The Read Max Gift Guide 2024

In lieu of a roundup, some holiday spirit

Greetings from Read Max HQ! Most weeks the paid Read Max post is dedicated a recommendation roundup column, in which I pick out some worthwhile and often overlooked books, articles, movies, and music to recommend to paying subscribers. Not this week, where we’re taking advantage of holiday timing and recommending trusted and Read Max-endorsed objects to purchase for loved ones. Among the treasures behind the payroll:

• Extremely ugly but comfortable slides and slippers;

• a series of books my four-year-old loves;

• a $5,000 wall-mounted clock perfect for the discerning intelligence officer’s situation room;

• an art project consisting of a period-authentic strategy guide to a non-existent dungeon-crawler video game;

• and more!

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