When in doubt, give a book.  

That’s my Christmas credo and I’m going to share three books that I know will make great gifts.

Someone in your family must find Ron Chernow’s new biography “Mark Twain” under the tree so that you can pass it from hand to hand throughout 2026. This is the dude who wrote the biography of “Hamilton” that became a musical that broke Broadway show records!

For the nature lover, I’m recommending a box set of Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Nestle Kimmerer’s 2003 book “Gathering Moss” alongside “Braiding Sweetgrass” and her newest “The Serviceberry” into a beautiful Christmas box and give your loved one a year of beauty and contemplation.

And because I am a dedicated roamer and reader, here’s a wildly delightful travel book I’m gifting this year. It’s Atlas Obscura’s “Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders” published in 2024. It is chock full of delicious details about how animals and insects navigate the world and it will ignite that flame to go see.