Does the sci-fi lover in your life have you stumped this holiday season? We've got you! 

Maybe you're on the hunt for the perfect gift for someone else, or maybe your here looking for ideas for your own wish list. Whatever the case, the 2024 Discover Sci-Fi Holiday Gift Guide is packed with gift ideas that are out of this world! 

Star Trek: Cats of the U.S.S Enterprise 2025 Wall Calendar 

• Moon phases
• Bonus spread for September–December 2024
• Generous grids for adding appointments and reminders
• Includes major official world holidays
• Humor that's great for home and safe for work
• Opens to 12 inches x 24 inches

Pick up the Star Trek: Cats of the U.S.S. Enterprise 2025 Wall Calendar here on Amazon.

A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis

This new, expanded edition of Miracle and Other Christmas Stories features twelve brilliantly reimagined holiday tales, five of which are collected here for the first time.

Christmas comes but once a year, yet the stories in this dazzling collection are fun to read anytime. They put a speculative spin on the holiday, giving fans of acclaimed author Connie Willis a welcome gift and a dozen reasons to be of good cheer.

Brimming with Willis’s trademark insights and imagination, these heartwarming tales are full of humor, absurdity, human foibles, tragedy, joy, and hope. They both embrace and send up many of the best Christmas traditions, including the holiday newsletter, Secret Santas, office parties, holiday pageants, and Christmas dinners (both elaborate and spare). There are Rockettes, the best and worst Christmas movies, modern-day Magi, Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come—and the triumph of generosity over greed. Like all the timeless classics we return to year after year, these stories affirm our faith in love, magic, and the wonder of the season.

Read A Lot Like Christmas in paperback. Also available on Kindle and audiobook

Hallmark Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Rocket Christmas Ornament

Relive the epic adventures of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" with this Rocket Hallmark Christmas ornament featuring the cybernetically-enhanced raccoon.

Grab this for the Guardians of the Galaxy fan in your life here on Amazon. 

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a science-fiction classic that has changed the way we look at the stars—and ourselves. On the moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications that, for the first time, men are sent deep into our solar system. But before they can reach their destination, things begin to go very wrong. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn at the turn of the 21st century, Arthur C. Clarke takes us on a journey unlike any other. Brilliant, compulsive, and prophetic, and the basis for the immensely influential Stanley Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey tackles the enduring theme of man’s—and technology’s—place in the universe and lives on as a landmark achievement in storytelling.

Check out the deluxe hardcover edition of Arthur C. Clarke's classic here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle and audiobook.

Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition

Find Amazon's Kindle Colorsoft Signature edition
 here on Amazon.

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night. For a thousand years, the Parliament and its brutal militias have ruled over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, crooks, and junkies.

Now a stranger has arrived, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand. And something unthinkable is released.

The city is gripped by an alien terror. The fate of millions lies with a clutch of renegades. A reckoning is due at the city’s heart, in the vast edifice of brick and wood and steel under the vaults of Perdido Street Station.

It is too late to escape.

Grab Perdido Street Station in paperback here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle and audiobook.

Terraforming Mars Board Game

Venture into the cosmos with the Terraforming Mars board game. This space adventure captivates players with strategic gameplay that's perfect for game nights, adults, and teens ages 14 and up. Experience the thrill of competition as you reshape the Red Planet's destiny. With awards and recognition under its belt, Terraforming Mars offers a unique blend of strategic brilliance that keeps players engaged. Engage in thrilling competition, where every move counts. The game's high replay value guarantees a fresh and exciting adventure with each playthrough. Prepare for an unforgettable journey across the stars, where strategy meets excitement in a game that's ideal for intergenerational enjoyment.

Get Terraforming Mars here on Amazon.

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 

The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series!

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.

Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.

Grab The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet on paperback here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle and on audiobook.

42 IS THE ANSWER Don't Panic Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Mug

Whether you are treating yourself or giving as a gift to your mom, dad, girlfriend, boyfriend, friend, or work colleague, know that few things can make people happier than holding a cup of hot coffee or tea. They will remember you each time they take a sip from their favorite mug!

This 11-ounce white ceramic coffee mug has a large, easy to grip C-handle and is both microwave and dishwasher safe. The premium full-color sublimation imprint appears on both sides of this 11 ounce white ceramic mug. They’re crafted from the highest grade ceramic, and our designs are printed and sublimated in the United States.

Get this Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Mug here on Amazon.

Amazon.com eGift Card

Amazon.com Gift Cards never expire and carry no fees.

Multiple gift card designs and denominations to choose from.

Redeemable towards millions of items store-wide at Amazon.com or certain affiliated websites.

Available for immediate delivery. Gift cards sent by email can be scheduled up to a year in advance.

Purchase your Amazon Gift Cards here.

A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi

Deck the halls with boughs of holly! ’Tis the season…for Santa’s lawyer to talk about the legal status of the workshop elves, for Christmas to arrive in an unexpected month, and for the innkeeper at the nativity to spill the beans about what really went down on that one night in Bethlehem.

It’s not just Christmas. It’s A Very Scalzi Christmas.

New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season—interviews with holiday notables, “informational” articles about TV specials and Christmas carols, short stories and poems, and even a couple of nods to Thanksgiving and New Year’s—and puts them all into a stocking stuffer-sized package that makes the perfect gift for friends, family, or yourself.

With stories both funny and touching, A Very Scalzi Christmas also features three new stories exclusive to this collection: “Christmas in July,” “Jangle the Elf Grants Wishes” and “Resolutions For the New Year.” 

A wonderful collection for the most wonderful time of the year.

Pick up A Very Scalzi Christmas  here on Amazon. Also available on audiobook.

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Watchmen by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins

Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history--the U.S. won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the Cold War is in full effect.

Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes.

This edition of Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from Alan Moore, the award-winning author of V For Vendetta and Batman: The Killing Joke, features art from industry legend Dave Gibbons, with high-quality, recolored pages found in Watchmen: Absolute Edition.

Grab Watchmen in paperback here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle.

Goodnight Lab by Chris Ferrie

In the vein of Goodnight Moon, say "goodnight" to your lab in this board book parody of a beloved classic. Perfect for scientists of all ages!

It's been a long day at the lab for this scientist. Now it's time to say goodnight!

Goodnight laser

Goodnight notebook

Goodnight picture of Einstein with a stern look

While poking fun at the clutter and chaos of lab life, scientists of all ages will appreciate ending their day with this sweet parody. They'll be rested and ready to return to the world of research in the morning! This scientific parody book in the style of Goodnight Moon is a delight for little lab girls and guys.

Goodnight Lab is written by Chris Ferrie, author of Quantum Physics for Babies and other books in the Baby University series. Parents and kids both will love the accurate descriptions of all the quirks of grownup laboratories. Readers who love the humor of Feminist Baby will love Goodnight Lab.

Grab the Good Night Lab board book here on Amazon.

LEGO Ideas Tales of The Space Age 

Tell Tales of the Space Age in LEGO style with these buildable postcard models, inspired by 1980s sci-fi myths, movies, books and posters. Build colorful images of an observatory for viewing comets and shooting stars, a moon base and lunar eclipse, a space shuttle and a black hole.The pink/purple postcard features stars that can be arranged to mirror the Ursa Major, Cepheus, Ursa Minor or Cassiopeia constellations. Treat yourself or give this 688-piece LEGO Ideas build-and-display model as a birthday, holiday or surprise gift for lovers of space, astronomy and art.

Pick up LEGO Tales of the Space Age here on Amazon. 

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts—from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan—have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate.

Profound and contemplative, Orbital is a moving elegy to our environment and planet.

Grab Orbital in hardcover here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle and audiobook.

Cards Against Humanity: The Nerd Bundle

The Nerd Bundle comes with six different nerdy themed packs — the Fantasy Pack, Geek Pack, Sci-Fi Pack, World Wide Web Pack, A.I. Pack, and Human Pack— plus ten all-new cards extra nerdy cards. Note that this is an expansion pack and requires that you have the Cards Against Humanity main game.  

Get the Cards Against Humanity Nerd Bundle here on Amazon. 

1984 by George Orwell

Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...

This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:
• A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction
• A Foreword by Thomas Pynchon
• A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...

A startling and haunting vision of the world, 1984 is so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the influence of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time.

Grab1984 in paperback here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle and audiobook. 

Doctor Who Tardis Crew Socks

Grab Doctor Who Tardis Socks here on Amazon.

Run by Blake Crouch 

A gripping apocalyptic thriller about a man and his family running for their lives in an America gone mad—from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion.

No time to think. No time to ask why. Only time to run.

Five days ago, the epidemic of rage began.

Four days ago, the rash of senseless murders swept the nation.

Three days ago, the president addressed the country and begged for peace—even as the murders increased tenfold.

Two days ago, the killers began to mobilize.

One day ago, the power went out.

And tonight, the killers are reading the names of those to be killed over the Emergency Broadcast System.

Jack Colclough is listening over the battery-powered radio on his kitchen table in Albuquerque, and he just heard his name. People are coming to his house to kill him, his wife, his daughter, and his son.

He has no idea what’s happening, or why, but the time for questions is long past.

His only chance is to run.

Following an ordinary family on a desperate race through an America that’s destroying itself, Run is a terrifying, brutally stripped-down thriller from master storyteller Blake Crouch.

Grab Run in hardcover
here on Amazon. Also available in paperback and on Kindle and audiobook.

Light Up Swords

Who among us didn't wish for a lightsaber at some point in our lives? Who among us doesn't still? 

The light up saber metal handle is designed with a built-in sound generator, which can produce a clear and realistic imitation sound when struck. It also offers 15 color changes and blinking modes. The lightsaber combines special sound effects and lighting modes to bring a vivid and realistic combat experience, and is the perfect prop for parent-child role-playing.

Grab a Light Up Sword for you and one for a friend here on Amazon.

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations.

Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe.

But Pell was just the first living planet. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.

Grab Downbelow Station in paperback here on Amazon. Also available on Kindle and on audiobook. 

The Gift of Kindle Unlimited

What voracious reader wouldn't want the gift of unlimited books? 

Access unlimited reading on any device. Kindle Unlimited offers a seamless digital reading experience with unlimited access to popular series, best sellers, classics, and more.

Give the Gift of Kindle Unlimited here on Amazon.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.

Life, the Universe and Everything:
In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggingly big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish:
Just when Arthur Dent's sense of reality is at its most clouded, he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. He finds her in the last place in the Universe in which he would expect to find anything at all, but which 3,976,000,000 people will find oddly familiar. They go in search of God's Final Message to His Creation and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it.

Mostly Harmless:
Mostly Harmless: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Five The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has, in what we laughingly call the past, a great deal to say on the subject of parallel universes.

Grab Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection in paperback here on Amazon.

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.

She is tasked with working as a “bridge”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.

Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.

An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley’s answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.

Grab The Ministry of Time in hardcover here on Amazon. Also available on paperback, Kindle and audiobook.

Spot something on our list that is perfect for the sci-fi lover in your life? And how about you? Which of these gifts would you love to unwrap this holiday season? And finally, what must-have item did we miss? Let us know here in the comments, or over in the Discover Sci-Fi Facebook group!  

*All book-related copy in this post was pulled from Amazon, Goodreads & Wikipedia, unless otherwise credited.