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The Best Holiday Gifts Are the Ones You Read Together

These 10 books make unforgettable gifts—and even better conversations.

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Yael Schonbrun
Dec 02, 2025
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Hey Riffers,

According to studies on gift-giving, the best gifts aren’t wrapped in boxes; they’re wrapped in shared moments. Experiential gifts (concert tickets, cooking classes, and yes, books to read together) create more happiness than material purchases, both for the giver and receiver.

A 2016 study in the Journal of Consumer Research found that exper…

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