So this initial gift guide was longer than expected so this will be a two-parter. Part One is exclusively book gifting for some of my favorite genres.

These books have been favorites of mine and many others this year. I would even go as far as to recommend each author’s individual backlist.

Well, isn’t that convenient? Musk gets named to the fake department of DOGE, and suddenly NASA’s future is up for debate—just as SpaceX is poised to cash in. Funny how “efficiency” seems to mean redirecting public funds straight into private pockets.