December Book Recommendations

GiftLit has the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday list this season, with gifts for children, for teens, for women, for men, for couples, and even for families. Choose from our collections selected by literary experts or use our customization features to build your own unique collection. Each subscription comes with personalized bookplates to make your gift extra special and best of all 10% of GiftLit’s profits go to organizations that promote literacy.

Read on to see our December recommendations and stay tuned for our picks for Best Books of the Year that are coming soon.

Happy Reading!



December Book Recommendations

Children’s Book Recommendations For Ages 2 to 5

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jerry Pinkney

Part of our Great New Picture Books Age 2-5 collection.

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For Ages 5 to 8

Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time by Steve Jenkins

Part of our Great New Picture Books Age 5-8 collection.

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For Ages 8 to 10

Spunky Tells All by Ann Cameron

Part of our Page Turners Age 8-10 collection.

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For Ages 10 to 12

Seriously, Norman! by Chris Raschka

Part of our Great New Releases Age 10-12 collection.

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For Ages 12 to 14

Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Part of our Favorites for Girls Age 12-14 collection.

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Teen Book Recommendations

For Teen Girls

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Part of our Fiction for Teen Girls collection.

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For Teen Boys

The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler

Part of our Fiction for Teen Boys collection.

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Adult Book Recommendations

For Women

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

Part of our Favorites for Women collection.

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For Men

West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life by Jerry West

Part of our Nonfiction for Men collection.

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For Fiction Fans

The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

Part of our Great New Hardcover Fiction collection.

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For Nonfiction Fans

The Time of Our Lives by Tom Brokaw

Part of our Great New Hardcover Nonfiction collection.

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For Couples

The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria by Ferran Adria

Part of our Cooking & Entertaining collection.

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For Mystery Fans

The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol

Part of our Mysteries & Thrillers collection.

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Family Book Recommendations

For Family Read Aloud

Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World by Jacqueline K Ogburn

Part of our Read Aloud Ages 4-8 collection.

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For Parents and Teens

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka



Part of our Parent & Teen Hardcover Fiction collection.

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We hope you share our love of literature and passion to inspire people of all ages to read and will consider GiftLit for your next gift purchase.

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