Non-readers often wonder what to give booklovers for gifts. The obvious answer is, of course, books. Sometimes, though, reading or book accessories can be fun—and welcome. And for booklovers who like to shop for themselves, these places will tempt you into wonderful indiscretions.


Amanda Crawford Designs
“Enhancing your reading pleasure” is the motto of this company, and they do it very well with book pillows, page weights, book covers and several types of lovely bookmarks.

Bas Bleu
This company always has a variety of intriguing reading accessories.

Big Cozy Books
Giant upholstered furniture for kids who love to read. They focus on commercial and public places, but if your child’s room is big enough these pieces would be wonderful.

Bodleian Library Shop
The Bodleian Library offers a fantastic array of gifts for the book-minded including home accessories, stationery, bookplates, journals, jewelry and more.

Book Accessories
Book holders, book covers, book lights and book stands can be found here in multiple variations.

Book Baskets
Here is a company that makes up specialty wicker gift baskets for the booklover in your life—and does a wonderful job. They have lots of baskets, but will custom make one for no extra charge. An example is the “Low-Carb Meals in Minutes” one which contains a cookbook of the same name, a bottle of olive oil, pesto sauce, a vegetable brush, smoked garlic cheese, recipe cards, a ceramic mug, decaf coffee and a Belgian candy bar.

Enchanted Bookery
“Personalized gift baskets of books” is a good description of this site where every basket contains multiple books, a customized bookmark and customized bookplate and related items. You can choose for babies/toddlers (even a new puppy), older children, teens, adults (themes include mystery lovers, golfers, friends, fun the in sun and more). They have a list of gift items and books so you can make it fit your recipient perfectly.

First Street   
Though this site is not focused on reading (but on the aging boomer population in general), their two pages of bookish gadgets is excellent.  

Just Bookends
This incredible site is perfect—at least for those of you who have room on your bookshelves for bookends. I don’t, but I am thinking I will have to find room for at least one pair. More than 200 different sets are available, meaning whatever your interest you are likely to find something that fits your taste and your shelves perfectly.

Kimbooktu
This is THE site for booklovers if they are also book gadget lovers. Kim, who lives in the Netherlands, searches the web looking for all kinds of items that readers are going to love. As she says, “My passion for books also causes me to collect items that have to do with books and reading.” What she finds you'll see here. Warning: This site is addictive, fantastic and dangerous to your pocketbook.

Library of Congress Gift Shop
I adore museum and library gift shops when I am seeking high quality bookish gifts, and the Library of Congress is definitely worth checking out. My favorite section is “For Book Lovers” where you can find bookmarks, bookplates, bookends, clothing, wall art and more. But they also a lot of other items.

Literacy Site Shop
The Literacy Site (see its link under Book-Related Sites) also has a gift shop with a fascinating array of bookish gifts—jewelry, clothing, home and garden, world artisans and more. The money it receives from your shopping goes to help children who would not otherwise have them receive books.

Los Angeles Public Library Shop
Gifts for readers, writers, children, Los Angeles lovers and more abound here.

Morgan Library Gift Shop
J. Pierpont Morgan had the interest and the means to collect expensive books, and he did. The museum is astounding, well worth an afternoon if you visit New York. But if you can’t get there, this shop has lovely things.

New Yorker Store
The best known literary magazine, the New Yorker offers a wide range of quality gifts in their online store. You can search their selection in several ways, one of which is by topic. And one of those topics is books. Prints, t-shirts, sweatshirts or note cards featuring your choice of nearly 700 different cartoons or covers are available for you or your favorite booklover.

New York Public Library Gift Shop
As befits its reputation as a Great Library, their shop carries wonderful gifts for any booklover. Visit if you can; shop if you can’t. They have a wide selection of items for any interest and any budget.

NovelKeys
Pewter key chains, wine stoppers, keepsake boxes and tea infusers that feature inspiration and funny quotes from authors and composers are the focus of this delightful online shop. Each quote is in the shape of a tiny books with meticulous engraving.

Reader Gear
“Because book readers need cool gadgets too” is the motto of this delicious site that is more of a blog-site combo. The posts are interesting, chatty and unusually wide-ranging. And the products include not just physical objects, but other sites that offer book trades, book cataloging, and book cleaning. 

Rebound Designs
Purses made out of actual books and pins with bits of naughty sayings from romance novels on them. Fun, quirky and delightful.

Serious Readers
This is a web site devoted to items for, well, serious readers. They carry reading lights, reading aids (including book holders, portable lights and magnifiers), and gifts for readers. Note that this is a British firm, and all prices are in pounds.

Tease Catalog
Unlike Serious Readers, this site is full of fun, zany stuff—mugs, bookmarks, stationery, clothing, etc. But they also have lovely jewelry (I am especially attracted to the sterling silver earrings and pendant).

Wonderful Graffiti
Home art for the bookish is part of this unusual wall decoration store that “celebrates typography—the art of lettering—in unconventional ways.” I love the READ one.