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You can’t beat receiving a good book for Christmas. If you are embarking on a last-minute dash to the shops and need some inspiration, take a look at this selection of recent books that make for great gifts, and see which books leading New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ contributors will be giving and getting this Christmas.

Plus: it has been a great year for science books, but in case you missed them, see our pick of the gems of 2008.

Happy holiday reading – and here’s to more great books in 2009.

Reviews

Audubon: Early drawings, by Richard Rhodes, Scott Edwards and Leslie Morris

Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, by Ian Stewart

The White Road and Other Stories, by Tania Hershman

Mars 3-D, by Jim Bell

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 18, edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox

Cool Stuff Exploded, by Chris Woodford

Editor’s picks

The best science books of 2008

The books New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ‘s contributors want for Christmas

Online exclusives

The Canon, by Natalie Angier

Dinosaurs, by Steve Brusatte

Hubble: Imaging Space and Time, by David Devorkin and Robert Smith

The Antarctic: An anthology, edited by Francis Spufford

The Eagle Annual of the Cutaways, edited by Daniel Tatarsky

The Stargazer’s Guide: How to read our night sky, by Emily Winterburn