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Just like that it’s almost December – it’s time for catching up with friends and family, eating delicious food and cozying up with a good book (or several!)! You may also be starting to buy gifts for loved ones, and nothing makes a better gift than a book. We’ve got you covered here at Coach House - you can take 25% off your purchase of $50 or more and get free shipping! Having trouble picking out a book for someone on your list? Check out our suggestions below.

For the person who counts down to Canada Reads each year, knows intimate details about every member of the Giller Prize jury, and loves writing a good book review:

• Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
• Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
• The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
• Pillow by Andrew Battershill 

For the person who always has restaurant recommendations, shows off their dinner on their Instagram story and loves grocery shopping:

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings edited by John Lorinc
• Curry by Naben Ruthnum
• A Matter of Taste by Rebecca Tucker

For the person who religiously follows #Toronto and #topoli, says things like “I can’t afford it but I still love Toronto”

• The Ward by John Lorinc
• Indigenous Toronto edited by Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung and Brian Wright-McLeod
• Any Other Way edited by Stephanie Chambers, Jane Farrow, Maureen FitzGerald, Ed Jackson, John Lorinc, Tim McCaskell, Rebecka Sheffield, Tatum Taylor and Rahim Thawer
• Any Night of the Week by Jonny Dovercourt
• Stroll by Shawn Micallef

For the person who binge-watched Black Mirror, spends too much time on Reddit and loves George Orwell:

• Fauna by Christiane Vadnais (tr. Pablo Strauss)
• The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
• A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life by Robert McGill
• The Agents by Gregoire Courtois (tr. Rhonda Mullins)

For the person who loved HBO’s Girls, follows @bitchmedia on Instagram and loves a good Twitter rant:

• Closer by Sarah Barmak
• Exhibitionist by Molly Cross-Blanchard
• Heroine by Gail Scott
• Rooms by Sina Queyras

For the person who never really reads but keeps saying how much they want to:

• Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
• And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyn Saucier (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• Days by Moonlight by André Alexis

For the person who follows #DiscoverArt on Instagram, loves poetry and is an aspiring artist:

• Test Piece by Sheryda Warrener
• Surface Tension by Derek Beaulieu
• Whitemud Walking by Matthew James Weigel
• POP by Simina Banu

For the person who reads thrillers year-round, loved Yellowjackets and Lost, and knows way too much about true crime: 

• The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• The Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard (tr. Pablo Strauss)
• Little Beast by Julie Demers (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• The Murder of Halland by Pia Juul (tr. Martin Aitken)

For the person who bought a ‘plotless fiction’ tshirt from Type Books and loves books by Sheila Heti, Jenny Offill and Rachel Cusk:

• The Second Substance by Anne Lardeux (tr. Pablo Strauss)
• The Scent of Light by Kristjana Gunnars
• Disintegration in Four Parts by Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Emily Anglin, Devon Code and Lee Henderson
• The Baudelaire Fractal by Lisa Robertson
• Insignificance by James Clammer

For the creative family member who has a lot of strong opinions and secretly had a podcast:

• On Nostalgia by David Berry
• The Far Shore by Adam Hammond
• The Trouble with Brunch by Shawn Micallef

For the person scrambling to reach their Goodreads reading goal (short books > long books):

• Neighbourhood Watch by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (tr. Rhonda Mullins)
• The Dark Library by Cyrille Martinez (tr. Joseph Patrick Stancil)
• Fire Cider Rain by Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin 
• Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier (tr. Rhonda Mullins)

For the history buff and road tripper who just loves a good playlist:

• Any Night of the Week by Jonny Dovercourt
• Gods of the Hammer by Geoff Pevere
• The Crash Palace by Andrew Wedderburn