Winter20 Read-a-Thon: Black Friday Shopping for Books

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day in America. Whether you're stocking up on gifts for your loved ones or taking advantage of the sales for yourself, there is certainly no shortage of deals to be had.

Today, we are going to give some book recommendations for those loved ones in your lives!

Here's how it works:
For each of the prompts listed below, recommend a book for that person!

People to Shop For:
- Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
- Your mom who loves history and loves love
- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
- Your sister who always had your back growing up
- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (because he probably already read Ready Player One)

Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
The Alienist by Caleb Carr

Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Your mom who loves history and loves love
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Your sister who always had your back growing up
The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan

Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
(I'm bringing all three lol)

[Kristina]

- Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
With the Fire on High

- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
The Friday Night Knitting Club

- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
Ready Player One

- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
Southern Bound

- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene

- Your mom who loves history and loves love
Outlander

- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
Children of Blood and Bone

- Your sister who always had your back growing up
Girl Waits with Gun

- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
The Call of the Wild

- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap
Piranesi

[Rachel]

Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
Tweet Cute (even though it's YA, it's adorable and includes family recipes)

Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
Little Women

Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
Warcross

Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
Daisy Jones & The Six

Your mom who loves history and loves love
Well Met

Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
Strange the Dreamer

Your sister who always had your back growing up
My Sister, the Serial Killer (I haven't read it yet, but it was the first book that came to mind)

Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
The Art of Racing in the Rain

Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap
Home Before Dark

[Marin]

Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (this might be a good suggestion for my actual mother in law, come to think of it)

- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
Leviathan Wakes

- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
Broken Harbor

- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader

- Your mom who loves history and loves love
To The Bright Edge of the World

- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
The Eye of the World

- Your sister who always had your back growing up
Black Swan Green

- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
The Anteater of Death (the anteater is ok!)

- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap
The Book Of Fathers

[°~Amy~°]

- Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
Whatchagot Stew: A Memoir of an Idaho Childhood, with Recipes and Commentaries

- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
The Friday Night Knitting Club

- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
All Systems Red

- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

- Your mom who loves history and loves love
A Gentleman in Moscow

- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
The Name of the Wind

- Your sister who always had your back growing up
My Sister, the Serial Killer

- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap
The End of Your Life Book Club

[Karissa]

- Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves A Man Called Ove
- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics Station Eleven
- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels In the Woods
- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums Daisy Jones & The Six
- Your mom who loves history and loves love The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world Highfire
- Your sister who always had your back growing up Nothing to See Here
- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs The Happy Ever After Playlist
- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap Death in Her Hands

[Alicia]

- Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe Kitchens of the Great Midwest
- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves Neanderthal Seeks Human
- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics The Bromance Book Club
- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels Still Life
- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Your mom who loves history and loves love What the Wind Knows
- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world Serpent & Dove
- Your sister who always had your back growing up Wedding Night
- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs A Dog's Purpose
- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

[Kelly Sj]

- Your mother-in-law who is always willing to share the family recipe
The Chef's Secret
- Your friend who enjoys knitting warm and cozy scarves
The Shadow of the Wind
- Your techy brother who is in charge of fixing all the electronics
The Gone-Away World
- Your grandfather who won't stop reading detective novels
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Your neighbor who just won't stop playing his drums
Soul Music
- Your mom who loves history and loves love
The Invisible Bridge
- Your teenage cousin who always wants to disappear from the dinner table into a fantasy world
His Dark Materials
- Your sister who always had your back growing up
Solutions and Other Problems
- Your friend who is always saving rescue dogs
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
- Your book club's end-of-the-year book swap
Mornings in Jenin