# What are the best books to gift at Christmas? with William Hanson

An episode of [Ask Penguin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/89411073), 21 Nov 2024, 47 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thepenguinpodcast/e/673c9cc075e6ea9d68980f42/media.mp3

Who actually decides what counts as good manners? Why are speakerphone calls the latest frontier of bad etiquette? Can humour make us better behaved? And should you ever sniff someone else’s books? This week on Ask Penguin, Rhianna is joined by etiquette expert and author William Hanson to talk about his latest book, Just Good Manners, and why etiquette might be far less stuffy and more fun than we imagine. Plus, our Penguin experts unwrap their best book recommendations to solve your festive gifting dilemmas. For the complete list of books mentioned in this episode and the transcript visit: Episode 8: Christmas gifting Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Website: www.penguin.co.uk/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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