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EMILY WILSON, editor

I AM biased because they are our columnist, but Annalee Newitz鈥檚 new novel (Orbit), in which feminists zip through history via time machines that look like rocks, is fantastically fresh, and would make a great stocking filler. Ditto Margaret Atwood鈥檚 (Chatto & Windus), which was more of a delicious page-turner than I had expected.

and its new sequel , both by Adrian Tchaikovsky and published by Tor, would also make a great gift as a pair. They are quite old-fashioned sci-fi, but what鈥檚 not to like about that? And they are livened up by the delightful imagining of a world run by bright but totally unherdable octopuses.

For me, I would like tickets to the new , please.

JOSHUA HOWGEGO, features editor

I would give Bill Bryson鈥檚 (Doubleday). I loved his A Short History of Nearly Everything, and he brings his inimitable style to Body. He revels in the wonder of the machine that is us, and since we all have one of these incredible machines, why wouldn鈥檛 you enjoy this?

I would like a subscription to HBO so I can watch The Inventor, a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, who developed 鈥渢he Apple of healthcare鈥�, and attracted billions in investment even though none of her blood tests seem to work properly. How did she pull this off?

JASON MURUGESU, intern

, a sci-fi film written by Richard Curtis and directed by Danny Boyle is a fun gift. In it, a global blackout leads everyone to forget who The Beatles are. Except for one singer-songwriter, who steals their songs and rockets to fame. The film shows how he deals with the guilt, but it is warm, funny and perfect for Christmas, even if the sci-fi element isn鈥檛 the most thought-through.

鈥�Weather asks why we aren鈥檛 doing more to stop climate change. So why do I still fly? Don鈥檛 ask鈥�

I would like a copy of by Jonathan Safran Foer (Hamish Hamilton). The book asks why we aren鈥檛 doing more to stop climate change. So why do I still fly everywhere? Don鈥檛 ask.

ROWAN HOOPER, head of features

Fans of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons classic graphic novel Watchmen should like the . It is true to the original鈥檚 edgy spirit. The setting is an alternate timeline where renewable energy has long replaced fossil fuel 鈥� and Robert Redford is US president.

I want to build a pond in my garden, so I would like by Jules Howard (Bloomsbury). Santa willing, I will add the documentary (Prime Video) and the album by musician Holly Herndon in collaboration with an AI named Spawn (4AD).

ELEANOR PARSONS, chief subeditor

Ever since I read Caroline Criado Perez鈥檚 book (Chatto & Windus), I have been giving it to everyone I know. It is an eye-opener, exposing the hidden sex bias, from medicines that work differently in women to voice assistants that don鈥檛 recognise women鈥檚 voices. Funny, exasperating and anger-inducing, there is something for everyone.

Tickets for at London鈥檚 Saatchi gallery would give me a perfect holiday outing. I could admire the bling the young pharaoh was buried with to help him in the afterlife.

RICHARD WEBB, executive editor

I would give New Scientist鈥荣 . It is the first kids鈥� version of our Last Word books, and pure fun, from why roller coasters make us dizzy to whether wearing glasses makes us smarter.

I would like Paul Steinhardt鈥檚 (Simon & Schuster). It is about his quest to find the source of the 鈥渜uasicrystal鈥� (a type of matter deemed impossible in nature) that turned up in an Italian museum collection. I first heard about it almost a decade ago at a talk Steinhardt gave, and was captivated by the impossibility of the tale鈥檚 twists and derring-do.

LIZ ELSE, associate editor, Culture

I enjoy nature writing, so would give two books with wildly contrasting approaches. (Chatto & Windus) by Richard Mabey is a vintage collection that shows the evolution of his thinking, perfect for chilling out. And a real chiller, by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood (Hamish Hamilton), inspired by a bleak shingle spit off the Suffolk coast. It is a modern myth, peering through the folkloric hagstone at our troubled present and the old time.

I would love a copy of Shoshana Zuboff鈥檚 (Profile). Paperback please, because I would like to carry this hefty book with me to reread it and persuade others to dig into its forensic analysis of capitalism鈥檚 latest turn 鈥� putting us all under surveillance to exploit the marketplace of human behaviour.

ALISON GEORGE, features editor

Anyone over 7 would love .

To remind me of what I am missing, I would like by Linda Geddes (Wellcome).

SIMON INGS, Culture editor

, a collection of essays by Maria Popova (Canongate), makes for a powerful gift. Women dominate this history of efforts to better the world, from astronomer Maria Mitchell, who paved a way for women in science, to Rachel Carson, whose Silent Spring launched the environmental movement.

(Kerber Verlag), a book of provocations by cosmologically minded British artist Katie Paterson would delight me. Its hundred-odd descriptions of imaginary artworks (some doable, others wildly poetic) are printed with ink containing ground-up asteroids.

JULIA BROWN, Back Pages editor

Abigail Beall鈥檚 (Trapeze) would be an enchanting gift. New Scientist鈥荣 Stargazing at home series is based on the book, which is packed with interesting info about everything you can see in the night sky. There is help with spotting things, crucially without special kit.

鈥淎ngela Saini鈥檚 book is a must-read for all who challenge the rise of racism today and want the facts鈥�

I would like a copy of Angela Saini鈥檚 book : The return of race science. I saw her speak about race at New Scientist Live and she was inspiring. This book is a must-read for all who challenge the rise of racism and need the facts.