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PAGE-TURNERS
These 2018 releases, widely available online and
in stores, will please all types of bibliophilesSTAMP OF APPROVAL Bring some unifor-
mity to their personal library with the Williams
Sonoma embosser and stand ($40), which
can be customized to feature your favorite
bookworm’s name. Williams Sonoma, Naples
(williams-sonoma.com)DEAR DIARY
Everyone needs a stylish journal,
so opt for this Hermès notebook
($115) with a silk cover and page
BOOK BAG marker. (hermes.com)
The Mykonos Muse
straw bag and book set
($150) from
Assouline is a
double-whammy
gift, complete with
a chic tote to haul
beach reads and a
divine tome devoted
to Mykonos culture.
(assouline.com)IT TAKES TWO
When it comes to
bookends, go for
glam with Restoration
Hardware’s Brazilian
agate stones ($123),
made from a natural
slice of agate that has
been cut in two and
polished. (rh.com)THE WRITE STUFF
Auto enthusiasts will adore
the Graf von Faber-Castell for
Bentley collection ($350-
$450) composed of fountain,
rollerball, and ballpoint
pens designed with a few of
the famed car company’s
signature flourishes.
Arabesque of Naples
(arabesqueofnaples.com)FICTION
The Female Per-
suasion (Riverhead
Books, $28), the
eleventh novel
from author Meg
Wolitzer, is anoth-
er fantastic study
in literary fiction,
one dominated
by a fascinating
interplay between
a meek college
coed and the
woman she hopes
to become.NONFICTION
Writer Michelle
McNamara passed
away while still re-
searching and writing
I’ll Be Gone in the
Dark: One Woman’s
Obsessive Search
for the Golden State
Killer (Harper, $28),
but her work on the
case helped the po-
lice catch the culprit
just this past spring.MEMOIR The late
Bill Cunningham—
who biked through
NYC documenting
all things sartorial for
The New York Times—
pioneered the art of
street style photogra-
phy. Fashion Climb-
ing: A Memoir with
Photographs (Penguin
Press, $27) shares the
untold story of this
notoriously private
public figure.WORD NERD
ENVIABLE ITEMS FOR THE WELL-HEELED
WRITER OR READER