Buying a gift for a writer shouldn’t require reading their manuscript. Here are seven finds worth grabbing for a stocking, a writing-group gift exchange, or just because.
1. Storymatic Starter Pack
$15 · Storytelling game
Fifty cards filled with characters and situations you probably wouldn’t have thought to put together. Draw a few, see what happens, and give your imagination something to work with besides the blinking cursor.
2. Magnetic Poetry Book Lover Kit
$16.95 · Literary fun
Turn your refrigerator into a place for bad poetry, accidental brilliance, and sentences that make absolutely no sense. Hundreds of magnetic word tiles make this a surprisingly entertaining gift.
3. Book Darts
$13.99 · Reading accessory
Ever read a sentence so good you wanted to steal it? Book Darts let you mark the exact line without folding the page or writing in the margins. A tin of 50 should keep even the most obsessive reader busy.
4. Field Notes Pocket Notebooks
$12.95 · Three-pack
For the brilliant plot twist that arrives in the grocery store and disappears by the time you get home. These little notebooks fit in a pocket, so there’s no excuse for trusting your memory again.
5. Zebra Mildliner Highlighters
$7 · Five-pack
For the writer who’s finally printed out a draft and discovered just how much work it needs. Five muted colors make it easy to track problems without turning the manuscript into a fluorescent crime scene.
6. Bookaroo Sticky Tabs
$4.99 · 40 tabs
A classy set of page markers for flagging favorite passages, organizing notes, or keeping track of everything that needs fixing in Chapter Seven. Available in several coordinated color palettes, including a particularly handsome monochrome set.
7. Finish Your F*&^%$G Novel
$13 · Writing workbook
If the writer on your list already has enough notebooks, our Finish Your F*&^%$G Novel workbook offers practical help getting a manuscript across the finish line. It’s a useful gift for someone who needs a plan more than another place to write one.
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Prices are US prices on each store’s site, checked October 2026, and they change.