Reading orders / Bookmarks / Cat bookmarks
Cat bookmarks
The highest-volume bookmark category there is, and the one with the most bad options in it.
Cozy Cuddle Cats Suncatcher Bookmark
Two kittens asleep in a pile. The cozy end of the category, done without going saccharine.
Sleeping Cat Bookmark
A cat asleep in golden window light. The one to buy for someone who reads at night.
Black Cat Bookmark
Black cat, glowing eyes, gothic ground. Covers the witchy shelf and the cat shelf at once.
Also worth a look
Adorable Sleeping Orange Tabby Kitten…$8.99 on Etsy
Wizard Cat Bookmark$8.99
Stained Glass Cat Bookmark$8.99 on EtsyWhy cats dominate bookish gifts
Reading and cats share a posture, and the gift market has noticed. Cat bookmarks outsell almost every other theme, which means the category is flooded and the median option is bad: muddy printing, cartoon faces, and designs that could have come from any clip art set.
The stained glass treatment is what rescues it. A cat silhouette against translucent colour holds up at bookmark scale where a detailed illustration does not.
Buying as a gift
If you know the cat, match the cat. A ginger tabby design for someone with a ginger tabby lands far harder than a generic one. If you do not know the cat, the cozy sleeping designs are the safest pick in the entire bookmark market.
Most of what is on this page comes from one shop, the maker on Etsy, which is where we ended up after a few years of buying these.