Help! I have book lovers in my family and I don't know what to give them!
Most of us love giving books as gifts, whether it's because we loved the book and want to share it with our nearest and dearest or simply because we know the recipients are big readers.
But what to do when those we love read so many books? We don't always know what they've read, who they've read or where to go? So in order to help you out, we've created a 'If you loved...' list. As long as you know one of their favourite authors you might be able to find another author for them to sink their teeth into.
Otherwise if you're really not sure what to give them and they're local – we have gift vouchers available at Dog Eared Books!
If you like Ian Rankin then you'll love:
Peter Robinson
Peter May
Stuart MacBride
If you like Stieg Larsson then you'll love:
Jo Nesbo
Liz Marklund
Robert Galbraith
If you like Dan Brown then you'll love:
Lee Child
Daniel Silva
David Baldacci
Charles Cumming
If you like Michael Connolly then you'll love:
John Grisham
Mark Gimmenz
Sandra Brown
If you like Monica McInernay or Marian Keyes then you'll love:
Cathy Kelly
Josephine Moon
Lucy Diamond
Jenny Colgan
If you like Liane Moriarty then you'll love:
Jojo Moyes
Nicola Moriarty
Jodi Picoult
If you like Geraldine Brooks then you'll love:
Kate Morton
Kristin Hannah
Tracy Chevalier
If you like Paulina Simmons then you'll love:
Belinda Alexander
Fiona McIntosh
Kate Grenville
Really good biographies/autobiographies:
Open by Andre Agassi (Yes it's amazing)
The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Happiest Refugee by Ahn Do
Fat, Forty & Fired by Nigel Marsh
For Non-Fiction lovers:
The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
1421, The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Ruben
*This list is not complete by any means and although we do our best to match authors, you may find you like a particular author's style over another and that's perfectly fine.
