Hi Smooches! We’re doing our part for capitalism by giving you the best bookish, romance-inspired and Smooch-tailored gift guide we could come up with for the holidays. There are romance novels. There’s a cookbook. There’s tech. There’s tarot. There are craft projects. There is money flying out of your wallet and buying the love and devotion of the people around you! Let’s get into it! 

(For some of the book recs, we’ve included the title and author but not a link. Anchor gets mad when we post too many links) 

Meg’s recs 

Korean American cookbook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/korean-american-eric-kim/1140163742 

Smut Peddlers Presents https://www.therippedbodicela.com/book/9781638991137 

Lore Olympus 

The Prince and the Dressmaker https://www.therippedbodicela.com/book/9781626723634 

Book nooks https://bookriot.com/build-or-buy-these-book-nooks/ and https://www.etsy.com/jp/shop/MiniaturePopUpBook?page=1#items 

Painted edge books https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShellBeeBooks?ref=shop_sugg 

Mocktail recipe: 1 part Tazo skinny chai concentrate. 1 part cranberry sparkling water. Cranberry syrup to taste. 

For aesthetic book friends 

Book by Commodity perfume (Liz has the Expressive version) https://www.sephora.com/product/book-expressive-P395008?skuId=2616217 

Embosser www.etsy.com/listing/1181475489 

Blood splatter bookmark www.etsy.com/listing/912365678 

www.etsy.com/listing/1180888534 

For your writer friend 

Scrivener www.literatureandlatte.com 

Steel Series Apex 3 gaming keyboard or other cool keyboard https://www.target.com/p/steelseries-apex-3-tkl-wired-gaming-keyboard-for-pc/-/A-86543010 

(Note that mine looks like the second photo, not the first, and doesn’t have a wrist rest) 

Scribbles That Matter dot grid notebook https://scribblesthatmatter.com/

Beats Studio3 headphones https://store.apple.com/xc/product/MX422LL/A 

Passion Planner https://passionplanner.com/collections/2023-weekly-planners 

Giant water bottle with time stamps https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JDWFXF2/ref=twister_B09NMMCJHG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 

Books for your friend interested in historicals

Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas 

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera 

Bombshell by Sarah Maclean 

The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham 

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins 

For your political friend (or a Stucky shipper) 

Sierra Simone’s New Camelot trilogy starting by American Queen 

For your friend who has a soft spot for Twilight 

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair 

For your cynical friend 

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 

For your teenage niece 

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks 

Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper @professor_crunk on Instagram 

When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri 

Misc. 

The Wakanda Files 

Golden Thread tarot from Labyrinthos 

Weiser Tarot 

Magickal Tarot deck by Robyn Valentine 

Tarot No Questions Asked by Theresa Reed 

Dopamine jar https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQtsMHY/ 

Sexy advent calendar 

Cult of the Lamb 

Dagne Dover neoprene bag https://www.dagnedover.com/collections/neoprene