40+ Most Beautiful Books of 2019 | A Holiday and Christmas Gift Guide
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- ★ Links below ⬇ if you need them. Want to see some (well, a lot!) of the most beautiful books published this year? I've added as many links as I could fit for the editions in the video, and the rest are on the website (along with even more books I couldn’t quite squeeze into the video) here: bit.ly/2019xmasbooks
I hope you enjoy the reviews and make lots of new wonderful discoveries!
Some book links below are affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Anatomicum - Jennifer Paxton
Amazon amzn.to/2QQ4ZFv
Book Depository tidd.ly/a8481d95
Animalphabet - Julia Donaldson
AZ amzn.to/35Ag4ig
BD tidd.ly/44babbac
Alice in Wonderland - MinaLima
AZ amzn.to/34lWoOX
BD tidd.ly/ddf1ef6d
A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer
AZ amzn.to/2F5QSFy
BD bit.ly/MagTale
Guardians of Magic - Chris Riddell
AZ amzn.to/33dBgcg
BD tidd.ly/dcdb1173
Prudence - Charlotte Gastaut
AZ amzn.to/34uKBh3
BD tidd.ly/dd473518
Starfell Willow Moss - Dominique Valente
AZ amzn.to/2OHWauY
BD tidd.ly/d04ccbed
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - Charlie Mackesy
AZ amzn.to/2OIVplk
BD tidd.ly/a4104131
House Without Windows - Follett & Morris
AZ amzn.to/2rq2LlA
BD tidd.ly/67e0b925
Wonders of Nature - Ben Hoare
AZ amzn.to/2Djd2mc
BD tidd.ly/6430d097
Liberty of London
Milkman - Anna Burns bit.ly/LibertyMilk
Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath bit.ly/LibertyJar
Thomas Nelson’s Seasons Editions - Winter
A Tale of Two Cities
BD: tidd.ly/ecb43a88 | AZ: amzn.to/2KfPhB6
Little Women
BD: tidd.ly/372d9bba | AZ: amzn.to/2WFKE5i
Pride & Prejudice
BD: tidd.ly/39efb0db | AZ: amzn.to/2WwbSuU
Wuthering Heights
BD: tidd.ly/5dd9be31 | AZ: amzn.to/2IBHPNq
Chiltern Classics
AZ: amzn.to/2Xvugso | BD: tidd.ly/4380dfa7
Boy Swallows Universe - Trent Dalton AU: bit.ly/BoySwallow
A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J Maas
AZ: amzn.to/36V95lt
BD: tidd.ly/85b7e6b6
Gathering of Shadows - VE Schwab
AZ (US ed): amzn.to/2EG3STC
BD (UK ed): tidd.ly/85b7e6b6
Conjuring of Light - VE Schwab
AZ (US ed): amzn.to/2KrvoXU
BD (UK ed): tidd.ly/64ab8ad6
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
AZ amzn.to/2BTatqg
BD tidd.ly/c21ad05f
Good Omens: www.GoodOmensIllustrated.com
Time Machine
AZ: amzn.to/2R82IGs
BD: tidd.ly/3def0ed7
Jekyll and Hyde
AZ: amzn.to/2R82IGs
BD: tidd.ly/a9249aa3
The Binding - Bridget Collins
AZ: amzn.to/2VpyYnR
BD: tidd.ly/8c3a4d63
WS: tidd.ly/9e764acc
Collector's Edition of Crooked Kingdom
BD tidd.ly/711749cf
Collector's Edition of Six of Crows
BD tidd.ly/4789db9b
The Deathless Girls - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
AZ amzn.to/2qSCbkU
BD tidd.ly/2dc14639
The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman
AZ amzn.to/2MNd1hZ
BD tidd.ly/e94b0c30
Slipcased bit.ly/Dust2Case
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
WS tidd.ly/45980e1b
AZ amzn.to/2F52E2Y
BD tidd.ly/8699f514
Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell
AZ: amzn.to/2OnP2oj
BD: tidd.ly/8bdf6c68
Hobbit Sketchbook
AZ amzn.to/2sq46cB
BD tidd.ly/f0eea3e
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
AZ amzn.to/2QWmV1i
BD tidd.ly/fe01b6a1
Poems to Fall in Love With - Chris Riddell
AZ amzn.to/2DlWyKn
BD tidd.ly/6d501103
The Body - Bill Bryson
AZ amzn.to/35EOwbp
BD tidd.ly/3f055bc2
Booked - Richard Kreitner
AZ amzn.to/2R0sA6p
BD tidd.ly/569c1b9b
Literary Places - Baxter & Grimes
AZ amzn.to/2ORn57G
BD tidd.ly/42104dbc
The Secret Life of Books by Tom Mole
AZ amzn.to/2XUhRvG
BD tidd.ly/5a451716
World War II Infographics by Jean Lopez
BD bit.ly/WW2Graph
AZ amzn.to/2qSFEA7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Illustrated by Jim Kay
US: amzn.to/2F4gLW8
UK: tidd.ly/c5a53744
US LE: amzn.to/2F4gLW8
UK LE: tidd.ly/77fddc98
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child : The Journey
AZ: amzn.to/34mMOLD
BD: tidd.ly/a3310ec7
A Children’s Literary Christmas
BD bit.ly/34vtJHc
AZ tidd.ly/f43cfbe2
Argh! Out of space, see here for remaining links: bit.ly/2019xmasbooks
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Links to most of the books are in the description box, and also on the website here (along with many other shortlisted books that didn't quite make it into the video): bit.ly/2019xmasbooks
i like to imagine that you are a fantasical library, who has like a secret magic room where lots of supernatural wonder exists but only special children of great talent are allowed in
Aw, isn't that everyone's best dream come true??? (I can neither confirm nor deny, but I wil say that when readers enter my house they gasp with joy and settle themselves down in front of one of the shelves for the long haul. Non-readers are more likely to ask pointed questions about structural load-bearing requirements of the floor and nervously eye the nearest exit in case they get sucked into Narnia by accident...) Don't worry, you'll be allowed in 😘
I am also glad I am not the only one who decided that all of folios societies winter collection were too beautiful to to get!
