Top gifts for a nerdy teenager

A geeky teen will love any gift that either helps them adjust to normal people, or respects them for the geeks they are...

Here's a top 100 - based in part on what's popular among teens, and in part on just my idea of what I'd give a nerdy teenager. 

These books are not what you'd normally expect to give a nerd. However, I was reading a Jane Austen Essays book the other day, and in it a former geek said that reading Jane Austen had helped them understand people better.

Let's face it: Elisabeth's sister Mary is pretty much a geek before the word was invented, wasn't she? (Talking Pride and Prejudice here). 

Anyhow, one of the definitions of 'Geek' is surely simply a highschool student who is good at learning. They'll like a good book any time. 

You really want to make a geek happy? Give them the hardware they asked for. Don't fuss about trying to surprise them, you'll probably merely give them something they didn't want in the first place. If they want an extra harddrive for their PC, I'm pretty sure that's what they meant. 

After all - social graces being pretty much absent, you can be sure a geek means what they say: especially the teen nerd, who hasn't had much time yet to learn the ways of non-geeky human beings. 

You can't have missed it: the iPad is THE hot geeky gift this year, and surely teens aren't immune. 

Lighter than a netbook, they'll sure like one if they don't have one yet. I just ordered mine last week. 

Not ready to go all out and buy your teen an iPad? Well, perhaps a smartphone is more in your price range. They hold music, go online and will train them in all the touch-screen moves they need for the rest of their lives. Not that they need training.

However, they'll never loose their way again: because these come with in built maps. How's that for helping them with their math?

A real nerd will always want an android phone, rather than an iPhone, a windows phone or even a Blackberry.

The Samsung Galaxy S 2 is THE best most beautiful smartphone around right now.

Just because she's a geek, doesn't mean your teen girl doesn't also want to have (some) style. One way to achieve that is to get a laptop bag that's cute as well as practical.