19 Surprising Books To Buy As Gifts

Your Andersonian bible, featuring previously unpublished photos, artwork, and general ephemera. $40, Abrams Books. (AbramsBooks.com)

With Wilde's 1885 essay 'The Philosophy Of Dress' as its centerpiece, this collection of his writings on dress should prove to be of interest to fashion types, Wildean scholars, and anyone who enjoys Wilde's style of writing. $125, Amazon. (Amazon.com)

'80s nostalgia seen though a consumerist lens. $174, Amazon. (Amazon.com)

Don't rip the pages as you tear through this non-tabloidy retelling of the Amanda Knox story. $26, Random House. (RandomHouse.com)

Neo-Victorian, retrofuturistic, and still relevant today. $24.62, Amazon. (Amazon.com)

Enter a cultural dynamo, a haven for the counterculture and an Empire State of Mind. $16.99, Barnes & Noble. (BarnesandNoble.com)

Who are more insane-fashion people or asylum inpatients? Doonan proves what your boyfriend thought all along. $19.05, Barnes & Noble. (BarnesandNoble.com)