Stumped On What To Buy For Your Bookworms? Need A Page-Turner For Your Holiday Travels? Here’s What The Pros Recommend

Knee-deep in holiday shopping and stumped on gifts? Haven't found a book yet to pack for your year-end getaway?

No fear, here are the top recommendations from two Colorado booksellers for books to read or give as gifts — all with Colorado or Western themes. 

Nicole Magistro is owner of The Bookworm of Edwards and Bethany Strout is the buyer for the Tattered Cover Bookstores.

Magistro's Picks

• "The Winter Army" — Maurice Isserman
• "Mosquito" — Timothy Winegard
• "For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library" — Thatcher Wine
• "Wild Game" — Adrienne Broudeur
• "Truman" — written by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins
• "When The Snow Is Deeper Than My Boots" — written by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Joey Chou

Strout's Picks

• "Running with Sherman" — Christopher McDougall
• "Rerun Era" — Joanna Howard
• "Half Baked Harvest Super Simple" — Tieghan Gerard
• "Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuko Ando" — written by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Kana Urbanowicz

Happy holiday reading!