If you're shopping for someone who always has a book going and a stack of "to be read" titles waiting their turn, a few well-chosen stationery pieces can be a genuinely great gift. Here are some of our favorites for the reader in your life who also loves to journal.
A mug that says it out loud
Our Books Are My Social Life mug and I'd Rather Be Home Finishing Up My TBR Pile mug are perfect for the reader who would genuinely rather stay home with a book than go out. They're a low-effort, high-impact gift that gets used daily with morning coffee or evening tea.
Books Are My Social Life
I'd Rather Be Finishing My TBR
Somewhere to actually track what they've read
A surprising number of avid readers can't remember what they read three months ago. Our Reading Log Notepad gives them a simple place to jot the title, date finished, and a quick rating, so their reading history doesn't just disappear into memory.
A place to actually process what they thought
For the reader who likes to reflect a little deeper, the Book Review Notepad gives structured space to write out real thoughts on a book, not just a star rating. Pair it with the Book Review Shelf notepad for a fun visual way to track a whole shelf of finished titles at a glance.
Reading Log Notepad
Book Review Notepad
Book Review Shelf
A bookmark that's actually cute enough to use
A good bookmark disappears into the pages the moment you find it, so a little personality goes a long way. Our Hey Boo Spooky Cute Ghost Bookmark is a clip-style bookmark with kawaii pumpkins and bats that makes a small, thoughtful add-on to any of the gifts above.
Put together a mini gift set
None of these need to stand alone. A mug, a reading log, and a bookmark wrapped together make a complete, ready-to-give set for under the cost of a hardcover book, and it's a gift that keeps getting used long after the wrapping paper is gone.
Find more gifts for readers
Browse our full Cups collection and Notepads collection for more pieces perfect for the reader and journaler in your life.
Keeping a reading log in a disc-bound planner
If the reader in your life keeps their reading log or book review notepad inside a disc-bound planner, they can pull a finished year's worth of logs out and start a fresh page without losing anything, or rearrange reviews by genre whenever they want. Our Planner Discs collection is worth a look if they're building that kind of setup from scratch.