Gifts for grown-ups

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Whether you’re looking for gift ideas for your significant other, a parent, a friend, or a co-worker, you’ll find something for everyone here. Our experts have spent hundreds of hours researching everything from great housewarming gifts to the best gifts for travelers to find recommendations to suit any budget.
  • Coasters, slippers, a Bluetooth speaker and a salt pig.

    The 32 Best Housewarming Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    Thoughtfully chosen housewarming gifts can help a new house or apartment become a home.

  • A bunch of of our favorite engagement gifts displayed together next to a few bouquets of white roses, in front of a green background.

    The 15 Best Engagement Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    Commemorate the sparkle of your favorite newly engaged couple with just the right finds.

  • As assortment of our picks for best gifts for teachers on a purple background.

    The 37 Best Gifts for Teachers

    by Alexandra Ballard

    Teachers appreciate any heartfelt gesture from students, but you can also give them something thoughtful for their classroom—or themselves.

  • A selection of seven products we recommend in the The Best Self Care Gifts to Buy Yourself guide.

    The 13 Best Self-Care Gifts to Buy Yourself

    by Samantha Schoech

    These gift picks—from the luxe to the more quotidian—are the things we buy for ourselves to make everyday life just a little bit better.

  • A few key items from each gift basket we recommend displayed together.

    Most Gift Baskets Are Terrible. These Are Great.

    by Gabriella Gershenson, Anna Perling, and Wirecutter Staff

    These gift baskets offer the best combination of taste, presentation, and value we’ve found, and we think they’ll delight recipients year-round.

  • An illustrated grid with colorful squares featuring some products: a necklace with precious stones, a pair of tie-dye socks and a handbag.

    6 Gifts We Were Overjoyed to Receive

    by Sofia Sokolove

    The best gifts we’ve received lately include nearly perfect socks, a very silly duck lamp, and a go-to purse. Plus: what to get the globe-trotter in your life.

  • Several boxes of chocolates in various shapes, sizes, and colors situated near each other.

    The Best Boxed Chocolates

    by Gabriella Gershenson, Lesley Stockton, and Haley Sprankle

    We’ve taste-tested 36 brands of chocolate since 2014, and we found six delicious, luxurious boxes that make perfect gifts.

  • Two Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controllers sitting one in front of the other, one in light pink and blue, one in dark pink and blue

    The 20 Best Gifts for Gamers

    by Wirecutter Staff

    Knowing what to get the avid gamer in your life can be tricky, but we’ve got you covered with the newest and best picks from our gaming team.

  • Gifts under $25 which include a handful of our picks on display, like colored pencils, plants, gua sha tool, and coffee cup.

    The 72 Best Gifts Under $25

    by Samantha Schoech

    More than 60 inspired gifts that will surprise and delight without straining your wallet.

  • Several of the best gifts for spice heads.

    The 15 Best Gifts for Spice Heads

    by Mari Uyehara

    We’ve got spicy-food lovers of all levels covered with mild, medium, and fiery hot sauces, noodles, condiments, and more.

  • A collection of products we recommend in our gifts for people who love food guide on display in front of a light blue background.

    The 15 Best Gifts for People Who Love Food

    by Mari Uyehara

    For the people who obsess over dinner parties and reservations, we’ve gathered cooking and food gifts that will surprise and delight.

  • Four of the best gifts for runners.

    The 27 Best Gifts for Runners

    by Dorie Chevlen

    Thoughtful, practical, artful, and even pleasantly painful—these are the best gifts for the dedicated runners on your list.

  • A selection of the best gifts for families, including a family board games, a cheese making kit, and more.

    The 29 Best Gifts for Families

    by Samantha Schoech

    It’s hard to please everyone all of the time, but this list of gift ideas will at least please all of the family members much of the time.

  • A bread-baking bowl, watercolor palette, ceramic mug, bananagrams, and bird feeder placed next to each other on a green background.

    The 31 Best Secret Santa Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech

    We’ve found dozens of well-priced, funny, lovely, and useful gifts to delight nearly anyone (even Harold in HR).

  • A selection of our favorite gifts for coworkers, including a Hoptimist, a glass dry-erase board, a few small succulents, and a mug warmer.

    The 30 Best Gifts for Co-Workers

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    Whether you barely know them or they’re your work spouse, we have that perfect gift for that officemate on your list.

  • Two green champagne glasses on a light green background, with an illustration of a person hanging off of a price tag touching the right glass.

    A Can’t-Go-Wrong Gift

    by Sofia Sokolove

    Our gifting expert declares the best present for most people. Plus more for life’s toast-worthy occasions, including housewarmings and engagements.

  • A watercolor set, bento box, neck fan, funky tissue paper holder, and a fountain pen siting next to each other on a light blue background.

    The 63 Best Gifts Under $50

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    The very best of our favorite finds under $50, all in one place.

  • A GIF showing a hand holding a present on a green background.

    What Makes a Great Gift, Anyway?

    by Sofia Sokolove

    Our gifting experts dish on what actually makes a great gift. (Spoiler: It involves listening.) Also: what to give an 18-year-old bodybuilder?