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For editors, writers and bloggers · updated October 2026
Putting together a gift guide for readers? Everything you need is on this page: what we sell, prices, shipping, and images you are free to use alongside a mention of the shop. For review samples, larger images or a quote, write to hello@thebookswanderer.com — it reaches a person and is usually answered within a day.
The Books Wanderer is a small independent online shop of reading accessories and bookish gifts, run by one person since 2026. The catalogue is kept deliberately small: bookmarks, page holders, Kindle sleeves, book nook kits, literary calendars and our own Reading Passport journal. Prices are in US dollars with shipping included, and the site is also available in Spanish.
$8.99 PDF · $19.99 paperback · $34.99 hardcover · Free shipping to US, UK, CA, AU, DE, FR, NL, IE (PDF worldwide)
A reading journal disguised as a passport: a numbered boarding pass for every book finished, customs declarations for favourite lines, visas stamped when a book earns one, and an atlas of where the books went. Original design; printed to order.
$31.99 · US only
Twelve public-domain book illustrations (Manet’s Raven, Doré’s Don Quixote, Delacroix’s Faust, Rackham’s Midsummer Night’s Dream) with the authors born each month.
$23.99 · US only
A painting of someone reading for every month, from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access collection.
$34.99 · Ships worldwide
A lamp-lit miniature library that slides between real books on a shelf. 194 wooden pieces, touch-switch light.
$58.99 · Ships worldwide
A foggy London street in miniature for the Sherlock Holmes reader. 295 pieces, three to five hours.
$22.99 · Ships worldwide
Twenty-five numbered paper pockets of small bookish things for December.
$15.99 · Ships worldwide
Painted metal with a tassel; the bookmark people keep for a decade.
from $14.99 · Ships worldwide
Holds a paperback open one-handed, in beech or walnut.
$17.99 · Ships worldwide
A soft, magnetic-flap sleeve for the e-reader that lives in a tote bag.
from $25.99 · Ships worldwide
Four stained-glass “books” that glow on a nightstand.
| Founded | 2026 |
| Website | thebookswanderer.com (English) · thebookswanderer.com/es/ (Spanish) |
| Price range | $8.99 – $62.99, shipping included |
| Ships to | 30+ countries; Printify items US only; see shipping & returns |
| Christmas order-by | December 8 (US) · December 1 (elsewhere) · the PDF any time |
| Logo | PNG |
| Contact | hello@thebookswanderer.com |
Our full, regularly updated list of ideas is in Gifts for book lovers they will actually use.