The Best Coffee Table Books for Any Well-Appointed Home

The best coffee table books are fascinating literary creations—part objet d’art, part photographic ode, part textual reflection—that lend insight to the interests of the owners. Some people adorn their apartments with fashion chronologies, others choose artist anthologies, and some can’t stay away from pages upon pages of artfully arranged living rooms. While libraries and bookshelves are full of novels half-read or to-be-read-maybe-someday, these serve as personal statements.

There are a number of books that make perfect gifts for those looking to add visual intrigue to their interiors and pique their intellectual curiosity, especially as we all spend more time at home. Take Donald Judd Spaces, which examines the minimalist artist’s studios in New York and Marfa, or photobooks of Sally Mann or Walter Evans. Meanwhile, if it’s pop culture you seek, look no further Rihanna’s book with Phaidon.

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For home decor aficionados, there’s an abundance of odes to the great interior minds of our generation. Miles Redd’s The Big Book of Chic brilliantly shows the AD100 designer’s wide-ranging projects, from a Wyoming Ranch to a French farmhouse—as well as the various influences, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Cecil Beaton, that have informed his intimate-yet-glamorous style.

Fashion design fanatics can dive into Assouline’s definitive visual chronicle on Chanel, or Phaidon’s hyper-specific yet perennially stylish tome of Linda Evangelista photographed by Steven Meisel. Another clothing-related classic? Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion, which looks back on the legacy of the iconic American designer.

Below, shop the best coffee table books—from new releases to classic anthologies.