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Gifts for book lovers: a blind date with a book

Buying a book for a reader is hard. They have read everything, they have a list as long as your arm, and whatever you pick, there’s a fair chance it’s already on their shelf. A blind date with a book gets around all of that: you choose the kind of story they love, and we choose the book. It arrives wrapped, a little mysterious, and picked for the tropes they can’t resist.

A wrapped blind date book with a hand-written note, ready to give as a gift

Pick the genre, not the book

You don’t need to know what they’ve read. You only need to know what they love.

  • For the hopeless romantic who still believes in happily ever after: Romance.
  • For the one who wants dragons with their love story: Romantasy.
  • For the adventurer who lives for maps, magic and epic quests: Fantasy.
  • For the reader who likes their love interests dangerous: Dark Romance.
  • For the one who always guesses the twist (or swears they did): Mysteries / Thriller.

Not sure which tropes they love? Our romantasy tropes guide explains the big ones, and every genre page lists the tropes its bundles are built around.

Book or box?

A book bundle is one hand-picked book, wrapped, with a handful of goodies tucked inside the paper and a hand-written note. That’s a lovely little gift on its own. A box bundle is everything in the book bundle, boxed, with even more goodies packed in alongside it. If you want the full unboxing moment, go for the box.

Mind the spice

Every bundle wears a spice rating on its page: Sweet, Warm or Scorching. For a gift, it’s worth a moment’s thought: what’s perfect for your best friend might not be what you want to hand your mother-in-law.

What if they already own it?

Add Been There, Read That Protection to the bundle in your cart. If the book turns out to be one they already own, it becomes a free exchange, postage both ways on us. Without it they can still exchange it; our refund policy has the details.

Sending it

Put their address in as the shipping address at checkout and we’ll send it straight to them, anywhere in the United States. The book arrives already wrapped, so the surprise stays a surprise.

Planning around a birthday or holiday? We usually dispatch within three to five business days, so order with a little room to spare. Our shipping policy has rates and timings.

Treat yourself, too

We won’t tell anyone if you buy two. Browse the shop and pick a date for yourself while you’re here.