The gift-giving season has arrived! And this week we have numerous suggestions to help you find the ideal holiday gift for your friends and loved ones, or the right thoughtful gesture toward a respected colleague or a kind neighbor. Send someone on "a global literary adventure that will help satiate anyone's wanderlust" with Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature, edited by John McMurtrie. And dazzle the style maven on your list with the stunning vintage clothing and Hollywood interviews in Palace Costume: Inside Hollywood's Best Kept Fashion Secret by Mimi Haddon. Plus, serious readers are sure to find countless treasures of insight while revisiting Ann Patchett's 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel Bel Canto in a brand-new edition featuring the author's own handwritten marginalia.
Our newsletter is chock full of gifting ideas, including several book pairings, a few notable selections that we reviewed earlier this year, and a q&a with G.T. Karber, puzzle-maker extraordinaire.