10 best holiday gift book ideas

Looking for that extra-special something for a book-loving friend? Here are 10 Monitor staff recommendations of gift books that stand out from the crowd.

8. Special illustrated editon of "At Home," by Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson's 2010 bestseller "At Home" is one of those delightful books that pulls the curtain back on the familiar. Why do we live the way that we do? Where do our concepts of home come from? Why does YOUR house look the way that it does? And now, even better than Bryson's original book is the illustrated version, with more than 300 images to heighten the pleasure of Bryson's entertaining text. (Knopf Doubleday, $40, 560 pp.)

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