It’s nearly the happiest season of all—Christmas! Which means it’s time to start thinking about ways to make this holiday merry and bright…and one of the best ways to do that this year is with book advent calendars.
When looking for ways to celebrate, a book advent calendar could be a delightful addition to your Christmas festivities. Essentially, you open a book or bookish gift every day leading up to Christmas! If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, then check out this list of the best book advent calendars to find one for yourself or to give a fellow book lover.
1. 12 Day Bookish Advent Calendar
Looking for a book-themed Christmas advent calendar that has lots of cute gifts to open and enjoy? This 12 Day Bookish Advent Calendar is an excellent choice!
This bookish advent calendar comes with 12 individually-wrapped, book-themed gifts that are perfect for any book lover. It is meant to be opened in the last 12 days leading up to Christmas Eve/Christmas, which means you’ll start opening the gifts on December 13th or 14th. Bookworms are sure to enjoy opening each day’s item for a fun surprise leading up to the holidays!
Inside the box, you’ll find wrapped bookish gifts that include fun items such as a metal ornament, enamel pins, vinyl stickers, keychain, metal bookmarks, and more! Only a few of the items are holiday themed, and the rest are designs meant to be enjoyed all year long.
Buy the 12 Day Bookish Advent Calendar now! (or buy it on Etsy here!)
2. 25 Days Book Christmas Advent Calendar
If you want a book advent calendar that specifically features books you can read (instead of just book-themed gifts), then this 25 Days Book Christmas Advent Calendar is a great option!
This advent calendar comes pre-wrapped and numbered so you have a book to open for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas! Books are preloved but all in like-new condition, and you can choose from a calendar that provides a random lot of books or you can check out the other genre or age-specific versions here if you want to specify your reading tastes.
And there’s even some fun candy canes thrown in as a treat for while you read! So this book advent box is perfect if you’re looking to open a surprise book each day throughout the Christmas season.
Buy the 25 Days Book Christmas Advent Calendar now!
3. Wrapped Book Advent Calendars
Looking for a book advent calendar that is made up exclusively of books? If so, then these Wrapped Book Advent Calendars are a great choice!
You can get these calendars in your choice of 12 days or 24 days of gifts, and they come in varying genres and themes and for varying age groups. You can also choose between getting advent calendars with gently-used books inside, or getting ones with all new books!
Buy the Wrapped Book Advent Calendars now!
4. 12 Days of Christmas Advent Box
The next book advent calendar you should consider is this 12 Days of Christmas Advent Box.
You’ll love counting down to Christmas with this 12 day advent calendar! All the designs in this box are never before sold, and none of the items are Christmas themed except the ornament (so you can use them all year round). Some of the items you may find include a bookmark, an ornament, a tote bag, coaster, sticker sheets, pin, and more!
Buy the 12 Days of Christmas Advent Box now!
5. 24 Days of Bookish Gifts Advent Calendar Box
The 24 Days of Bookish Gifts Advent Calendar Box is another option that will bring bookish Christmas cheer to you this year!
Inside this box, you’ll find 24 individually wrapped and numbered small bookish gifts to open each day from December 1st-24th. These books include stickers, bookmarks, bookplates, greeting cards, postcards, gift tags, ornaments, and notepads, so there’s lots of fun surprises awaiting you!
Buy the 24 Days of Bookish Gifts Advent Calendar Box now!
6. Bookish Advent Calendar
If you’re looking for a fun but more inexpensive book advent calendar option, then this Bookish Advent Calendar is the way to go!
This calendar contains a total of 12 super cute bookmas themed items, including a variety of bookmarks, stickers, and a Christmas tree ornament!
Buy the Bookish Advent Calendar now!
7. There And Back Again, a Hobbit’s Holiday Advent Box
Looking for a book advent calendar that features a specific book? If you like the Lord of the Rings series, then this There And Back Again, a Hobbit’s Holiday Advent Box is a fantastic advent calendar!
This calendar comes with 12 individually wrapped gifts that are numbered and ready to open each day. Inside are full-size items in a mix of self-care, paper goods, and more inspired by favorite Hobbit and Lord of the Rings moments, characters, and places! It makes a great advent calendar for LOTR fans or any bookworm in your life!
Buy the There And Back Again, a Hobbit’s Holiday Advent Box now!
Looking for more LOTR items? Check out these fun LOTR gifts!
8. Pride and Prejudice Advent Calendar
If you’re a fan of Jane Austen or Pride and Prejudice, then another great book-specific advent calendar you’ll love is this Pride and Prejudice Advent Calendar!
This calendar features 12 days of Pride and Prejudice themed gifts, so you can open individually wrapped gifts daily in the last 12 days leading up to Christmas Eve! All the designs in this bookish advent calendar are newly released specifically for this box, and only a few of them are holiday themed so you can use the gifts all year round.
You can choose between two boxes: the 12 Days of Stickers box (which includes 12 vinyl stickers) and the 12 Days of Pride and Prejudice Box (which includes items like a notepad, journal, tote bag, keychain, pin, vinyl stickers, and more!). You can also choose to add on a shirt and book if you so choose. But whichever variation you decide on, Jane Austen fans are sure to adore this fun bookish advent calendar!
Buy the Pride and Prejudice Advent Calendar now!
See more fun items for Pride and Prejudice lovers here!
9. Create Your Own Book Advent Calendar
And last, if you didn’t see an option you loved on the list above, you can always create your own book advent calendar!
To do this, you can buy your own books or buy your own stickers, bookmarks, etc. to fill the gifts for 12 or 24 days leading up to Christmas. The nice thing about this is you can completely customize it to the recipient! E.g., you can make it for any age group (picture books for kids, teen books for teens, etc.) and for any interest (e.g., make one that’s for a LOTR fan or Harry Potter fan). And if you have a book-loving friend, consider swapping by making one for them and having them make one for you!
Once you have all the books or bookish items for each day’s gift, then wrap them in cute wrapping like this bookish wrapping paper or these printable storybook boxes. Or, if you prefer, get a whole Christmas Advent Box kit so all you need to do is add the items!
If you need help deciding what to put in your advent calendar, check out these book lists to find fun books to add or check out these gift guides to find small gifts to put in each day’s present!
Looking for more bookish Christmas fun? Check out these cute book ornaments!