As the holiday season approaches, I want to hear about everyone’s top book wishes–whether it’s a collector’s edition of an old favorite, a book that has somehow evaded your grasp, a book that has been recommended by a friend, or anything and everything in between. Why are you asking for these books?
For me, I’m hoping to get two books that Mike Palindrome recommended, The Collector by John Fowles and Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. They both aren’t at my library, and I’ve wanted to read them for a while now.
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My Effin Life - Geddy Lee autobiography
For me it’s murtagh was a fantastic early Christmas present or if you have kids the illustrated edition of eragon is cool
My Christmas present to myself will be the next two Expanse books to come out as special edition hardbacks. I’ve never finished reading the series so starting from the beginning seems like a good idea.
Those are going to look awesome on your bookshelf!
Top of my list is the collected fictions of Jorge Luis Borges. I discovered Borges this year and he’s quickly become one of my favorite authors, so I really wanna get that big book that collates every short story he ever published.
I think I saw something like that at Barnes & Noble.
The 400th anniversary first folio facsimile put out by the British library for sure. Looks incredible.
-Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Maeve Fly by C.J Leede
- Angels before man by Rafael Nicholas
- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
I’m not expecting to get any but those are my top books at the moment :)
Whalefall sounds nuts! I’m going to throw that on my TBR list. I hope you get at least one of these!
Right?? It sounds crazy! I’m looking forward to diving into this book when I manage to find a copy. (And thank you! I hope you get some of your wants too!)
I loved Angels Before Man! I wish it was more popular.
Ooh this makes me even more excited about it! I wish it were more popular as well, it sounds amazing.
You’re in luck too because there’s a new extended edition that was released recently! I haven’t gotten that version yet but I’m definitely going to at some point. There’s also a sequel coming out next year!
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
That is a seriously nice edition
I have it. Can confirm. Page, ink, color, binding quality all top notch
Do you have the paperback or the hardcover one? I’ve been thinking about getting the paperback edition, but it’s ~€110 where I live so I’m still mulling over it
Paperback. Got it on Amazon day years ago, 2016, for $60
My white elephant present this year is two anthologies of Foxtrot, by Bill Amend. My brothers would be happy to get them, and I think their kids would be interested in reading them too, once they’re old enough. Sunday comics are vastly underrated.
My dad got that for me years ago. Still my favorite Xmas present ever.
I once saw a copy of it at Costgo a few years ago for $30, but I wouldn’t know if they have it anymore.
Disgrace is excellent!
At the top of my wishlist right now are Trespasses by Louise Kennedy, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis and Frantumaglia by Elena Ferrante.
Less Than Zero is one of my favourite books. It’s the only book by Ellis that I’d consider great. Disgrace is a great book as well. Ferrante is amazing.
I’m asking for two that I’ve read but would like to own: The Shards by Bret Easton Elllis, and The Candy House by Jennifer Egan.
The Green Mile by Stephen King. I’ve heard so many good things about it
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
- I really love the appeal murder mysteries right now, just finishing up the first one and realizing i need more of this haha
Have you read the Shady Hollow series?
Safe and Sound: the Renter’s Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust.
My landlord doesn’t fix anything unless I badger them, and I want to get a better idea of what I can take care of by myself.
Fantastic idea. I will also advocate for the use of YouTube for anything home repair related. I worked as a handyman for a few years, and for many mornings, we sat outside the house watching a YouTube video on whatever we were fixing, lol
None because I don’t want to add to my TBR pile right now lol
But if someone really did want to get me books for the holidays, if they managed to find me the Horus Heresy mass markets for Shadows of Treachery, Angel Exterminatus, and everything between Mark of Calth and Vengeful Spirit that would make an absolutely epic present 🔥
I know I’m about to sound like a shill, but audible currently has a lot of warhammer books on sale. Both shadows of treachery and mark of calth at least are only 4 dollars. I really prefer physical but let’s be honest, it’s black library and so hard to find those books in physical form and even their ebooks never go on sale :(
Yeah, I’m just very stubborn lol I’m not a big fan of audio and also would just really love to have a complete mmpb collection of the Heresy. I’m hoping against hope some of these will be part of the next reprints on the WH webshop 😅
I’d like some Stuido Ghibli art books.
Specifically I want My Neighbor Totoro art book.
I just don’t want a cookbook I’ll never use
The new Ken Follet novel, “The Armor of Light.”