While video games, Blu-rays, and toys are common gifts to give for the holiday season, nothing brings joy like giving and receiving a good book. This year, there were lots of interesting and enjoyable novels and novelty books from the Star Wars, Star Trek, Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who, and Marvel universes, as well as fun selections for the geek in your life (like a geek’s guide to dating, for instance).

Check out here below our Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2013 for Books and eBooks for our favorite holiday gift picks for this year.

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The Gold Box deal of the day over at Amazon today is a Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ Tablet – 16GB for only $179 (refurbished usually sells for $239.00); a new full-color Kindle Fire HD 16 GB ebook reader is typically $269.

The Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ Tablet – 32GB is also on sale at only $199 (refurbished usually sells for $269.00; new for $299.00).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Thursday, August 22, 2013, til 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

Per Amazon:

A Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ is a pre-owned Kindle that has been refurbished, tested, and certified to look and work like new. They come with the same one-year limited warranty as a brand-new Kindle Fire HD 8.9″.

Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon is Richard Matheson‘s I Am Legend on sale for only $1.99 (that’s 75% off the regular price of $8.99). If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of I Am Legend, the book is also available in mass market paperback and trade paperback.

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, August 13, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

You can visit the main sale page to see more of today’s deals and also be sure to check out this month’s Kindle deals: 100 Kindle Books For $3.99 or Less.