As the holidays approach, we are bombarded with all kinds of retail noise: advertisements, deals, sales, must-haves, top picks and wish lists. Books, meanwhile, remain on the list of gift-giving greatest hits, managing to say a whole lot without having to shout. There’s a perfect book for everyone, and we have some recommendations that will be enjoyed and appreciated long after the holidays are over.

1. Cookbooks are always a popular gift, but with so many excellent ones to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin! The ocean seems like a great place to start, and there are a couple of new sea-centric cookbooks that offer wonderful seafood recipes with an eye toward conservation and sustainability. The Blue Food Cookbook by Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver (Harvest, $45), published in collaboration with their James Beard Award and Emmy-nominated PBS series “Hope in the Water,” is “a sustainable seafood bible,” with over 145 recipes and a guide to environmentally friendly purchasing practices.

2. The Sea Table ($65), recently published by the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust in partnership with chef and cookbook author Catherine Walthers, celebrates the bounty of our local waters. With 75 recipes from Island chefs, cooks and fishermen featuring 19 local seafood species, plus profiles of 21 local fishermen with gorgeous photography throughout by Randi Baird, Brooke Bartletta and others, this book is sure to become a Vineyard classic. (Plus, through the end of the year, Bunch of Grapes will donate $2 of every sale of this, and all cookbooks, to Island Grown Initiative.)

3. Back on land, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Outdoor Spaces (Artisan Publishers, $40) by Kendra Wilson is a lushly illustrated guide to eco-conscious gardening of all sorts. It offers tours, tips and resources to create a beautiful garden wherever you are.

4. This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and you likely have at least one “Janeite” in your life. We have all kinds of Austen-adjacent options on offer, including What Would Jane Do?: The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen book and card deck (Sirius Entertainment, $24.99) by literary historian Suzie Grogan. This charming kit includes 52 cards with some of Austen’s most memorable quotations and a full-color guide to her life, plus a small stand to display a quotation card for a dose of daily advice and inspiration.

5. If you’re puzzling over what to get for the Wordle whiz, Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! (Authors Equity, $38) curated by The New York Times games lead editor Joel Fagliano, is a fun choice for puzzle lovers of all levels. With games and content you won’t find anywhere else, you don’t have to wait until midnight to tackle the next puzzle.

6. Perhaps you’ve got a word nerd in your life, one who crushes it at trivia night or spends hours plumbing the depths of Wikipedia rabbit holes. Schott’s Significa: A Miscellany of Secret Languages (Workman Publishing, $35) by bestselling author Ben Schott is a wonderland of terms and tidbits that include everything from a glossary of graffiti writing to an explanation of the parts of a gondola to a field guide of political hand gestures, complete with photos, diagrams, charts and lists.

7. The writers in your life will treasure Joyride (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32), a memoir by Susan Orlean, New Yorker writer and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief . The Boston Globe raved about Joyride, saying it “might be the best craft book on writing you will ever read.”

8. If you’ve got kiddos on your list, don’t pass up the new adaptation of Hansel and Gretel (HarperCollins, $26.99) written by Stephen King and illustrated by the late, oh-so-great Maurice Sendak. There’s no better pair to reintroduce this reimagined classic to a new generation of readers.

9. For the young reader who prefers fact to fantasy, The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World (Workman Kids, $19.99) by Dylan Thuras and Jennifer Swanson is “a STEM-oriented exploration of the world’s most interesting technologies, inventions and scientific discoveries” that will appeal to curious minds of all ages.

10. And for the adult readers who just like a good read, we’ve got all the best new fiction and non-fiction, like new novels from Louise Penny (The Black Wolf), Catherine Newman (Wreck), Mark Z. Danielewski (Tom’s Crossing) and Salman Rushdie (The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories), and exciting maritime histories by Adam Cohen (Captain’s Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial that Changed Legal History ) and John U. Bacon (The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald).

There’s a new book of essays from Zadie Smith (Dead and Alive) and Margaret Atwood’s memoir (Book of Lives).

Remember, the booksellers at your local independent bookstore love nothing more than to help you find the perfect gift, so shop your Main streets this holiday season and then reward yourself with a little treat. You deserve it.

Molly Coogan is co-owner of Bunch of Grapes Bookstore.