2016 Holiday Geek Gift Guide

Another Black Friday has passed us by. It’s now Cyber Monday and the beginning of cyber week (is that new? how long have we called it cyber week?) so that means it’s time for another Holiday Geek Gift Guide. This is the 13th year I’ve created a gift guide. It started as a way for me to help with my own gift shopping for (geek) friends and family. I’m a geek, so I like to give geek gifts (tech, gadgets, etc.). Most of the guides listed below fall into those categories, but a few are also useful for general gift giving as well. I will keep this post up to date as I encounter additional lists. If you know of any I may have misted, leave a comment and I’ll get it added. Enjoy, and happy (geek) shopping!

• Uncle Mark’s 2016 Gift Guide & Almanac
• ExtremeTech Ultimate virtual reality holiday gift guide
• TechCrunch Gift Guide 2016
• The Verge 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
• CNET’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
• ThinkGeek’s 2016 Holiday Giftcade
• Ain’t it Cool News: Quint’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
  • PART 1! Blus/DVDs, Art and Music!!!
  • PART 2! Books! Board Games! Video Games! Geek Apparel!
  • PART 3! Geeky Housewares! Toys! Collectibles! Rich Stuff!

• Uncrate Gift Guides
• Unclutterer’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Tech for the person who has everything
• Rolling Stote Holiday Gift Guide 2016: 35 Perfect Presents for Music Fans
• Wired Wish Lists 2016
  • 21 Perfect Gifts for the Apple Addict
  • 14 Amazing Toys You’ll Want to Keep For Yourself
  • 21 Amazing Gifts Under $25
• The Wirecutter: The Best Holiday Gift Guides
• Tom’s Guide 250+ Tech Gift Ideas for Holiday 2016
• Core77 Pick 5 Ultimate Gift Guide
• Lifehacker Gift Guides
• Engadget Holiday Gift Guides 2016
• 2016 Make.com Gift Guide
• PC Gamer 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
• Apple Gift Guide
• EW Holiday Gift Guide
• 2016 Popular Mechanics Awesome Gear & Gadget Gift Guide
• iLounge Best of the Year 2016
• Inhabit Green Holiday Gift Guide
• Cool Tools 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: $10 or less
• Holiday Gift Guide 2016: TechRadar’s best tech gifts you can actually afford
• Open Source Gift Guide
• Simplebotics Holiday Gift Guide 2016
• The Nerdist 2016 Holiday Gift Guides (TV, Comics, Science, Games, Music, Movies)
• Y Combinator  Holiday Gift Guide  2016 (added 11/29/16)
• Amazon Interesting Finds – updated daily! (added 11/29/16)
• Boing Boing’s 2016 Book Gift Guide (added 11/30/16)
• CNN Tech – 14 Coolest Toys for the Holiday Season (added 11/30/16)
• Boing Boing’s 2016 Gift Guide: Gadgets (added 12/1/16)
• Dave Barry’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide (added 12/6/16)

(Guides from previous years: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)