Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping.

The gift is in the giving, or so they say. But there’s always that one person whose presence on your shopping list is more duty than delight. Our handy passive-aggressive gift guide offers some good suggestions for books that will show them just how much you care.

For the annoying dog parent:

Try… Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray

For that person who thought iso was a good time to adopt their first cat:

Try… What Cats Want: An Illustrated Guide for Truly Understanding Your Cat by Yuki Hattori

For someone veering into Qanon territory:

Try… Evil Geniuses by Kurt Andersen

For that friend from high school who can’t accept that maybe you’ve grown apart:

Try… How To Break Up With Friends by Hannah Korrel

For someone you’ve never seen wear the same outfit twice:

Try… Sustainable & Fashionable: Melbourne by Greta Lukavic

For a toddler – ANY toddler:

Try… The Whine Guide By Beck & Matt Stanton

For the friend who seems to relish talking about how terrible the world is, but never lifts a finger to make it better:

Try… Glimpses of Utopia By Jess Scully

For anyone who lives south of the Yarra:

Try… Northside by Warren Kirk

For the person who is always late:

Try… A calendar or diary

For the person who is always asking why you haven’t done more:

Try… Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

For your 20-something friend whose parents do their laundry:

Try… The Space Between by Zara McDonald & Michelle Andrews

For the inconsiderate housemate:

Try… Calm the F**k Down by Sarah Knight

For the friend who said they’d water your plants:

Try… Dr Houseplant by William Davidson

That friend with notoriously bad taste in men…

Try… Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni

For your most endearingly pretentious friend:

Try… Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval

For the person you really just want to swear at:

Try… Rooted: An Australian history of bad language by Amanda Laugesen

Still stumped? We also sell gift vouchers which can be used in-store and online.