Gift Ideas for the Bookworm

A book is the rare gift that says you were paying attention. Get it right and it gets lent, underlined and quoted back to you. The trick is matching the book to the person, not the bestseller list.

Our bookworm edit covers reflective essays from Brianna Wiest, Bianca Sparacino and Charlotte Freeman through Thought Catalog, fashion history in the Little Book of Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton, and interiors reading like Our Spaces by Alana Broadhead and the Three Birds Renovations books. For children there are Olive + Page picture books and the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. For readers who write, add Write To Me linen journals, the One Line a Day five year memory journal or an Intelligent Change planner.

Round it out with something for the shelf: Umbra's CONCEAL floating bookshelves make a stack of books look as if it is hovering on the wall. For more titles, browse our full books collection.

What book should I buy for someone who reads a lot?
Go sideways rather than guessing their next novel. A beautiful reference book such as Our Spaces or the Little Book of Chanel, or a collection of essays, is less likely to double up with something already on their shelf.

Which Brianna Wiest book is best to start with?
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think is her best-known collection and a good introduction. The Mountain Is You looks at self-sabotage and growth, and The Pivot Year offers a short reflection for every day of the year.

Do you have books for children?
Yes. We stock Olive + Page picture books such as Before You Were Here, the Little People, BIG DREAMS biography series, and New Zealand board books from As We Are Illustration, including a first te reo Māori picture dictionary.

How do I make a book feel like a bigger gift?
Pair it with something that suits the reading habit: a journal for notes, a candle for the bedside table or floating shelves for the growing pile. Wrapped together, a book and one small extra reads as a considered gift.