The Wanderer's Journal

Reading challenges, honest guides to reading gear, and gift ideas for people who read. Written to be useful before it is anything else.

Reading challenges

Reading gear

Gift guides

  • Gifts for book lovers they will actually use

    Gift ideas for readers by budget and by kind of reader: bookmarks, book nook kits, reading journals, literary calendars, reading lights, plus Christmas order dates and what to avoid.

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  • Gifts for book lovers under $25

    Gift ideas for readers under $25 that they will actually use: reading journals, metal bookmarks, book holders, Kindle sleeves and shelf lights, with standard US shipping included.

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  • Gifts for Kindle readers that aren’t books

    What to give someone who reads on a Kindle: a magnetic e-reader sleeve, a reading journal to log every book, a reading tracker, a stand and a few things for the shelf.

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  • Gifts for Jane Austen fans

    Gift ideas for Jane Austen fans who already own the novels: an annotated Pride and Prejudice mug and sweatshirt, a Jane Austen puzzle book, a coloring book with Hugh Thomson's drawings and more.

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  • Gifts for math lovers

    Gift ideas for math teachers, engineers and anyone who likes equations: posters of famous equations, an Euler's identity mug and a metal bookmark, with a short note on what each equation is.

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  • Secret Santa gifts for book lovers

    Secret Santa and gift-exchange ideas for readers in the usual $10–$20 budget: Christmas bookmarks, book-tree ornaments, metal bookmarks and a literary coloring book.

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  • Stocking stuffers for book lovers

    Small gifts for readers that fit in a Christmas stocking: magnetic bookmarks, page clips, cat bookmarks, sticker books, book ornaments and two printable gifts.

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