As last-minute gifts go, you can't go far wrong with a book. Here are a few of 2023's finest – on subjects as diverse as houseplants, magic, rainbows, fossils, brains and the night sky, with Harry Potter, Heartstopper and Christmas thrown in for good measure.
Discover more pressie ideas in my other Christmas guides, including Advent Calendars, Stockings & Sacks, Pyjamas and Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers and Reception, Age 6 to 9, 10+ and Stocking Fillers.

Arboretum by Tony Kirkham and Katie Scott (Templar, RRP £25)

A Jungle in Your Living Room by Michael Holland (Flying Eye, RRP £16.99)

Please Don’t Bite Me by Dr Nazzy Pakpour and Owen Davey (Flying Eye, RRP £14.99)

Hear Our Voices by Radhika Natarajan, Chao Tayiana (Quarto, RRP £14.99)

I Am, You Are by Ashley Harris Whaley (Penguin Random House, £12.99)

Growing Up Powerful by Nona Willis Aronowitz (Rebel Girls, RRP £15)

Kay’s Incredible Inventions by Adam Kay (Penguin, £11.99)

Over the Rainbow by Rachael Davis (Flying Eye, RRP £12.99)

Brains by John Devolle (Pushkin, RRP £12.99)

Baby Touch Happy Christmas (Ladybird, RRP £5.99)

Christmas Songbook by Amy Adele (Magic Cat, RRP £20)

Knock, Knock, Merry Christmas by Rob Hodgson (Magic Cat, RRP £9.99)

Stones and Bones by Rob Wilshaw (Cicada, RRP £16.99)

Brilliant Black British History by Atinuke (Bloomsbury, RRP £12.99)

Big Ideas from History (School of Life Press, RRP £22)

Who Let the Words Out? By Joshua Seigal (Bloomsbury, RRP £7.99)

Forwards Always by Matthew Hodson (Cicada, RRP £12.99)

What You Need to be Warm by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury, RRP £12.99)

Name That Thing! by Dr Gareth Moore (Magic Cat, RRP £17.99)

Welcome to the Mysteryverse! By Clive Gifford (Quarto, RRP £20)

A Miscellany of Mischief and Magic by Tom Adams (Wide Eyed, RRP £16.99)

Legendary Creatures by Adam Auerbach (Pushkin, RRP £14.99)

Lore of the Stars by Claire Cock-Starkey (Quarto, RRP £14.99)

Dragon Lore by Curatonia Draconis (Magic Cat, RRP £12.99)

Heartstopper Volumes 1-5 by Alice Oseman (Hodder, £35.99)

The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury, RRP £30)
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