OSmith June 17, 2020 0 comments

A Book is The Best Gift!

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.”
– Charles W. Eliot

Do you know that a book is the best gift? Why? The book is beyond time and fashion. It always filled with fresh ideas and interesting thoughts. A book is a great way to demonstrate your attitude to a person. This is not just a sign of attention, but a wonderful opportunity to show what you know about the interests, tastes and desires of the person to whom the gift is intended.

A gift book can be an ideal travel companion. It will cheer up, make you think, help to set priorities or just pass the time between flights in anticipation of landing. And it does not need an outlet or batteries, like a smartphone or laptop.

Have you read a book published the year you were born? You can always find a book published in the year of the birth of your friend or relative. It will be a truly magnificent and unforgettable gift.

1950

1950 – Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
1951 – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1952 – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1953 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
1954 – The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
1955 – Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
1956 – The Fall by Albert Camus
1957 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel
1958 – Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
1959 – The Tin Drum by Günter Grass

1960

1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1961 – Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
1962 – A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
1963 – The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
1964 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
1965 – Ariel by Sylvia Plath
1966 – Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
1967 – One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
1968 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
1969 – Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

1970

1970 – Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
1971 – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
1972 – Watership Down by Richard Adams
1973 – The Princess Bride by William Goldman
1974 – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
1975 – Shōgun by James Clavell
1976 – Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case by Agatha Christie
1977 – The Shining by Stephen King
1978 – The World According to Garp by John Irving
1979 – The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

1980

1980 – The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
1981 – Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
1982 – The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
1983 – The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
1984 – The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1985 – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
1986 – It by Stephen King
1987 – Misery by Stephen King
1988 – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1989 – The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

1990

1990 – Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
1991 – Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
1992 – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
1993 – Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
1994 – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
1995 – Blindness by José Saramago
1996 – A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
1997 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
1998 – The Hours by Michael Cunningham
1999 – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

2000

2000 – The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
2001 – Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2002 – The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2003 – The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
2004 – Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
2005 – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2006 – For One More Day by Mitch Albom
2007 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2008 – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2009 – The Maze Runner by James Dashner

2010

2010 – Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2011 – A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
2012 – Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
2013 – Inferno by Dan Brown
2014 – Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
2015 – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
2016 – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany
2017 – Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
2018 – Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
2019 – The Institute by Stephen King