Gifts for Booklovers

We’re loving the offerings from The Literary Gift Company, a Reading, U.K. based company specializing in -- you guessed it -- gifts for and about books and reading. From the conmpany’s Web site:

We aim to be a one-stop-shop for all book lovers. We produce our own range of literary products, as well as offering a unique combination of gorgeous products from new designers, along with the best of quality brands from our partners. We are particularly interested in promoting products which recycle, or 'upcycle' abandoned or out-of-date books.

What that translates to is a whole online shopping experience comprised of gifts for people who love books.

The online store is organized into loose categories: new items, gifts for her, gifts for him, for kids, homewards, gifts for readers and gifts for writers.

The inventory includes things that are silly (an Oscar Wilde Apron, a Literary Rubber Duck) to the elegant (various upcycled brooches a Cheshire Cat pendant) to the sublime (their instant classic “Shhh Happens” mugs, above left).

You can check the Literary Gift Company’s FAQ here to learn about returns, delivery and -- mysteriously -- the reading order of Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels.