Soft, fuzzy, and warm, this hot item comes in red, blue, burgundy, black, gray and ecru to match any and all moods. With a coordinating fleece tie on top, these trendy headcovers will leave your significant other with warm memories. They're simple and cute, certain to make anyone look good. And the fleece feels great--lighter and fluffier than the traditional wool cap, yet thick enough to keep ears warm. Price: $18.00

Sold at: Jasmine Sola, 37A Brattle St.

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this moving collection of stories about Indian-Americans and the challenges of immigration. Some of the tales hit close to home, like "Third and Final Continent," about an Indian man who struggles to adapt to life in Cambridge and eventually sends a son to Harvard.

Indian-American literature has been sparse until recently, but Lahiri's book, her first, should shine a new spotlight on this growing genre. A beautiful, sensitive collection that will please the readers on your shopping list.

Price: $10.80

Sold at: Wordsworth, 30 Brattle St.