2020 Holiday Gift Guide

The complete, super official Boswell Book Company 2020 holiday gift guide. Wow!

Here on this handy dandy website, we offer you two ways to shop. Every item from our holiday guide is listed on this page, so keep scrolling to browse a sampling. Looking for something a little more specific? Prefer your experience a touch more targeted? Click on a link below to browse each section of the guide, one page at a time.

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold By Toshikazu Kawaguchi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781335430991
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Hanover Square Press - November 17th, 2020

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Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger 1) By Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781643750057
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Young Readers - September 15th, 2020

The World of Sherlock Holmes 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw Puzzle By Nicholas Utechin, Doug Miller (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Nicholas Utechin, Doug Miller (Illustrator)
$21.99
ISBN: 9781786277497
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Laurence King Publishing - September 29th, 2020

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The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch By Miles Harvey Cover Image
$29.00
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ISBN: 9780316463591
Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 14th, 2020

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We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel By Quan Barry Cover Image
$26.95
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ISBN: 9781524748098
Published: Pantheon - March 3rd, 2020

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The Second Home: A Novel By Christina Clancy Cover Image
$26.99
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ISBN: 9781250239341
Published: St. Martin's Press - June 2nd, 2020

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Crooked Hallelujah By Kelli Jo Ford Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802149121
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Grove Press - July 14th, 2020

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The Paris Hours: A Novel By Alex George Cover Image
$26.99
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ISBN: 9781250307187
Published: Flatiron Books - May 5th, 2020

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The Coyotes of Carthage: A Novel By Steven Wright Cover Image
$26.99
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ISBN: 9780062951663
Published: Ecco - April 14th, 2020

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Such a Fun Age: Reese's Book Club (A Novel) By Kiley Reid Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525541905
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - December 31st, 2019

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Hamnet By Maggie O'Farrell Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780525657606
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Knopf - July 21st, 2020

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The Story of a Goat By Perumal Murugan, N. Kalyan Raman (Translator) Cover Image
By Perumal Murugan, N. Kalyan Raman (Translator)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802147516
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Grove Press, Black Cat - December 10th, 2019

Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780593233009
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: One World - October 6th, 2020

Herstory Museum 1000 Piece Foil Puzzle By Ana San Jose Cortajarena (Artist) Cover Image
$17.99
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ISBN: 9780735365414
Published: Galison - June 30th, 2020

STET! Dreyer's English: A Game for Language Lovers, Grammar Geeks, and Bibliophiles By Benjamin Dreyer Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593137857
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Clarkson Potter - July 7th, 2020

Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places By Annette Giesecke, Jim Tierney (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Annette Giesecke, Jim Tierney (Illustrator)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780762470013
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Black Dog & Leventhal - October 6th, 2020

Solutions and Other Problems By Allie Brosh Cover Image
$30.00
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ISBN: 9781982156947
Published: Gallery Books - September 22nd, 2020

Humans By Brandon Stanton Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781250114297
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Press - October 6th, 2020

The French Laundry, Per Se (The Thomas Keller Library) By Thomas Keller Cover Image
$75.00
ISBN: 9781579658496
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Artisan - October 27th, 2020

Singed copies while supplies last!!


Pie Camp: The Skills You Need to Make Any Pie You Want By Kate McDermott Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781682684139
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Countryman Press - October 6th, 2020

Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook By Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Tara Wigley Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780399581755
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Ten Speed Press - October 13th, 2020

200 Bird Songs from Around the World By Les Beletsky Cover Image
$50.00
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ISBN: 9780760368831
Published: becker&mayer! books - October 13th, 2020

Avian Friends 1000 Piece Puzzle By Galison, Geninne D. Zlatkis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Galison, Geninne D. Zlatkis (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780735333413
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Galison - December 1st, 2011

How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back By Jeff Tweedy Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9780593183526
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dutton - October 13th, 2020

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics By Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9781797205090
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Chronicle Books - November 17th, 2020

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Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick By Rumaan Alam Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062667632
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Ecco - October 6th, 2020

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Homeland Elegies: A Novel By Ayad Akhtar Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9780316496421
Published: Little, Brown and Company - September 15th, 2020

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Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780525620785
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Del Rey - June 30th, 2020

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Hench: A Novel By Natalie Zina Walschots Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062978578
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: William Morrow - September 22nd, 2020

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Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them By Adrienne Raphel Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780525522089
Published: Penguin Press - March 17th, 2020

Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind By Kermit Pattison Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9780062410283
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: William Morrow - November 10th, 2020

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We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence By Becky Cooper Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781538746837
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
(This book cannot be returned.)
Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 10th, 2020

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The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone's Legendary Druid Pack By Rick McIntyre, Marc Bekoff (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Rick McIntyre, Marc Bekoff (Foreword by)
$26.95
ISBN: 9781771645249
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Greystone Books - September 29th, 2020

Cat Rescue: (Fun Family Card Game for Cat Lovers, Quick and Easy Kitty Color-Matching Game for All Ages) By Ta-Te Wu Cover Image
$16.95
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ISBN: 9781452178035
Published: Chronicle Books - May 5th, 2020

Sun Flower Lion By Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
$18.99
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ISBN: 9780062866103
Published: Greenwillow Books - September 22nd, 2020

Every Night Is Pizza Night By J. Kenji López-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324005254
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Norton Young Readers - September 1st, 2020

Bunheads By Misty Copeland, Setor Fiadzigbey (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Misty Copeland, Setor Fiadzigbey (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780399547645
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - September 29th, 2020

50 Adventures in the 50 States By Kate Siber, Lydia Hill (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Siber, Lydia Hill (Illustrator)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780711254459
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Wide Eyed Editions - October 6th, 2020

The Mysteries of the Universe: Discover the best-kept secrets of space (DK Children's Anthologies) By Will Gater Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781465499332
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: DK Children - September 1st, 2020

Wink By Rob Harrell Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984815149
Availability: Not in stock at Boswell. Available to order.
Published: Dial Books - March 31st, 2020

Class Act: A Graphic Novel By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062885500
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Quill Tree Books - October 6th, 2020

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The Montague Twins: The Witch's Hand: (A Graphic Novel) By Nathan Page, Drew Shannon (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Nathan Page, Drew Shannon (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525646778
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - July 14th, 2020