Books Make the Best Gifts: Fable Gift Book Guide for All Kinds of Readers

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Gifts for a Book Lover
Every time you give someone a book, you give them a passport into a new world. You also help them reap the many benefits of reading.In this post, you'll learn how to give gifts on Fable and discover the best gift books for everyone on your list! You'll explore these topics:
  • How To Gift an ebook on Fable
  • How We Chose Our Gift Book Selections
  • Gifts for All Kinds of Book Lovers
  • The Most Beloved Gift Books for Any Kind of Reader

How To Gift an ebook on Fable

  1. Head to the Fable webstore to browse for an ebook.
  2. If you need inspiration, check out our curated lists or look through our editorial team's recommendations below.
  3. Next to the "Buy" button, click the Gift icon.
  4. Once they download the free Fable app, the book will automatically appear on their bookshelf.
Gifting on Fable

How We Chose Our Gift Book Selections

For this holiday season, our editorial team has collected some of the best books recommended by Fablers, curators, and community members throughout the year. These books include major bestsellers and unexpected gems. Curation is at the heart of our platform, sharing book recommendations for every kind of reader. To help you find books to read together, we share a new collection of Fable Folios with members every month — exceptional books handpicked by tastemakers, experts, acclaimed authors, world-class athletes, and industry titans. Each curator offers you a unique and inspiring reading journey. Each book in our Fable gift guide is an experience that’s meant to be shared with others, so make sure you know how to start a book club on Fable!

Gifts for a Book Lover

Searching for a new book to read is like a quest, as every reader travels through uncharted territory in hopes of discovering something magical. Here at Fable, we are all life-long readers. Our wise curators will help illuminate the path to your next great reading adventure. type: embedded-entry-inline id: 4BXbFFUyFRAYkKdmemZ9zM

The Best Books for Coworkers

The holidays are a great time to set some reading resolutions, fun goals that can do wonders for your overall wellness. Our curators have chosen some great personal development books designed to offer guidance, quality nonfiction, and other books to help your coworkers find confidence and purpose.We know that just 30 minutes of reading every day can improve your mental wellbeing. Research has proved that regular reading can alleviate anxiety, depression, and stress. It can even extend your life by two years!type: embedded-entry-inline id: 1YVAKOoFbpWr8JsSFikrJn

Sci-Fi Book Gifts

Science fiction books are filled with stories about technology, space exploration, and alien life. Some of these stories take place in completely imagined worlds while others are rooted in scientific fact.Fable also makes it easy for science fiction fans to share their thoughts and connect with others through our book clubs. Start with our Science Fiction Book Club, or find new clubs to join in our book club directory!With our platform, you can host every aspect of an online discussion at a single destination, to reach readers and build safe online communities regardless of location or time zone. type: embedded-entry-inline id: 2bbttE2EBsMsXdpvF4xQAy

Health & Wellness Books for Gifts

The Fable bookstore has books to help you with every aspect of health and wellness, everything from exercise to nutrition and even stress relief. If you're looking for book clubs, try these! In her Living With Intent Book Club, Mallika Chopra shared her messy journey to feel healthier, happier, more connected, and filled with purpose in this exclusive Fable event.In the Mindfulness Book Club on Fable, Scott Shute helped readers feel more fulfilled, happier, and more joyful in their lives. type: embedded-entry-inline id: 5wGpehJZu4a3Ljof4AF72u

Gifts for Fantasy Book Lovers         

Fantasy fiction explores characters and themes while crafting their own universes, where magic may exist, impossible creatures may roam, and supernatural abilities may influence a character’s destiny.Join Fable's free Fantasy Book Club to start reading today! You can also find more fantasy book recommendations from Josiah Bancroft and Suyi Davies Okungbowa.type: embedded-entry-inline id: 7eJIeaX5ZdDr6TtadY0zV3

Gifts for Self Improvement

You can find both ancient and modern self-improvement literature on Fable. We've highlighted some of the best and brightest books in this essential category. Freelance journalist and blogger Marianne Power offers a piece of very important advice to remember as you explore the self-help genre: 

“The trick to reading these books is to heed one of the primary tenets of the recovery movement: ‘Take what you need and leave the rest.’”

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Gifts for Crime, Mystery & Thriller Lovers

Every mystery novel, thriller, or crime story offers a puzzle for the reader to solve. It could be a murder, a missing person, a stolen treasure, or a complicated conspiracy. The Fable team grew up reading these beloved genres, and we’ve rounded up some favorites for the gift-giving season.type: embedded-entry-inline id: 6dFvsZPx84kuCTUEjPu87a

The Most Beloved Gift Books for Any Kind of Reader

In an essay about the Power Law, Michael Tauberg explained how network effects and positive feedback loops have helped a few bestselling books dominate the conversation in a networked world. He writes:

“These titles will get more reviews, more shelf space, and ultimately, more attention. In this way, success breeds success. It’s a virtuous cycle, a positive feedback loop.”

At Fable, we have millions of books for you to choose from this season, including these top titles that have dominated the cultural conversation the last decade. To help you navigate these recommendations, we've grouped them by suggested readers.

Gift Books for Mom

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Gift Books for Dad

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Gift Books for Friends

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