What Joumana Khatib has said about Books as holiday gifts
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 30, 2025
Joumana Khatib, Editor at The New York Times Book Review, has been quoted on Books as holiday gifts once in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on November 30, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Khatib argued that a book gift shows a person who has everything how the giver sees them, even if they never read it.
“The person who has everything does not yet have a window into how you look at them”
The Daily: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays (Nov 30, 2025) · Listen from 23:48
Episodes
Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the HolidaysThe Daily · Nov 30, 2025 · 50 min
Gilbert Cruz and Book Review editors Joumana Khatib and Sadie Stein recommend favorite books of 2025 and holiday book gifts for specific giftees, then play a book-survey game.
Others on Books as holiday gifts
- Sadie Stein · 1 quote
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