Thoughtful Gift Hack: Signed, Personalized Books
The best present I ever got was a book signed by David Foster Wallace.
Sadly DFW is dead so you can’t get a book signed by him today.
But there are lots of fantastic living authors, many of whom will write a note TO YOUR FRIEND in the front of their book.
I have curated below the perfect book for every person on your list — and included a link where you can order a personalized, signed copy.
Katherine Center sent me a signed “Hello Stranger” and named the main character after me! (I helped her with her prosopagnosia research.)
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For The Funniest Person You Know
The perfect gift for the jokester in your tribe, Alexandra Petri's US History: Documents That I Made Up delivers laugh-out-loud, satirical takes on American history that will have them hooked from page one. Get a personalized, signed copy through East City Books for an extra special touch!
Put what you’d like Alexandra to write in the “notes” field at checkout.
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For the DC Native
Andrew Gifford grew up amidst the crumbling Gifford Ice Cream empire, which abruptly ended when his dad skipped town with all the company's money. “We All Scream” is the perfect gift for anyone who went to this local chain of ice cream parlors, as well as anyone who enjoys a good survival memoir, a la “Running with Scissors.”
Put what you’d like Andrew to write in the “notes” field at checkout.
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For the Science Nerd
“Do I Know You” is a memoir + science mashup about one woman’s discovery that she is emphatically not neurotypical. Along the way, our charming narrator learns all about how vision and memory work in the brain.
Comes with cool aphantasia stickers that you can also use as bookmarks.