Gayle and Nicole are back with the second half of our 2019 Holiday Gift Guide. (Here is Part I of the Holiday Gift Guide.) We offer suggestions for a wide variety of readers on your list – mostly books but some “book-adjacent” items as well. We also look at the December Book of the Month picks and catch up on where we are with our 2019 reading challenges.

DECEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH PICKS
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
2019 Everyday I Write The Book Reading Challenge
Descent by Tim Johnston
The Current by Tim Johnston
Uncanny Valley by Anna Weiner
Loner by Teddy Wayne (Gayle’s review here)
The Morning Show on Apple+

FOR FANS OF LITERARY FICTION
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Gayle’s review here)
Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf (Gayle’s review here)
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (Gayle’s review here)
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Gayle’s review here)

FOR YOUR FRIEND WHO LIKES WEIRD STORIES
The Need by Helen Philips

FOR YOUR FRIEND WHO NEEDS A DISTRACTION
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Gayle’s review here)
Forever Is The Worst Long Time by Camille Pagan (Gayle’s review here)
The Last by Hanna Jameson
The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton

(see the full post here)

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therestperpective.substack.com