- Books are rectangle-shaped, and nothing’s easier to gift wrap than a rectangle.
- Giving someone a book makes you seem smart and attractive.
- You can find a book on literally any topic, including Cooking on Your Car Engine, snakey biographies, and Crafting with Cat Hair.
- No time to wrap? Books fit well in gift bags.
- Every room looks better with books.
- Every home looks better with a library.
- Books won’t wilt and drop pollen all over your carpet.
- It’s difficult to murder someone with a book (and who wants to get embroiled in a lengthy murder trial because they gave someone the wrong gift? Not you).
- They fit nicely in stockings too!
- They come fully housebroken.
- There are so many great books to choose from!
- You don’t have to keep them refrigerated (but you can if you want to, I guess).
- No really, I mean any topic. Even Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop.
- Books are made from trees, and everybody like trees.
- Reading makes people more empathetic and compassionate, so buying books is the first step to a better world.
- Books are zero calories.
- Literally any topic. Even Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way
- Buying books supports writers.
- Books are written by nice people.
Ashley Kalagian Blunt 
3 responses to “19 reasons books make the best gifts”
I think one of my favourite things about this post is how you chose 19 things not 20 🙂
And I obviously agree with all these sentiments, since this weekend past I bought 8 books for all my parents/step-parents. Christmas shopping sorted.
Hope you get lots of books from Santa! xx
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Ha, it actually was 17, then I thought of two more. Twenty seems too perfectly even! Nice job on the Christmas shopping! Very impressed. Hope Santa returns the favour to you 🙂
xx
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Oh I hope Santa remembers us both. Books are the reason I love Christmas! x
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