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.
  • A selection of our favorite gifts for travelers, including Aesop travel cosmetics, a book on national parks, an eye mask, and more.

    The 43 Best Gifts for Frequent Travelers

    by Samantha Schoech

    We’ve discovered practical, pretty and surprising gifts to delight your chosen sojourner.

  • 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 31 Best Gifts for Co-Workers

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    Whether they’re a cubicle mate, remote bestie, or your favorite manager, we have the perfect gift for that officemate on your list.

  • Coasters, slippers, a Bluetooth speaker and a salt pig.

    The 38 Best Housewarming Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    These thoughtful, beautiful, and useful gifts will help them feel right at home.

  • Some of our Mother's Day Gift picks, including a Garden book, water colors, socks, red clogs, a custom mug, sunglasses, lotion bar, and flower bouquet against a pink backdrop.

    The 36 Best Mother’s Day Gifts

    by Mari Uyehara and Samantha Schoech

    Your mom gave you life. Mother’s Day is a chance to shower her with love and gratitude, with a gift that shows you see and appreciate her.

  • Last-minute Mother's Day gifts against a yellow backdrop, displaying a floral print tote, a book with a light, a pop-out flower card, water colors, tea, a bouquet of flowers, a mug, and sunglasses.

    The 34 Best Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    If Mother’s Day has sneaked up on you, have no fear. We’ve got gifts of all kinds, available in a matter of days (or hours).

  • A selection of our best gifts for grandparents, including a book, watering can, and two photo frames.

    The 37 Best Gifts for Grandparents

    by Samantha Schoech

    From life-upgrade gadgets to creative ways to display family photos, the best gifts for grandparents are here.

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

    The 23 Best Self-Care Gifts to Buy Yourself

    by Mari Uyehara and 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.

  • An assortment of potential retirement gifts including: a watercolor palette, a spilled bag of coffee beans, an iridescent crystal, and a coffee table book called The Most Scenic Drives in America.

    The 29 Best Retirement Gifts

    by Mari Uyehara

    With any luck, retirement is like a permanent summer vacay. These gifts enable all the things—travel, art, cooking, chilling out—there wasn’t time for before.

  • A variety of Anniversary Gifts featuring a tool box, champagne glasses, cards, a lit candle, sunglasses, and more.

    The 28 Best Anniversary Gifts by Year

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    Celebrate your relationship and commitment with gifts that remind your partner how much they’re loved.

  • Last-minute Father's Day gifts include a toolbox, an old fashioned tabletop radio, a Rubik's cube, a Stanley growler, and sunglasses.

    The 29 Best Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    No gift? No worries. We’ve found nearly three dozen gifts for dads of all kinds that will be there before the big day.

  • A tote with a passport, thank you card and a purse charm next to it.

    The 20 Best Gifts for Bridesmaids

    by Mari Uyehara and Samantha Schoech

    Not only do your bridesmaids step up on your big day, they’ve always been there. Show your love and appreciation with a meaningful gift they can use forever.

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

    The 33 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.

  • Gifts for Moms picks displayed on a lilac backdrop, featuring an orange flower, green clogs, a lotion bar, a mug, linen hand towels and more.

    The 46 Best Gifts for Mom

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    Mom has been with you through life’s ups and downs. Give her something thoughtful, beautiful, or delightful to show how much you appreciate her.

  • Some Father's Day Gift recommendations, which include the Crocs Dylan Clog, cards, a Nisaku stainless steel knife, a toolbox, golf balls, and more.

    The 30 Best Father’s Day Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech

    Whether he’s a hiker, a lounger, or a decision maker, there’s a perfect gift to let your dad know he’s loved.

  • The four board games we picked as the best strategy games.

    The Best Strategy Board Games

    by James Austin

    The best strategy games pit you against your friends in an intense battle of wits. These are six of our favorites.

  • Gift picks for dad including Glerups Slip-on Slippers, Crocs Dylan Clogs, Funko Pop Yourself figurines, a screwdriver, and more.

    The 46 Best Gifts for Dads

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    No matter what your dad is into—books, music, games, the outdoors, or all of the above—we have a gift that is sure to scratch the itch.

  • A photo book shown open to a picture collage.

    The Best Photo Book Service

    by Erin Roberts

    If you want to make a photo book to commemorate an event or experience, Mixbook is the best service to use.

  • Gifts from our New Moms guide, including the Baggu Go Pouch Set, white Birkenstock sandals, a Mom Milestones book, shortbread cookies, and more.

    The 24 Best Gifts for New Moms

    by Samantha Schoech and Mari Uyehara

    We’ve got perfect gifts, whether you’re looking to commemorate the birth with something sweet and sentimental or you want to help make the postpartum months easier.

  • Two of our online flower delivery service picks' bouquets in glass vases, featuring arrangements by UrbanStems and Costco respectively.

    The Best Online Flower Delivery Service

    by Hannah Morrill and Mari Uyehara

    Ordering flowers online can feel like a shot in the dark. Of the 15 we considered, a couple standouts were consistently fresh, beautiful, and timely enough to recommend.

  • A bunch of our picks for great wedding registry gift ideas, including a stand mixer, a kitchen scale and a knife set, displayed among gift boxes and white roses that look like wedding decorations.

    Wirecutter’s 76 Essential Wedding Registry Items

    by Samantha Schoech

    Our list of what to register for contains the basics and upgrades for practical necessities, like towels, dishes, and drinking glasses, along with more fun and unusual finds.

  • An assortment of nifty gifts for a bridal shower including a pair of white Birkenstocks, a deck of red cards, a Lush massage bar in its tin, and more.

    15 Great Bridal Shower Gifts

    by Samantha Schoech

    Bridal shower gifts are all about making her feel loved and special, and these 15 nuptial-centered delights will do the trick.

  • An array of our favorite gifts for groomsmen, including slippers, sunglasses, a tie, a water bottle, and a scented candle.

    The 17 Best Gifts for Groomsmen

    by Hannah Morrill and Samantha Schoech

    Show your groomsmen how much you appreciate them with gifts that are useful, classic, and well-made.

  • Several of our best gifts for those who have everything arranged on a deep red surface.

    38 Gifts for People Who Have Everything

    by Samantha Schoech

    Shopping for the person who has everything is tough. But these gift ideas will delight even the hardest-to-please recipient.