Our 2018 Christmas gift guide for the passive aggressive

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping.

If you’re hoping to use this gift-giving opportunity as a way to persuade and inspire your friends and family to your own superior way of thinking, this is the guide for you.


For the person who keeps killing houseplants…

Try… Handmade Houseplants by Corrie Beth Hogg & Christine Han


For the person who annoyingly thrives in hot weather…

Try… The Library of Ice by Nancy Campbell


For the person who is always too busy to catch up…

Try… My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh


For the person lacking in Christmas spirit…

Try… A Guinea Pig Christmas Carol by Tess Newall & Alex Goodwin


For the person who complains that you add ‘too much garlic’ to recipes…

Try… The Getting of Garlic by John Newton


For the person who won’t admit that they’re becoming more forgetful…

Try… Rewording the Brain by David Astle


For the Trump supporter…

Try… Becoming by Michelle Obama


For the person you wish would move to another planet…

Try… The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku


For the person who preaches mindfulness at every opportunity…

Try… Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty


For the person still complaining about the plastic bag ban at supermarkets…

Try… How to Live Plastic Free by the Marine Conservation Society


For the passionately carnivorous relative…

Try… Vegan Christmas by Gaz Oakley


For the person who works 80-hour weeks at the office…

Try… Cicada by Shaun Tan

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Handmade Houseplants

Corrie Beth Hogg

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