The leaves may still be clinging to the trees, but the fact remains that Christmas is coming around the corner, whistling a jaunty carol. So with a nod to the gods of global warming, the books desk turns festive this weekend, and begins to wrestle with that perennial question of what to put under the tree. And for anyone as yet unpersuaded by the jolly ribbons wrapped around Jeff Bezos's latest gadget, that means finding an actual book.
This weekend we'll be hearing in the Guardian on Saturday and the Observer on Sunday from writers, critics and celebrities about the books that have most impressed them this year. We've got Booker-winner Julian Barnes citing Alice Munro, Mariella Frostrup hailing Robert Harris and Nick Hornby choosing an author who appeared a couple of weeks back on the Books podcast, Kevin Wilson - among many, many others.
But which are the books you've enjoyed the most this year? And what are your recommendations for those hard-to-buy-for bookworms?
