We may be biased, but we think that books make great gifts, so this year why not choose a title from one of our university presses – there’s something for everyone on your list!
From delicious plant-based recipes to tales of working in restaurants, here’s our selection of books for the foodies on your Christmas list.
Plant-Based Himalaya
The Allergy-Friendly Cookbook
The Last Supper Club
Great Scandinavian Baking Book
My Mexico
The Tacos of Texas
Sweet Nature
Smoke on the Waterfront
For those who like a festive tipple, we’ve got cocktail creations from the jazz age and beyond, books for wine connoisseurs, and tales of the women who created the whisky industry.
The Hour of Absinthe
Jazz Age Cocktails
Gilded Age Cocktails
Midcentury Cocktails
¡Vino!
¡Tequila!
The Ice Book
South of Somewhere
How to Be a Bourbon Badass
Whiskey Women
Looking for a book for the music lover in your life? We’ve got you covered. With a wide selection of music writing, we’re sure to have the perfect gift for them.
Why Mariah Carey Matters
Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
Bruce Songs
Band People
Bangtan Remixed
Let Me Take You Down
Fantasies of Nina Simone
The Ink in the Grooves
Old Town Road
Hound Dog
No Machos or Pop Stars
A Curious Mix of People
Glitter Up the Dark
Flamenco Music
Americanaland
Unlikely Angel
Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters
Born in the U.S.A.
Whether it’s football, tennis, golf or roller derby they’re obsessed with, we’ve got books for all the sports fans on your list this Christmas.
Velocipedomania
The Sisterhood
Red Letters
Roller Derby
Tennis
From Football to Soccer
The Masters
Different Strokes
No Way but to Fight
The Gold in the Rings
#WWE
Pastime Lost
Iron Mac
Arnie, Seve, and a Fleck of Golf History
From movie icons to 21st century film essentials, we’ve got a great selection of books to gift film buffs this Christmas.
Cinema '62
Film Noir and the Arts of Lighting
Ideal Beauty
Citizen Spielberg
Animated Film and Disability
Black Panther
Kubrick's Men
Mainstream Maverick
Mainstreaming Gays
New Israeli Horror
Su Friedrich
The New American War Film
Bee keeping, heroic animals, bird communication and edible plants – we’ve got a book for all types of animal and nature lover to enjoy this Christmas.
What Is Extinction?
The Bravest Pets of Gotham
The Cat Men of Gotham
For the Bees
The Beekeeper's Handbook
Fur, Fleas, and Flukes
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Animal Revolution
Nature on the Doorstep
Nature beyond Solitude
Bird Talk
Edible Plants
Lives of Weeds
A Love Affair with Birds
Ice Bear
Penguins
An Environmental Leader's Tool Kit
From female beauty to otherworldly landscapes, we’ve rounded up a selection of beautiful books to gift to aspiring photographers, or those who love photography.
Good Pictures
The Future Is in Your Hands
Full Light and Perfect Shadow
Walkers in the City
Wake Up, This Is Joburg
Photography and Its Shadow
The Grass Shall Grow
Unapologetic Beauty
Dawoud Bey
Keith Carter: Fifty Years
Ghostlight
If they’re fascinated by serial killers and unsolved kidnappings, we have a selection of books that are the perfect gift for your true crime fans this Christmas.
Captivity of the Oatman Girls
Murder in Manchuria
Leopold and Loeb
America's Femme Fatale
The Lindbergh Case
The Case That Never Dies
The Alphabet Bomber
The Estrada Plot
The Hall-Mills Murder Case