21 Best Book Club Gifts For 2025 That Your Group Will Actually Fight Over
If you are in a book club, you already know the truth: only half the chaos is about the book. The rest is snacks, scheduling, and someone saying “wait, what chapter are we on?”
That is why shopping for book club gifts is a little different from shopping for a random bookworm. You are not just buying for a reader. You are buying for a whole chaotic little reading family. Gifts need to work in a group setting, spark conversation, and be easy to share or duplicate.
We already have a separate guide to general book lover gifts for the reader in your life who hoards TBR piles like dragons hoard gold, so here we are focusing on gifts that work particularly well for clubs: host treats, group gifts, secret Santa ideas, and things you can actually use during meetings.
What makes a great book club gift?
If you’ve ever participated in a book club around the holiday season, you can quickly see some patterns. Most suggestions fall into four buckets:
Wearable bookish merch for “club girlies” who like to match
Pretty home and table items like mugs, trays, coasters and candles
Reading helpers such as journals, lights and bookmarks
A handful of books, usually “award-nominated” or book club friendly picks
Those are great starting points, but many lists treat readers as individuals, not as a group that meets, chats and occasionally argues about Animal Farm allegories. Good book club gifts should tick a few extra boxes:
Easy to share or buy in multiples
Useful in an actual meeting, not just on a random Tuesday
Flexible enough for mixed tastes, whether your club reads romantasy, classics or Colleen Hoover
Budget friendly for gift exchanges
With that in mind, here are 21 ideas that can work for the whole club, the generous host, or that one friend who always has the best theories.
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Gifts for the whole club to enjoy together
1. Printable book club game bundle
A set of printable book club games is an easy win for holiday meetings and low-energy nights. Think bingo, “who said it” quote games, trivia cards, and light icebreakers. Etsy and Amazon have ready-made bundles that you can print at home and use again.
Why it works:
One download, infinite meetings
Great for hybrid or online clubs
Helps when half the group has not quite finished the book
Pair this with our Book Club Discussion Questions so you have both silly games and deeper prompts in your toolkit.
2. “Blind date with a book” kit for the whole group
Instead of everyone buying random gifts, agree on a “blind date with a book” theme. Each member wraps a book, writes a few clues on the front, then swaps. You can grab printable tags and kits that make this very Instagram friendly.
It works especially well if your club reads from our Best Fantasy Books of 2025, According to BookTok list and wants to branch out into classics or literary fiction next.
3. Matching book club tumblers or wine glasses
We all love pretty drinkware, and they translate perfectly into book club gifts if you buy a matching set. Think insulated tumblers, stemless wine glasses, or reusable “book club night” cups the group can use at every meeting.
Choose a simple design like:
“Book Club Night”
“One More Chapter”
Your club’s inside joke
Bring them to the next meeting filled with something fizzy and you are done.
4. A book club snack board or themed serving platter
Nothing brings people together like matching plates, trays, bookish platters and hostess-style items for readers who love to feed their guests.
Look for:
A wooden cheese board engraved with “Book Club Snacks”
A platter shaped like an open book
A set of small snack bowls with literary quotes
If your group has read Animal Farm, you can lean into the theme with cheese and “all readers are equal, but some snacks are more equal than others”.
5. Book club coasters
There are so many coasters to choose from online, including library-card designs and “book club” sets like this awesome one we’ve shown above!
Why this is a great group gift:
Protects your host’s table from red wine disasters
Easy to bring as a small thank-you for the monthly host
Works for any genre season, from Christmas romances to dark academia
Gifts for your book club host (they deserve it)
There is always that one person who offers their living room, buys snacks “for fun”, and still apologises for the crumbs. They deserve something with a bow on it.
6. A literary-themed apron and tea towel set
Instead of another mug, consider a cute bookish apron paired with printed tea towels. Etsy and Amazon are full of aprons with slogans like “Book Club Snack Queen” or “My Book Club Reads Between the Wines”.
Add a pretty tea towel with a quote from Jane Austen and you have a thoughtful, funny host gift.
7. A “host only” special edition
As a rule of thumb, when we join another book club, we always suggest awarding the host with a book that the group loved.
Pick a special edition of a title you all read together this year, like a sprayed-edge romantasy from our Top 10 Romantasy Books According to BookTok or a gorgeous classic like Jane Eyre. Write a message inside from the whole club.
8. A “book club night” candle set
Most gifts lists mention candles, but for book club gifts, think in sets rather than singles. Grab two or three candles with reading-friendly scents: “Old Library”, “Rainy Night In”, or “Dark Academia”.
Keep them in a box marked “For Book Club Only” and leave them with the host. Next time you show up, the vibe is ready before the gossip even starts.
Wearable book club gifts for matching chaos
You can never go wrong with sweatshirts, hats and socks that make someone’s bookish personality very obvious, and they work perfectly for club gift exchanges.
