If the writer in your life doesn’t already have these books, any one (or two or three) of them will make a great gift.

If you think you’re ready to write your first memoir, take a moment to familiarize with the tradition of the genre by reading at least a few of these titles.

If you’re looking to immerse yourself in a contemporary, critically-acclaimed collection of poetry here are the most recent Pulitzer Prize Winners.

Here are some of the works every English major specializing in pre-18th-century literature should know.