The #BookBreak Christmas Gift Guide

It's that time of year again, Christmas is right around the corner and you may be in search of some gifting inspiration for your friends and family. There's a good chance that at least one of the books in this video will fulfill your gifting needs whether you're purchasing for a hardcore book lover or a casual reader. We have everything from fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks and children's books, to beautiful stocking fillers.

The Books:

Swimmer Among the Stars by Kanishk Tharoor

The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

Hilary McKay's Fairytales

A Poem for Every Day of the Year ed. by Allie Esiri

The World of Moominvalley as created by Tove Jansson by Philip Ardagh

The Greatest Magician in the World by Matt Edmonson

What We See in the Stars by Kelsey Oseid

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

East by West byJasmine Hemsley

Bake by Lorraine Pascale

Tiny Budget Cooking by Limahl Asmall

The Little Bullet Book by David Sinden

Pablo Picasso's Noel by Carol Ann Duffy

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

Jaws by Peter Benchley

England Their England by A. G. Macdonell

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[norahmyers]

I read This Is Going To Hurt when I had a cold. I laughed so hard that I had coughing fits!

[ReadByJess]

Ah, the poem for every night of the year is the BEST gift in this video. So glad you're back Jean!

[danecobain]

Great job, Jean! Thought about getting my mom This Is Going to Hurt because she's a nurse but she HATES thinking about work once she's home which is probably understandable :D

Oh well, I'll just have to buy every book on this list for myself, then. Including the ones I already have.

[quirkydee]

Oooh, look at that beautiful poetry collection! (Love your sweater, too! Looks like tinsel! :D)

[literarydiversions]

So lovely to see your face here, lady! Especially considering that red lipstick.

Secret pockets. You had me at magician. Clicking purchase for a small person as we speak! What We See will also be on my Christmas gift guide. It is stunning and really applicable for all ages.

Can I confess that the Moomins have always kind of creeped me out? The cartoon was always just... weird! I am in the massive minority. 😫😂

[cariiqx_dime]

Omg your hair is glowing!!! It looks like a buttery candle I don't know how else to describe it. Thanks for the books there's a few I'm gonna buy my self for Christmas :)

[karenkoutsoumbaris]

Thankyou Jean that was wonderful, Merry Christmas and a blessed new year. You look beautiful so enjoy your holidays!

[bermudian]

Some great gift ideas beautifully presented as always

[estherflores]

Love book Christmas gift guides! Makes me want to buy them all!!

[hannamelba]

Can you read A Column of Fire if you haven't read any Ken Follet before? Thank you for this perfect video. Lots of love from France <3

[KatOfDiamonds]

Love the poetry collection suggestion!
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