Books to buy for your smart friend

Fill their holiday season with reading material.

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Posted on Dec 22, 2016 2:56 AM EST

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Need a last-minute gift for your favorite smartypants? These science and sci-fi books should do the trick.

Confidence game

Seven brief lessons

Oliver sacks

Black hole blues

Handmaid's tale

embassytown — This underrated space opera is guaranteed to make the recipient think deep, satisfying thoughts about language, love, society, and what it means to be human. It’s a must-read for anyone who raved about the movie Arrival. $14 on Amazon. Amazon

Hidden figures

All the birds

I contain multitudes

Grunt