Gift Ideas for Her: Novels
14 top-rated gifts for her : novels, from $11 to $24. Our picks include The Nightingale, Verity by Colleen Hoover and The Correspondent: A Novel.
No gift matches all of these: widen the budget or remove an effect.
14 gift ideas
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah's World War II novel about two French sisters, one enduring the occupation, one joining the resistance.
Favorite The Correspondent: A Novel
A Women's Prize-winning novel told in letters, about a woman reconnecting with the people she loves.
Favorite Theo of Golden: A Novel
A novel about a stranger who hands out portraits in exchange for stories.
Favorite Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
A twisty, funny novel about an 81-year-old woman hiding a past as Australia's youngest convicted murderer.
The Calamity Club: A Novel
A 1933 Mississippi novel about a group of women fighting for what is theirs.
The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Janice Hadlow's novel gives Mary, the overlooked Bennet sister from Pride and Prejudice, her own story.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Penguin Centennial Edition
John Steinbeck's novel in Penguin's Centennial Edition, a classic to give a reader.
Favorite Hollow Bones: A Novel
A #1 bestselling novel about a woman who lost her mother on 9/11 and now plans for disasters for a living.
Black House, by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Sequel to The Talisman: retired detective Jack Sawyer faces a killer tied to the Territories in small-town Wisconsin.
The Pirate Queen, a Novel of Grace O'Malley
A historical adventure inspired by Grace O'Malley, the Irish sea captain of legend.
Other Worlds Than These, a Talisman Novel by King and Straub
The final book of the Talisman Trilogy by Stephen King and Peter Straub, with Jack Sawyer returning.
Victorious (Villains, 3) by V. E. Schwab
The final novel of V. E. Schwab's Villains trilogy, picking up Eli Ever and Victor Vale's rivalry.
Partita, a Novel of Music and Passion
A Read with Jenna pick about a brief love affair and a lifelong longing for music.
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