Ready for your Christmas shopping? This week’s Stack covers six crowd-pleasing books to fill anybody’s stocking. Ella and Jake discuss their own Christmas lists, getting your colours done and what on earth to buy for your dad. The books featured in this week’s Stack:12.14 The Poetry Pharmacy14.17 My Friends - Fredrik Backman16.14 Is A River Alive? - Robert Macfarlane18.12 Death At The White Hart - Chris Chibnall19.40 The Little Book Of Miriam - Miriam Margoyles22.48 The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King - Harry TrevaldwynAlso featured:The Wedding People - Alison EspachNotes On Your Sudden Disappearance - Alison EspachThe Christmas Tree That Loved To Dance - Miranda HartAll The Best For The Future - Greg JamesBuckeye - Patrick Ryan Alchemised - SenLinYuThe Raven Scholar - Antonia HodgsonThe Safekeep - Yael van der WoudenThe Stack is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. We are @stackpodcast on socials.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcastPlease get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices