Christmas Gift Guide 2022: For the bookworms in your life

Posted on November 4, 2022

It’s that time of year again!

Christmas has officially arrived at Saraband HQ as we launched our Christmas shop for 2022. If you missed our previous blog post explaining each of our Christmas gifts, then you can read it here.

If you’re struggling to decide on which book or books to purchase for your loved ones this Christmas then our handy gift guide will help you make a decision.

For Stocking fillers and Secret Santas

Mistletoe Winter by Roy DennisTwenty Football Towns by Steve LeachThe Paper Cell by Louise HutchesonThe Man Who Talks to Birds by Donald S MurrayJoan Smokes by Angela MeyerExtraction to Extinction by David HoweSkylarks with Rosie by Stephen MossCold Fish Soup by Adam FarrerA Scots Dictionary of Nature by Amanda ThomsonMiss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar by Olga WojtasBleak by R.M. Murray

For nature lovers

Seasons of Storm and Wonder by Jim CrumleyNorth Country edited by Karen LloydCottongrass Summer by Roy DennisLakeland Wild by Jim CrumleyGhost Trees by Bob GilbertA Handbook of Scotland’s Wild Harvests by Fi MartynogaA Handbook of Scotland’s Trees by Fi Martynoga | A Handbook of Scotland’s Coasts by Fi Martynoga

For active types

Overlander by Alan BrownThe Boxing Diaries by Marion DunnA Time of Birds by Helen MoatEverything Passes, Everything Remains by Chris DolanWestering by Laurence MitchellWalking the Line by Stan L AbbottThe Garden Cure by Jan CameronRing of Stone Circles by Stan L Abbott

For literature lovers

Case Study by Graeme Macrae BurnetCastles from Cobwebs by J.A. MensahAs the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S MurrayHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae BurnetThe Call of the Cormorant by Donald S MurrayThe Jewel by Catherine CzerkawskaThe Walrus Mutterer by Mandy HaggithChinese Spring by Christopher NewShocked Earth by Saskia Goldschmidt (translated by Antoinette Fawcett)Emily Brontë Reappraised by Claire O’Callaghan  | Anne Brontë Reimagined by Adelle HayCharlotte Brontë Revisited by Sophie Franklin

For thrill seekers

The Janus Run by Douglas SkeltonDeath Drop by Claire MacLearyHow to Survive Everything by Ewan MorrisonThe Green Lady by Sue Lawrence | Oh Marina Girl by Graham LironiMr Todd’s Reckoning by Iain MaitlandMoscow at Midnight by Sally McGrane

On the bright side of life

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Weird Sisters by Olga WojtasCold Fish Soup by Adam FarrerThe Garden Cure by Jan CameronBleak by R.M. Murray

Hardbacks to treasure

Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Booker Bundle)His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet (limited edition hardback)Seasons of Storm and Wonder by Jim CrumleyNorth Country edited by Karen LloydGhost Trees by Bob GilbertThe Mahogany Pod by Jill HopperLakeland Wild by Jim CrumleyCastles from Cobwebs by J.A. Mensah (hardback)