For your friend who’s going to be a bridesmaid four more times before November:
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
This funny and relatable book follows a loose group of girl friends from their first year post-College into their late twenties. Rife with sardonic humour, the vignettes are filled with painfully relatable moments.

From watching a friend marry someone who’s terrible for her to losing your job in a dying industry, all of those cringeworthy post-college moments are touched on in this book. Give it to the girl who’s stuck planning a million showers, buying endless tea-length taffeta, and telling her sister repeatedly through clenched teeth, “Of course he’s not going to act that way once you’re married!”

For the Sassy Bride-to-Be:
The Decadent Housewife by Rosemary Counter
This is for the girl who asked for nothing but expensive lingerie at her shower, and fills lulls in cocktail conversation by dissecting the merits of hungover handjobs. Rosemary Counter’s sarcastic wit is an editor’s dream come true, and our former Counter Culture columnist is now a published author, penning a tongue-in-cheek guide to married life. If you’ve ever dreamed of lying in bed til noon, swanning around your kitchen in a see-through negligee, and sipping poolside cocktails long before lunch hour with “those smug green tea bags” helping de-puff your eyes, this is the book for you.

For your friend whose wedding involves a move:
Piet Boon 2
These inspiring interiors by Dutch architect and designer Piet Boon, including a stunning New York apartment, will have any newlyweds excited about the prospect of a new space.

For the couple who eloped:
Penguin’s Great Food Series
An elopement means a low-key gift, so how about a picnic basket filled with goodies from Good Egg (267 Augusta Ave.), and a few of these selections from Penguins best food writers?