Ep 502: Choosing book gifts your friends will love

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We all know that book gifts are the best gifts, and today Anne is talking with a devoted reader who's come to the show looking for guidance on selecting great bookish gifts for the season to come. Meredith Amadee lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she works as a wedding photographer and hosts a book club that's come to play a big part in her life. Every year, this book club hosts a book exchange for its members, and today Meredith would love recommendations that will be perfect for these special readers in her life. She's on the hunt for backlist selections for her fellow members, and is looking for help in choosing the specific titles. She and Anne also talk more broadly about what makes a good literary gift. We hope this conversation might be just the inspiration and empowerment you need to find great gifts for the readers in your life, too. Find the list of titles mentioned today and leave your ideas for Meredith's book club at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/502. We've recently restocked our shop with our popular totes, hats, and our new custom journals in a variety of beautiful colors. We also have our usual selection of t-shirts, copies of my books that are always signed when you order from us, great stickers, buttons, and more. Check out what's new and what's back in stock at modernmrsdarcy.com/shop. Help us celebrate a major milestone coming up in the new year by lending your voice and stories to a future episode. By November 23rd, please give us a call and tell us about a favorite book that you found through What Should I Read Next. To participate, call us at 502-627-0663 and leave us a short voicemail. Please call from a quiet place so we can hear everything you have to say and our listeners can hear you well on the show. We can't wait to learn about your literary discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	She seems to like the books that I recommend, often the books that I hear on this podcast. And she
0:06.6	kept encouraging me to start a book club. And I just, you know, kept waffling on it. And it was coming up
0:14.0	on her birthday. And I usually buy her a book for her birthday. And she said, well, why don't you start
0:19.9	me a book club for my birthday? And I was like,
0:22.7	okay. The gift that keeps on giving. Exactly. We say that almost every meeting.
0:32.1	Hey, readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?
0:37.3	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:42.2	What should I read next?
0:44.0	We don't get bossy on this show.
0:46.1	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:50.8	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.
1:03.6	Readers, we've recently restocked our shop with our popular totes and hats. We've added some
1:08.5	great new items this year too, like our journals, and of course,
1:11.7	you can always find T-shirts, copies of my books that are always signed when you order from us,
1:16.4	great stickers, buttons, and more. If you're thinking of ordering for yourself or your favorite
1:20.8	reader, we want to make sure you get your orders in time for any gifting deadlines. So please place
1:26.2	those orders as soon as you can. We are a small team
1:29.2	and handle all the order fulfillment ourselves. So when you order early, that really helps us. Thank you
1:34.0	in advance. Check out what's new and what's back in stock at modern mrs.darsi.com slash shop.
1:40.3	If you're not sure where to start, my personal recommendations are our beautiful ampersand custom journals.
1:46.2	I use these myself. They're so great. My current one is port red, but I want all the colors.
1:50.8	We have our pretty and popular well-read hats, which, looking at other prices out there online, I also think are a fabulous value.
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