Gift the Joy of Reading this Christmas​

Book gifts for everyone on your list

Gift the Joy of Reading this Christmas​

Gift the Joy of Reading this Christmas with these perfect book gifts

Classic Books to Fill Their Stockings

These stunning editions of classic fiction make great gift books for readers. Wonderful additions to any library or perfect gifts to get them started reading classics, discover a collection of the most beautiful books to gift this Christmas.

Christmas Books & Festive Reads

Get into the Christmas spirit this festive season with these classic Christmas books. From Christmas stories like Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Memories of a Christmas in Wales, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and the much-adored Nutcracker to timeless seasonal reads like Little Women and The Velveteen Rabbit, embrace a literary Christmas this year with these perfect books to read throughout December.

Dylan Thomas

Capturing the nostalgia of timeless tradition, childhood wonder, and festive magic, Dylan Thomas reminisces in this magically illustrated tale of Christmas in the heart of the Welsh countryside.

Christmas Gift Book Ideas for Children and Teenagers

From Christmas gift ideas for children to those for older ones who love to read, explore our gift books for children and teenagers. Build them a library they can treasure forever and find the best books for small people with big imaginations.

Margery Williams

With Illustrations by William Nicholson

A charming tale of self-acceptance, love, loss, and magic, The Velveteen Rabbit is one of the most enduring children’s stories in literary history.

Discover the Read & Co. Treasures Collection

A beautiful selection of heritage children’s works carefully revived for the modern age.

M. M. Owen

Illustrating the complex, funny and fraught relationships between writers and this most human of vices. This collection of thoughts on alcohol, poured onto the page, gives a taste of the literary world’s greatest insights on imbibing. Pens-down, and bottoms-up!

Series Collections – The Gift Books that Keep on Giving

If you’re after the perfect gift for a bookworm, why not start a library of classics they can collect over the years? Featuring the best classic books to collect, these wonderful editions are the gifts that keep on giving, year after year.

The Sherlock Holmes Collectors Library – discover the adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s infamous detective in these perfect gift books for lovers of crime and mystery.

Explore the George Orwell Collection – from Animal Farm to Nineteen Eighty-Four, this stunning collection of classics by George Orwell are great editions to add to any bookshelf.

Gift Books for Poetry Lovers

From classic poetry collections by Whitman, Wordsworth, and Dickinson to unique volumes dedicated to the subjects of love and nature, our gift ideas for poetry lovers have something for everyone. If you’re looking for a book gift for a poet or simply want to inspire, discover a wealth of stunning poetry books to gift this Christmas – including a gorgeous collection of pocket-sized poetry volumes that make perfect stocking fillers.

William Wordsworth

Wordsworth’s wonderful poetry is evocative of the sublime beauty of both nature and the everyday world, not to be missed by poetry lovers and fans of Romantic poetry in particular.

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