Gift Guide: Stocking Fillers of 2020

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that 2020 has been tough on everyone. And with the holidays just around the corner, we’re hoping to make the added stress of choosing that perfect gift for a special someone a little bit easier with a series of gift guides.

Did you get someone for Secret Santa that you hardly know? Do you want to get them a book but you’re not sure what they like? Here’s a list filled with interesting, funny and most importantly short books that we think deserve a place in your gift this year.

From the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent, Essex Girls by Sarah Perry is a vehement feminist defence of the “Essex Girl” - too loud, too vulgar, and too disrespectful - arguing that the quintessential Essex Girl type is not bound by geography. Sandi Toksvig’s eclectic meander throughout the year in Toksvig’s Almanac 2021 is just as illuminating and funny as you would expect from the QI host and comedian.