The Greatest Gift is the Passion for Reading (Plus Win A Bundle of Quercus Books!)

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.

To quote Neil Gaiman: “Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”

True that, Neil. True. That.

We’re huge advocates of book buying and reading in general, but there are hundreds of reasons why books make great gifts to give to other people, too. They provide hours of surprise, escape, and discovery. They make you smarter. More compassionate, too. Heck, they can even reduce stress. Best of all, there’s truly a book out there for everyone. Whether adventure, romance, mystery, comedy or drama is your bag, or you prefer horror, fantasy, sci-fi or something wildly erotic. Perhaps, like us, you’re even partial to a little Fabio now and then (you’ll always have your own genre in our hearts, Fabio). The choices are endless.

To prove there really is a title for everyone on your gift list, the lovely folks at Quercus are offering the opportunity for one of you to win five books from their catalogue (you’ll also get a nice ‘the greatest gift is the passion for reading’ poster).

To enter, tell us what book you would love to receive this Christmas here in the comments. You can also tweet your selection to @Novelicious using the #GreatestGift hashtag for an extra entry. We’ll select a UK-based winner at the end of December.

Here are the books you can choose from:

General Fiction

Entry Island, Peter May

Look Who’s Back, Timur Vermes

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker

The Missing One, Lucy Atkins

F, Daniel Kehlmann

The Visitors, Simon Sylvester

The Gift of Darkness, VM. Giambanco

Our Lady of the Streets, Tom Pollock

Traitor’s Blade, Sebastien De Castell

Irene, Pierre Lemaitre

The Outcast Dead, Elly Griffiths

General Non-Fiction

Beautiful Ever After, Katie Piper

Churchill’s Secret Warriors, Damien Lewis

An Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, Alice Roberts

No Limits, Ian Poulter

Sailing Close to the Wind, Dennis Skinner

This Book Will Make You Happy, Jessamy Hibberd and Jo Usmar

Women’s Fiction

A Most Desirable Marriage, Hilary Boyd

One Step Closer To You, Alice Peterson

The Honeymoon Hotel, Hester Browne

Return to Mandalay, Rosanna Ley

Children’s

Only Ever Yours, Louise O’Neill

The Dark Wild, Piers Torday

The Last Wild, Piers Torday

Best of luck!