‘Tis the season to be snarky! Are you looking for that one perfect bookish gift, but don’t feel like doing research? We have exactly what you need. Over the years, Luddites has perfected the art of gift-giving, or at least making lists of books that would make good gifts, or possibly neither of those things, depending on who you talk to. Still though! Check out what we have to say about these hot titles.

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Alchemised

Alchemised

For your friend who knows what an AO3 account is.
€28,95*
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Flesh

Flesh

Sure, your friend won't read it, but having the latest Booker Prize winnner on their shelf will make them seem well read.
€19,95*
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Cute & cosy colouring Winter Vibes

Cute & cosy colouring Winter Vibes

For your friend who likes the idea of reading but doesn’t actually want to commit.
€9,99*
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Charlotte Van den Broeck Een vlam Tasmaanse tijgers

Charlotte Van den Broeck

Een vlam Tasmaanse tijgers

Because the only upside of mankind's disastrous impact on biodiversity, is that Charlotte Van Den Broeck gets to write about it.
€24,99*
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Brimstone (Quicksilver 2)

Brimstone (Quicksilver 2)

Are you really friends if you don’t give your bestie Fae smut for Christmas?
€42,95*
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Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential

Good for anyone who wants to be a chef, or anyone who eats in restaurants.
€17,95*
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This Way Up : When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)

This Way Up : When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)

Any book that claims the Netherlands "is 17% fake" is a good gift for a Belgian.
€22,95*
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The Penguin Book of Penguins

The Penguin Book of Penguins

We're convinced someone came up with the idea for this book while they were in the shower. Or while they were high.
€19,95*
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Monumentaal middelmatig

Monumentaal middelmatig

Your family’s turkey might be mediocre, but at least this Christmas gift is not.
€19,50*
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The Christmas Tree Farm

The Christmas Tree Farm

For that friend who likes a lot of hard wood in their romance.
€13,95*
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How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego

How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego

For (the poor girlfriend of) that friend who “has the confidence of a much taller man.”
€13,95*
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Good and Evil : 12 Philosophers on How to Live

Good and Evil : 12 Philosophers on How to Live

The perfect book to impress your friends while secretly wondering if you're holding it upside down.
€17,95*
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Witsh

Witsh

For your friend who would 100% have been burned at the stake in medieval times.
€14,95*
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Regula Ysewijn The Official Bridgerton Cookbook

Regula Ysewijn

The Official Bridgerton Cookbook

For that friend who takes out their sexual frustration by pretending to bake for the Duke of Hastings.
€39,95*
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De Havermelkelite

De Havermelkelite

For that friend who has sent back a bottle of wine before, and needs to think about what they’ve become.
€22,99*
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The Devil's Best Trick

The Devil's Best Trick

For that friend who calls themselves “evil incarnate” but goes home every weekend so their mom can do their laundry.
€17,95*
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R.F. Kuang Katabasis

R.F. Kuang

Katabasis

For your friend who wants to go the distance for their thesis, but could use some inspiration.
€28,95*
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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Ondraaglijke lichtheid

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Ondraaglijke lichtheid

Because both the title and cover of this book basically sum up your family’s Christmas dinner parties.
€15,99*
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Small Things Like These (Special Edition Hardback)

Small Things Like These (Special Edition Hardback)

For that friend who is so obsessed with Cillian Murphy that they watched Disco Pigs.
€17,95*
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Wendy Cope Wendy Cope: Collected Poems

Wendy Cope

Wendy Cope: Collected Poems

Poetry that is accessible, profound, and funny is hard to come by. Good thing you have us.
€26,95*
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You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious

You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious

For that friend who agrees that “searching for meaning is like searching for a rhyme scheme in a cookbook.”
€22,95*
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The Iliad

The Iliad

For that friend who watched Gladiator II for Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, but claims they think about Rome five times a day.
€19,95*
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Sympathy Tower Tokyo

Sympathy Tower Tokyo

Found only in Japan: Locking up prisoners in a giant skyscraper while practising "radical sympathy" towards them.
€14,95*
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The League of Lady Poisoners : Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

The League of Lady Poisoners : Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

For your friend who’s had enough of people’s bullsh*t. .
€24,95*
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