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Ultra Dad Books For Hardcore Dads: Holiday Gift List

A holiday books list just for dad.

Alex Baia
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3 min readDec 17, 2024

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From: Chris.Raven@BookSelector.com

To: intern@BookSelector.com

Hi Thomas,

Your holiday list of dad books is off to a good start but needs some tweaks.

Please review my comments (marked “Ed”) and send your revisions by Friday.

The dads are counting on us.

Chris Raven

Editor-In-Chief, BookSelector.com

Churchill, Stalin, & FDR: The Big Ideas of the Big Men (Ten Volume Series) by Eugene Moore

[Ed: Nice start. Could we also add a single-volume history of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson that’s at least 1,700 pages?]

Sir Shackleton’s Death March: The Explorers Who Were Lost in the Race for Antarctica by Alfred Cooper

[Ed: Peeking ahead, I see only one arctic exploration book on the list. Let’s add a Roald Amundsen bio, plus a book about man’s antagonistic relationship with polar bears.]

The Art Of The Shed: How to Build Backyard Sheds for Shelter, Storage, Refuge, and Fun by Tim Wiles

[Ed: Dads don’t just want to build sheds, they also want to fix them. Do we have any…

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Alex Baia
Alex Baia

Written by Alex Baia

Humor writer, book junkie, stargazer, optimist. Resident philosophy major. Get my humor newsletter: https://alexbaia.com/humor

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