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I usually give each of my grown daughters one cookbook even though they are not that into cooking and I always buy my mom a couple books. This year she hasn't been able to give me any ideas of what she wants. She is interested in Jamie Oliver's Veg book but that comes out after Christmas. I did get her Nancy Birtwhistle's book Sizzle and Drizzle because she is a big fan of hers.  

One daughter is really into True Crime podcasts and tv shows about all these horrific crimes, so this year I bought her The Death Row Cookbook, not what I would want but I think she will find it interesting.  

The other daughter loves to watch all the cheesy Hallmark Christmas Movies, so I bought her The Countdown to a Cozy Christmas Cookbook, recipes connected to the Hallmark Christmas movies.  

So anyone else giving cookbooks as gifts? Or maybe anyone have cookbooks on their wish list?

I am hoping to receive Midwest Made by Shauna Sever. And if I don't, I will buy it for myself. I also requested some cooking tools: a small dumpling mold, a small tortellini-maker, a shrimp deveiner gadget, and a spice mill.

@lkgrover I've seen Midwest Made at Barnes and Noble and it looks like a great baking book.    

I am interested in Diana Henry's  From the Oven to the Table and Cook's Illustrated: Vegetables Illustrated.  I have a few of Diana Henry's books already and we've enjoyed everything I've made from them

My son is obsessed with pasta and pizza - exploring flours, hydration, sour dough technique etc. This year, I think American Sfoglino: A Master Class in Handmade Pasta is in order with a refill of Anson flours may be in order.

My significant other typically requests my cookbook wish list early in November......I read a lot of posts about new books which came out in October and generated a list including 2 Alison Roman (Dining In and Nothing Fancy), Milk Street The New Rules, Diana Henry's From the Oven to the Table and Ruhlman's From Scratch. We have a spending limit for each other each year, but he always includes a couple of my wish list titles because he knows they are gifts that will get happily used AND ultimately enjoyed by both of us :) 

As an additional comment,  I waffled endlessly about putting Ottolenghi's Simple on the list and then didn't because I just didn't think I would use it much (and yes, I did read the thread posted here re: which Ottolenghi should I buy first?).  Finding myself in a beautiful out of town bookstore unexpectedley (a rare treat),  I began paging through it and promptly bought it for myself.  I spent yesterday making 2 delicious recipes from it with many more bookmarked must-tries.   No matter what I see online (and yes I LOVE this site and read it at least 2'ce/day), for me, having the actual book in my hand when making decisions is irreplaceable.  Every time I read about another bookstore closing its doors, I just feel sad.

@aeverythingcook   I have the Milk Street Tuesday Nights and it is a really good book so I added The New Rules to my list as well. 

I also get ideas from this site but like to actually go to the bookstore and page through one before buying.  The Amazon Preview is not always that helpful because many times it is taken up with all the pages before the any recipes or do not include the index or table of contents.  

I'm giving two cookie cookbooks to a friend who is a great baker and loves decorating:  Cookie Craft by Valerie Peterson and Rose's Christmas Cookies by Rose Levy Beranbaum.

My Christmas wish list includes Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin.  I love cookbooks that you can also read, and then I looked at the recipes.  So many of them looked wonderful.  If I don't receive it as a gift, I think I'll buy it for myself.

Yes! My dad is getting a smoker from my mom so I am giving him Project Smoke. And I made Alexandra Stafford's peasant bread at my parents' place recently and it was a big hit. So I am giving my mom her Bread, Toast, Crumbs book along with the Pyrex bowls that the bread is baked in.

Not giving any, but I have asked for a couple: Claudia Fleming's The Last Course and Milk Street Tuesday Nights. !!