18 Books That Make Thoughtful Gifts for Your Valentine
Maybe you are a hopeless romantic who has February 14 marked on your calendar. Maybe you ignore or even loathe this Hallmark holiday. Maybe you're somewhere in between (Galentine's Day anyone?)... But one thing is for sure: showing your love through books is ALWAYS a good idea. Here are 18 thoughtful books to give to your person for this year's Valentine's Day.
18 books
Top contemporary photographers explore love, desire and intimacy in the catalog to this sexy exhibition at the International Center of Photography. Stunning gift for any photography buff. 
Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy
Simon BakerHardcover, 2023
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Arguably, the greatest love poet of modern times. And definitely the most lovely edition to gift. 
Maria Popova & Tia Williams
Love Poems
Pablo NerudaMaria Popova & Tia WilliamsPaperback, 2008
$11.95$5.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Get it just so you can recite "Having a Coke With You" to your valentine. 
Paul Semel
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
Frank O'HaraPaul SemelPaperback, 1995
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An extravagant bouquet-in-a-book from the OG master botanist.
Basilius Besler. the Garden at Eichstätt
Klaus Walter LittgerHardcover, 2024
$200.00$175.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
This Kirkus Prize winning book interlaces perfume history with memoir - and is a much more interesting gift than a bottle of perfume... 
Maud Newton & Hanif Abdurraqib
In Sensorium: Notes for My People
TanaïsMaud Newton & Hanif AbdurraqibHardcover, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A pocket-size guide to the spiritual quest to break through illusion to actually confront love in its raw form. 
Angela Chen & What Is Stoicism? 🌷
Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello
Anthony de MelloAngela Chen & What Is Stoicism? 🌷Paperback, 1995
$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A lyrical meditation on love and its paradoxical nature of bliss and suffering.
Eros the Bittersweet
Anne CarsonPaperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Share the mystical magnetism of Hilma af Klint with your lover.
Hilma AF Klint: Paintings for the Future
Hilma Af KlintHardcover, 2018
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Make this classic love letter to New York City a symbol of your love for your valentine. 
Jonny Diamond & Paul Kedrosky
Winter's Tale
Mark HelprinJonny Diamond & Paul KedroskyPaperback, 2005
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This cookbook is designed to compile recipes to cook for people you love. So get it for YOURSELF and then get to work for your valentine. 
bettina & Eater
Table for Two: Recipes for the Ones You Love
Bre Grahambettina & EaterHardcover, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book