When Christmas is so close you can smell the turkey but you still have a stack of gifts to buy, you know what makes a great present? (Brace yourself, this may come as a shock but I’m going to say it anyway).
A Book!
A book and some colourful socks, a book and a box of chocolates, a book and a gift card, a book and – you get the idea, right?
The right book tells your loved one you care. They’ll never know that you scanned this list, bought 5 books for 5 people in 15 minutes, wrapped them all in record time – since nothing wraps easier than a book- and Tra la la! Christmas joy. It’s the gift the blesses the giver and the receiver. You’re welcome. Now go forth and share the Christmas spirit.
Mystery
Heaven My Home by Attica Locke
American Spy by Lauren Wilkenson
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
Tell Me Your Secret – Dorothy Koomson
Fantasy
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Romance
Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Therese Beharrie by One Day to Fall
Literary
Candice Carty-Williams
Grand Union by Zadie Smith
The Half God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams
Teens
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
Secret Santa by SA Domingo
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson
Daughters of Nri by Remi K Amayo
Kids
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
Princess Arabella is a Big Sister by Mylo Freeman
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Non-fiction
Notes from a Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
Broken Places Outer Space by Nnedi Okarafor
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