The holiday season is upon us, book bees! We’ve had such an incredible year of book releases. Before we start winding down, we want to share in the festive mood. So today, we bring you our first-ever book gift guide!
Be on the lookout for end-of-year roundups of our favorite book releases, separated by genre! In the meantime, here are 12 books you’ll want to give to the booklover in your life. And if the booklover in question is you, then go ahead and treat yourself to one of these titles!
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Okay, Cupid By Mason Deaver
We’re starting our holiday gift guide strong with Mason Deaver’s Okay, Cupid! It’s a story about a teenage cupid named Jude, who’s on probation for doing something they shouldn’t have. Their next assignment requires them to attend high school and set up two best friends who had a huge falling out and aren’t on speaking terms. Jude is determined not to get involved in their match, but they quickly learn that love is much more complicated than that.
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I Hope This Doesn’t Find You By Ann Liang
What if To All The Boys revolved around Lara Jean writing hate emails? Ann Liang‘s I Hope This Doesn’t Find You tells the story of Sadie Wen, a girl at the top of her class and who’s perfect on paper. She vents and channels all her emotions into her email drafts, many of which are about her school co-captain and academic rival, Julius Gong. But when all her brutally honest emails are sent out, Sadie’s school life comes crashing down. And the only person who seems to appreciate this new side to Sadie is Julius.
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Yours From The Tower By Sally Nicholls
The next book on our holiday gift guide is Yours from the Tower by Sally Nicholls. Set in 1896, this novel follows the lives of three best friends after leaving boarding school: Polly, Sophia, and Tirzah. Polly teaches in an orphanage. Sophia’s searching for a rich husband at the London Season. And Tirzah reluctantly becomes her grandmother’s unpaid companion. Told in a series of letters, Yours from the Tower is a historical fiction novel full of love, girlhood, and drama that’s perfect for Bridgerton fans!
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Beastly Beauty By Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly’s Beastly Beauty retells the classic story of “Beauty and the Beast,” with an incredible, gender-swapped twist. Arabella has just debuted into society, where everyone expects her to be docile and sweet. But when her attempt at suppressing emotions backfires, Arabella’s punished with a curse that traps her and everyone she loves in a castle. A handsome thief named Beau finds himself in Arabella’s castle, spooked by the beast that lurks through the night. Can he be the one to break her curse?
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Death’s Country By R.M. Romero
We’re continuing the trend of magical retellings with Death’s Country by R.M. Romero, a retelling of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. After making a bargain with Death after drowning, Andres Santos and his family relocate to Miami. He meets two girls: Renee and Liora, and they become a polyamorous triad. But Liora soon falls into a coma after a car accident. Grief-stricken and desperate, Andres and Renee travel to the underworld to find Liora’s spirit and bring it back to her body before it’s too late.
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The Worst Perfect Moment By Shivaun Plozza
Next on our holiday book gift guide is Shivaun Plozza’s The Worst Perfect Moment. The sixteen-year-old protagonist Tegan Masters is dead. She finds herself in the Marybelle Motor Lodge parking lot, where an angel named Zelda tells her that heaven is where everyone lives in a replica of their happiest memory, which is where Tegan inhabited now. Zelda goes through all of Tegan’s memories and tries to convince her that the Marybelle is the place of her perfect moment. But if she fails, they’ll both face the consequences.
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Shooting For Stars By Christine Webb
Shooting for Stars by Christine Webb tells the story of Skyler Davidson, an aspiring scientist who’s determined to finish her late mother’s research on neutron stars. She joins forces with a videographer named Cooper to film a submission for a NASA internship. Skyler keeps this project a secret from her dad, who’s keeping secrets of his own when he finds a new love interest. As Skyler and Cooper grow closer, she starts to face even more stress with school and friendships. Can she make her dreams come true after all?
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Lady Of Steel And Straw By Erica Ivy Rodgers
Our next holiday gift idea is Erica Ivy Rodgers’ YA romantic fantasy, Lady of Steel and Straw. It’s the first book in a duology, which gives your receiver something to look forward to for future holidays! Lady Charlotte Sand is on the path for revenge after trying to protect her family’s Guardian and losing her brother. Captain Luc de Montaigne grapples with his duty and his long-lost, childhood love. Inspired by The Three Musketeers, this novel tells the tale of two love interests on opposite sides of a war.
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A Second Chance On Earth By Juan Vidal
Of course we had to include a novel in verse on our holiday gift guide! A Second Chance on Earth by Juan Vidal follows sixteen-year-old Marcos Cadena, a boy who travels to his late father’s childhood home in Cartagena, Colombia. Marcos brings Papi’s favorite book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, in the hopes of understanding his father’s life and accepting his death. Marcos befriends Camilo, a taxi driver and unofficial tour guide who shares some of his troubled past with Marcos.
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Sweetest Darkness By Leslie Lutz
Sweetest Darkness by Leslie Lutz is the perfect gift for fans of horror and the supernatural! A teenage clairvoyant descended from witches, Quinn has been having dreams about the abandoned Hotel Alvarado. Everyone in the town knows there’s something stirring in its depths at the night. The dreams push Quinn to brave the hotel and find some answers with his best friend June and unrequited crush Selena. But ghosts aren’t the only thing this trio encounters.
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Inkworld: The Color Of Revenge By Cornelia Funke
For many of us, Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart trilogy was a staple to our childhood. The author continues the series with Inkworld: The Color of Revenge, and we’re so here for it! Five years after the end of Inkdeath, peace has been restored in Ombra, and its residents live carefree lives. On the other hand, Orpheus has been destitute and desperate for revenge on Dustfinger and everyone who betrayed him. Orpheus will stop at nothing to have his revenge, not even the darkest spell in the ink world.
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CocoWyo’s Cozy Christmas
The final suggestion for our book gift guide is a fitting one. If you’re anything like us, then your FYP has been filled with people coloring with fancy markers and pens recently. Is that too niche? Either way, we have our eyes on CocoWyo’s Cozy Christmas coloring book. It’s part of the Cozy Spaces Coloring series and the perfect way to feel a little more holiday cheer. (As if the cover didn’t already do that!) Who says there’s an age limit to coloring?
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