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1. A book of New York Times crossword puzzles, from the hardest day of the week.
2. A brew your own kombucha jar and brew kit, in case those store-bought microorganisms are a just a little too mainstream.
3. An AeroPress, AKA the last word in informed coffee brewing.
4. A gift box of three coffee blends from Blue Bottle, a store beloved by coffee snobs and chicory aficionados alike.
5. Moon Juice Brain Dust because wellness is this year's hottest pretension.
6. A decanter that will improve the taste of wine and the look of a table.
7. A classic lit t-shirt, so they can let the world know they're hella literate.
8. A grow-your-own-mushrooms log to get them one step closer to the farm(/log)-to-table dream.
9. A Moby-Dick themed party game, so they can be social with their snobbery.
10. A handy little kit with everything you need to turn one of those little airplane booze bottles into a top-notch cocktail.
11. A refillable leather notebook that will make their deep thoughts so much fancier.
12. An iPhone case that pays homage to the most pretentious pair of TV brothers.
13. An annotated edition of Ulysses, for a gift that's also a gauntlet.
14. A set of the official whiskey glasses of every distillery in Scotland, for the discerning single-malt sipper.
15. Literary tattoos that are temporary, like their affinity for The Catcher in the Rye.
May all your holidays be high-brow!
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