gift guide: the best books for everyone on your list

I am so happy that it is gift guide season and gift giving season. My friends will tell you that I start thinking about Christmas gifts and what the perfect gift for everyone on my list will be in September, sometimes even August if I have more on my list for Patrick for his birthday than I plan to get him at once.

Staying true to form, I made my holiday gift giving spreadsheet on November 1 and I have already knocked out a ton of shopping for this holiday season. But this year, I am a Barnes & Noble member for the first time, so I have been trying to think of as many excuses to buy books for friends and family as I can. (I cannot help myself, honestly.)

There are very few people in the world – in my opinion, anyway – who wouldn't benefit from getting a book as a gift for Christmas or any other holiday. Even for the people who swear they don't read. Patrick and I do the four-gift rule each year and get each other something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read. Picking out a book for him is always fun.

My recommendation: Go to Barnes & Noble and sign up for a membership, and then buy all of your books at once – or wait for some great coupons to come out! I love my membership (and this is not #sponsored, even!) and it has been totally worth it for myself and for gift-giving.

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• GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
• YOU ARE A BADASS by Jen Sincero
• BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert
• THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Mark Manson
• THE LIFE CHANGING MAGIC OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Sarah Knight

• THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS: COME AND GET IT by Ree Drummond
• CRAVINGS by Chrissy Teigen
• THE SEASONED LIFE by Ayesha Curry
• COOKING FOR JEFFREY by Ina Garten
• BRUNCH AT BOBBY'S by Bobby Flay
• TASTY: LATEST AND GREATEST by BuzzFeed's Tasty staff

*quick caveat: I haven't read all of these but relied on Goodreads' 2017 Book Awards nominees. These are nominated as some of the best books of the year!*

• THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS by Ruth Hogan
• LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng
• ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman
• SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward
• ONE DAY WE'LL ALL BE DEAD AND NONE OF THIS WILL MATTER by Scaachi Koul
• TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN by John Green

• THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING by many authors (2017 edition)
• PLAYING THROUGH THE WHISTLE by S. L. Price
• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by H.G. Bissinger
• THE BLIND SIDE by Michael Lewis
• THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach
• THE LEGENDS CLUB by John Feinstein

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And that's my book gift guide! I am really excited for a few weeks of gift guides coming in the next few weeks as we lead up to the holidays. Who are you having the most trouble buying gifts for? I am actually having a really easy time with most of the people on my list but can't decide what would be the perfect gift for my goddaughter and her brother! They are sweet little things and I love picking out the perfect toys for them... but there is so much to choose from!

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