7 Books For Every Person In Your Life
For the perfect stocking-fillers this Christmas, look to our latest reading list, which has every personality covered. Whether you’re looking for a title for art-lovers, an inspiring read for eco-warriors or a new coffee-table book for the style conscious, we’ve got the gifting inspiration you need.
The foodie
SILO by Douglas McMaster
Silo maps out an extraordinary new plan from radical young chef Douglas McMaster, founder of SILO the first zero food-waste restaurant. He’s a man on a mission dedicated to weaning us from our entrenched and over-processed food habits, encouraging us to favour more natural and efficient ways to cook and eat. The ideal gift for those who want to eat fresh food, waste less and make the most of what nature gives us.
Style conscious
Alexander McQueen by Judith Watt
Charting the designer’s rise to fashion royalty – from his apprenticeship as a tailor on London’s illustrious Savile Row, to a career of demolishing the rules he had so diligently learned, while retaining a foundation of craftsmanship, heritage and historical narrative. Ten years after tragedy cut short an illustrious career, this book reveals the complex narratives that inspired a brilliant yet dark mind and documents the electrifying creations that are his legacy.
The art lover
The Art Puzzle Book by Suzie Hodge & Dr Gareth Moore
Designed to entertain and perplex, this unique puzzle book turns art history on its head by testing your brainpower and perception on some of the world’s most iconic paintings. Whether you’re an art novice or an art connoisseur, you can now journey from ancient Egypt to 1980s New York solve riddles, discover hidden secrets and challenge your general knowledge.
The Music lover
Beatles: Album by Album by Brian Southall
The perfect gift for music-lovers to brush up their knowledge on The Beatles, as well as the ideal selection to refresh your coffee table with. Offering in-depth coverage on each of their 12 albums, this is a deep-dive into the beloved band’s backstory for vinyl fans and lovers of classic Pop.
The thinker
How the World Thinks by Julian Baggani
In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought, exploring the philosophies of Japan, India, China and the Muslim world, as well as the lesser-known oral traditions of Africa and Australia’s first peoples. Offering deep insights into how different regions operate, and paying as much attention to commonalities as to differences, Baggini shows that by gaining greater knowledge of how others think we take the first step to a greater understanding of ourselves.
The boss
How to Fail, Elizabeth Day
Uplifting and inspiring in stories from Elizabeth’s own life, How to Fail reveals that failure is not what defines us; rather it is how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals. Because learning how to fail is actually learning how to succeed better. And everyone needs a bit of that.
The eco-warrier
Climate Justice by Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson’s mission has led her all over the world, meeting ordinary people whose resilience has already unlocked extraordinary change and arriving at a heartening revelation. She believes an irrepressible driving force in the battle for climate justice could be found at the grassroots level, mainly among women, many of them mothers and grandmothers like herself. Powerful and deeply humane, Climate Justice is a stirring manifesto on one of the most pressing humanitarian issues of our time.
