If you're looking for gift ideas for the book lovers in your life, Michael Varty with Perfect Books has a list of suggestions for a wide variety of ages and interests.

Here's the books he pointed to today:

• How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett
• Johnny Cash - The Life in Lyrics
• The Iliad - translated by Emily Watson
• Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
• The Wager by David Grann
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• Are You Willing To Die for the Cause by Chris Oliveros
• The World Within a Song by Jeff Tweedy
• The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie
• 60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla
• The Core of an Onion By Mark Kurlansky