If I’m going to ask for a bookish gift, then I generally just ask for books. That is the main reason I use goodreads, so when it’s time for my birthday or Christmas, I just pull out the list of books and add them to my wish list.
Though I did see cool posters that make pictures out of the words of popular novels. None of the books they have currently really interest me, but I would totally get one of those of Vin atop Kredik Shaw from Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn. Or maybe one day, one of my own book.