Pangalactic Gargleblaster Their latest collection was just incredible 💕💕💕
My favorite of 2019 was A Game of Thrones from the Folio Society. Absolutely stunning, and I didn’t even regret spending $200 like I thought I would. Name of the wind 10 year anniversary was also beautifup
Yes, the FS Game of Thrones is really special - they definitely hit that out of the park 💕(although I think they are planning to release one a year in the series, so make sure you have some serious shelf space and wallet love ready if you're going to keep going!) I loved the Name of the Wind anniversary edition as well (I included that one in last year's video). I saw Doors of Stone preorders come up with a 2020 release date on Amazon a few months ago which was pretty exciting, but sadly it seemed to disappear pretty fast so my hopes were dashed...
Yes I am already be saving up for the whole series lol. Maybe by next year winds of winter will be released and then they can get around to A Dream of Spring when it comes out in 2025??? I’m too hopeful. :) But yes I also saw that release date for preorder actually fairly recently.... here’s to hoping!
Looking forward to your pick-up for 2020 so so much!
Aw, thanks :)
I really enjoy everything you do, thank you!
Beth Flynn Aw, thanks, so lovely of you to say 💕
The most beautiful book I bought this year was 'Fearless tales for fearless girls', I already love fairy tale collections/retellings focused on women and Khoa Le illustrations are lovely. Another similar book that was published a while ago but I only discovered this year is 'The Serpent Slayer And Other Stories of Strong Women' by Katrin Hyman Tchana and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
maskedgeekgirl Yes, those Khoa Le illustrations are lovely! I adore Trina Schart Hyman’s illustrations and The Serpent Slayer is a stunning collection. Have you also seen Changing Woman and Her Sisters by the same artist/daughter combo? 💕😀
@@BeautifulBooks I've bought Changing Woman, but haven't yet had the time to read it. Unfortunately I doubt I'll have the time for it in the near future as I'm moving. As I'm sure you're aware moving when you love collecting books is a massive pain.
maskedgeekgirl oh yes, I’ve moved country a few times with my library and the book boxes are by far the heaviest and most painful of all! Best of luck with the move, and I hope you will be reunited with your books soon 📚📚📚😀
Oh My Goodness!!! All the wonderful, magical, glorious books! I was lucky enough to get copies of Deeplight, The Binding and The Deathless Girls this year and I'm planning to get the special edition of A Court of Thorns and Roses, the newest illustrated Harry Potter and that winter edition of Little Women and the Mina Lima Alice book. Actually, I need Peter Pan in that series too. Santa ... are you listening?? Hello??? I do wish that a nice companion set of Louisa May Alcott's books would be published by someone. I'd like to have at least Little Men and a few others in nice hardcovers. The Folio books you've shown are amazing with Howl's Moving Castle and The Phantom of the Opera being my favourites. The children's books here will give me some great ideas for my godson's son as I am trying to build him a decent library ... though he's only 19 months old at the moment. If I have anything to do with it he'll be a book lover when he grows up!! Thank you for sharing this amazing video. It shows as a labour of love. Sending warmest best wishes for you and your family for the holidays. Hope that Santa will bring you lots of beautiful books for Christmas too!
Oh, thanks so much for sharing your faves! I agree, a full set of beautiful editions of the Alcott books would be great - I'll keep my eye out 😉And it sounds like you will be the best "book aunt / book fairy-god-grand-mother?" ever! And thanks for the lovely kind words - this video took soooooo loooong (and I still had even more books I would have loved to show, but I thought maybe I was already going a bit overboard, ha 📚📚📚) xxx 😘
I love your videos and books. I bought The Ten Thousand Doors of January this year because it had a beautiful cover.
Thank you 😀 I've seen that book in the shops and agree the cover is just stunning! (this year has had some really amazing floral designs I think) the synopsis sounds cool - did you like it???
@@BeautifulBooks It was a lovely read. I also purchased The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers based on its beautiful cover. I find it a great fun way to choose books I would not normally read. Your video has helped me select a few more :)
@@KitKat-ge1cb Excellent! Always happy to enable beautiful book purchases (and be enabled too!) xx
Omg 😱 so many books 📚 I need NOW! My pocket book is going to hate me so much 😨 lol thanks for this amazing vid 👍
NyagoNoir Thanks for watching 💕 Good luck with the choices 📚 and so sorry to the budget 😬
nice video..looking to add some of the books to my collection.
Prasanth Kiran Excellent! 📚💕
this may be a really oddly specific question, but does the Alice in wonderland (folio) have this page from the limited edition with the words going down like some smoke? czcams.com/video/eppspAPUogQ/video.html
Yes, the Folio standard edition of the CVS Alice does have the same layout as the limited edition (one small difference - the page has two lines of text from the story at the top of the page not just one). (And that 'long tale' page is one I always check to see how creative the designers are 😉)
A bit late to the party here. But, by golly!
Never too late to find beautiful books!!!
Have you seen brandon Sanderson's leather bound editions ??
Chanda Macek Only online unfortunately - I have all his Tor hardbacks already and shipping of the leatherbounds to Oz was just too steep. Do you have them?
Beautiful Books no I wish, one day, maybe