9. Matching “Book Club” sweatshirts
Pick a simple design the group will actually wear outside the house, such as:
“Late Night Reading Club”
“Anti-Social Book Club”
A minimalist “Book Club” embroidered logo
Or a funny book quote like the one above by Tyrion Lanister
Order in different colors based on each person’s taste. You can present them at your holiday meeting and take a smug group photo.
10. Book club tote bags
For book club gifts, you can:
Print your club name and meeting year (“Est. 2023”)
Add a line from your favorite shared read
Use each person’s initials on the straps
They are perfect for hauling the current pick, notebooks, and whatever snack you swore you would not bring this time.
11. Bookish bracelets or enamel pins
Look for:
Bracelets made of tiny “book” charms
Enamel pins referencing genres your club reads most
A “book club” pin the host can wear every meeting
These make great small gifts for under-10-euro Secret Santa exchanges, and you can easily find them on Amazon or Etsy.
Gifts that level up your actual discussions
You are His & Hers Book Club people. Of course you care about the conversation itself.
12. A shared set of book club discussion cards
While we have a whole article full of book club discussion questions, some groups like having a physical deck they can shuffle in the middle of the snack plate.
Search for:
Conversation cards aimed at book clubs
General “deep talk” card decks
Printable Q&A prompts you can keep in a jar
Use them alongside our question list when the room falls quiet or when everyone is stuck on the same plot twist.
13. A dedicated book club reading journal
For book club gifts, you can:
Buy matching journals for everyone
Or pick one heavy-duty “club log” for the host
A club journal can track:
Each month’s pick and rating
Favourite quotes (you can steal from our 100 Quotes About Reading for inspiration)
Attendance, snacks that worked, and general chaos
14. A digital subscription the club can share
We recommend using book club gifts as a way to prep future reads, often through award-shortlisted novels and curated lists.
You can take that spirit and gift:
A shared subscription to an audiobook service
A few months of a “book of the month” style club
Credit at a local indie or Bookshop.org for your next picks
Decide together which titles to spend the credit on. If your group loved our Top 10 Most Boring Books article, you can also agree to use one month on a “so-bad-it’s-good” pick for the drama.
Seasonal and party-ready book club gifts
The holiday season is peak gift-exchange time. Here are a few smaller items that still feel tailored to book clubs rather than lone readers.
15. Book-themed ornament sets
Search Amazon for “book club ornaments” and you will find wooden and acrylic options with stacks of books, mini bookshelves and space to add your club name and year. Etsy has a ton too.
These are great for:
Club Secret Santa
A shared “book club tree” if your host is game
Thank-you gifts for the person who always bakes
16. Bookish kitchen towels and pot holders
Holiday meetings often include mulled wine, casseroles and precarious trays of cookies. A set of book-themed kitchen towels and pot holders gives a little personality boost to the host’s kitchen and makes their life easier.
Pick designs that match your typical reads. Dark towels with gothic fonts for horror and dark fantasy clubs, pastel for romance-heavy groups, etc.
17. “Book club in progress” door sign
A small sign or banner that says something like “Book Club In Session, Please Knock With Snacks” sounds silly, but it sets the tone and helps housemates or kids know when the living room is off-limits.
Bring it as a surprise to your host and hang it up every time the group meets.
18. Reading-themed board or card game
Look for:
Literature trivia
Word guessing party games
“Bookish bingo” sets
Use them on nights where no one finished the assigned book and you all pretend it was a “game night” from the start.
19. A “genre experiment” mini-book set
A safe bet is going for award-nominated titles that are easy to discuss.
You can copy the idea with your own spin:
Pick three short books in a genre your club usually avoids
Wrap them individually with a label like “sci fi experiment” or “literary pain but worth it”
Let members choose one each
If you need ideas, our 1984 review and The Master and Margarita piece can give you some excellent “discussion heavy” options.
20. Printable book club certificates
This one is pure fun. Search for printable “award certificates” for book clubs, or design your own. Categories could be:
Most Unhinged Theory
Fastest Reader
Snack Hero
Most Likely To Cry Over Fiction
Hand them out at your last meeting of the year. It turns your usual chat into a mini awards night.
21. A link to your shared bookish resources
It is not a product, but it pairs with everything else: send your club a little “resource pack” with links to:
Your upcoming reading plans, maybe pulled from Best Fantasy Books of 2025
Then, if you want to spoil them further, point them to your separate guide to book lover gifts for extra ideas outside the club setting.
Final thoughts on book club gifts
Good book club gifts do more than sit on a shelf. They help your group read more comfortably, talk more freely, and laugh a little louder.
Pick one “group” gift, one small thank-you for your host, and one silly extra for your holiday meeting. That mix keeps things fun without wrecking anyone’s budget, and it turns your club from “we meet once a month” into “this is my favourite recurring event on the calendar”.
If you put together a particularly good book club gift bundle, tag His & Hers Book Club on social media so we can quietly steal your ideas for our own group too.
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