Time for the final installment of this year's gift grid guides - ideas for what everyone in your life might like to read! If you're just getting started on your shopping, check out what they might want, need, and wear as well.) This one I've broken down into different categories so that hopefully there's something for everyone - a series you could introduce them to, a great memoir, something with quirky, fun characters that will be perfect to curl up with in the chilly months, and finally, something heavy on the pictures.

for the ladies: Jojo Moyes Me Before You Series | Beth Ann Fennelly Heating & Cooling | Mary HK Choi Emergency Contact | Jane Mount Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | for the guys: Jane Harper Aaron Falk series | David Sedaris Calypso | Patrick De Witt The Sisters Brothers | Kath Stahers The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small | for the friends & relations: Amy Stewart The Kopp Sisters series | Tara Westover Educated: A Memoir | Gayle Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Bill Shapiro What We Keep: 150 People Share the Object that Brings Them Joy, Magic, and Meaning | for the little lady: Kate DiCamillo Bink & Gollie series | Louise Ehlert The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life | Ian Falconer Olivia and the Fairy Princesses | Katherine Manolessou Look for Ladybug in Plant City | for the little guy: Elise Broach The Masterpiece Adventures | Tomie DePaola 26 Fairmount Avenue | Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Benoit Tardif Metropolis

I have read everything in the ladies, guys and family/friends sections (except the picture books - though I LOVE Jane Mount's stuff, and the others look really fun), so I can personally attest that these books are great reads, and would fit great in these categories, but also might have wider appeal as well! More specific recommendations: for someone who likes romance, go with the Jojo Moyes; for mystery lovers, go with the Aaron Falk; for someone who likes YA, do Emergency Contact, for someone who likes Westerns with a quirky twist (a little like True Grit), go for The Sisters Brothers, and for someone who likes humor, definitely go for the David Sedaris.

And if you've got kids in the kindergarten/elementary age, Hendrik is super into all things Roald Dahl as well as the Marvin and James Masterpiece Adventures series - these are about 6 chapters long each, great for those early into chapter books. We also really love Kate DiCamillo, so he's getting that Bink & Gollie set this year. Looks like it is more of a graphic novel type setup, so that should be fun to try out - we love Kate DiCamillo's Mercy Watson and Tales from Deckawoo Drive series, so I expect we'll love this one too.

Still don't see quite the right book for someone on your list? Check out last year's guide - some really excellent choices on there as well.


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