Holiday Gift Recommendations from Gathering Volumes

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Denise Phillips, the owner of Gathering Volumes, an independent bookstore in Perrysburg, Ohio, offers holiday gift recommendations for readers of all ages and interests. From eels to dragons, baked goods, murderbots, Toni Morrison/Buffy the Vampire Slayer mashups, and a lot more, listen to get some holiday shopping ideas for the book lover in your life.

Books Denise recommends:

• Once You Go This Far by Kristen Lepionka (part of the Roxane Weary series)
• Titanshade by Dan Stout (part of the Carter Archives series)
• You Should Smile More and Not Bad for a Girl by Anastasia Ryan
• Barnaby Unboxed! by Terry Fan, Eric Fan, and Devin Fan
• The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
• Pardon My Frenchie by Farrah Rochon
• Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
• Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
• Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells (part of the Murderbot Diaries series)
• On Tyranny (graphic edition) by Timothy Snyder and illustrated by Nora Krug
• Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
• Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
• The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson
• Ornithography: An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore & Symbolism by Jessica Roux
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik
• The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
• Pew by Catherine Lacey
• Ring Shout by P Djèlí Clark
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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