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Gift ideas for book readers are tough and yet easy.  That may sound like an oxymoron but it is true.  If you know the type of book your recipient loves, and what the recipient has read already, you have an easy path to select the perfect gift for them.  If, however, you simply know that they love to read, but have no clue about their taste in literature, then your task grows a little tougher.  Book gifts become easier if you know a favorite author or genre.

Try a personal book lamp

Book Lamps Make Great Gift Ideas for Book Readers
If you are looking for gift ideas for book readers, try a personal book lamp.  These book gifts can run the gambit from very inexpensive to $75 and up, depending on the design of the lamp.  Some lamps simply clip onto the book and provide a small LED light and others provide magnification for reading, a book jacket that the holds the light, and all sorts of variation with every level of quality.  There are even book lights for a particular author or book series such as the Harry Potter book light.

Bookshelves Make Great Gift Ideas for Book Readers
The styles of bookshelves, size of the shelves, designs, and materials in the shelves vary widely.  You really need to know the décor or design of your recipient’s home.  That is, unless you get them the seemingly invisible shelf.  The invisible shelf is not a trick of a famous magician but a masterpiece in construction.  The unit hooks to the wall and then uses the bottom book as a shelf for the rest.  It has invisible grips to hold the shelf in place so it looks like the books float in the air.  This is an ideal shelf for people with a small area.

A bookshelf that ranks high on great ideas for book readers is a corner shelf.

Another bookshelf that ranks high on great ideas for book readers is a corner shelf.  Most people waste the space in corners.  If your reader has many books, chances are there is no more space for storage in their home.  The corner shelf is just the right item to provide that storage.  Other book gifts that involve storage are special plastic containers, which hold dozens of books.  Similar to the plastic storage containers for other items, these containers allow the reader to see the titles on the spine of the book in storage.

Look for Unique Bookends as Good Gift Ideas for Book Readers
If you thought there were a number of different designs for bookshelves, wait until you start looking at bookends.  You will find everything from a simple wire bookend to classical reproductions of the statue “The Thinker.”  Consider the reader when you give this type of gift.  Do they like the great outdoors?  Are they more modern?  Do they have furniture of a specific era or style?  Where is the bookend going to find a place in their home?

Do you intend to give them bookends for their desk at work?  If you answer yes to that question, you need to keep the selection relatively simple and space saving.  If you find bookends that reflect their job, such as one with a miniaturized replica of the constitution for a politician, buy it.

Lap desks make great gifts for the reader who likes to read while sitting other places than a desk.

Lap desks make Wonderful Gift Ideas for Readers
Lap desks make great gifts for the reader who likes to read while sitting other places than a desk.  Maybe they sit on the couch or read in bed; if so, they will appreciate the lap desk.  There are several styles and several different ways the desks remain upright.  Some have a brace in the back, which holds them up so the reader can easily see the book at the perfect angle.  Others have a filled pillow type of back that allows the reader to lay it on their stomach as they read reclining in their bed.  The selection of construction material is vast.  You might want an old-fashioned wooden bed lap desk that has legs, which fit beside the reader as she lies in bed.

Gift Ideas for Book Readers That Are Older
People do age but their love of literature seldom goes away.  If you know an older book reader that sometimes has a problem with the small print in a book, you will find several gifts that they love.  The first is a magnifier that is easy to use for reading.  Some of the magnifiers are tubular and the reader simply slides it down line by line.  Others look like the typical magnifying glass but have a light attached to enhance the printed page as it magnifies.  The second type of book gift for the older reader with limited eyesight includes the large print and audio books.  The large print books are ideal, but if the reader’s sight is very limited, consider giving audio books.

Book readers often love a good series.

Fill Holes in Book Reader’s Series
Book readers often love a good series; this may involve three or more books, sometimes more than ten or fifteen.   If you find an incomplete series, one that misses one or more books, try to fill in the holes and complete their series.

Sometimes these missing books have fallen out of print.  This means that the book may be hard to find, and may cost more than the cover price.  Call several used bookstores to see if they have the missing books, and perform searches on Craig’s List, eBay, and Amazon.com’s used book listings.  Filling a hole in a favored series makes an amazingly thoughtful gift that the book reader will appreciate for years to come.

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