50 Best Coffee Table Books

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I like big books and I cannot lie.

You know your transformation into adulthood is complete when you start researching the best coffee table books and high-end candles to refine your living space. What might have seemed boring to your younger self is suddenly titillating. As you and I both know, interior design has real power and impact. Feng shui is an art form for a reason, after all. If you’re looking to elevate your space or round it out with the perfect finishing touches, a carefully curated stack of table books is absolutely the way to go. From anime to cool sneakers, there's a big coffee table book for quite literally every interest and aesthetic. Here, find 50 of the very best to add to your coffee table right now.

Coffee table books can get surprisingly pricey, but this minimalistic set from Amazon is the perfect option for anyone who's looking to make their space look like a million bucks without spending a million bucks.

Customer review: "Great item for decoration. High-quality books as described and can be used as journals as well."

Whether you’re planning your next big trip or you just like to live vicariously through others, this book is filled with ways—big and small—to get the most out of life.

Customer review: "What a fun way to consider new and undiscovered places to vacation. We have already bookmarked places for our bucket list."

Eat your heart out, fashion lovers. In addition to Chanel, find runway collections from all your favorite labels, including Dior, Prada, and YSL.

Customer review: "I truly enjoyed the ability to view all these marvelous fashion designs throughout the years. All of these photos appear to come from the fashion shows - flattering not only to the clothes, but the models too. This would be a wonderful book for any aspiring fashion designer or creative person."

Los Angeles is one of the most storied towns in the U.S. of A. See its dazzling history in color with this tome from Taschen.

Customer review: "This coffee table book is so much more than a coffee table book. It is a comprehensive and broad-spectrum visual and written evaluation of the city of Los Angeles and surrounding cities. Wonderful pictures, great information, a real pleasure to peruse, and a learning experience as well."

If you, like me, are interested in honing a well-rounded (albeit surprising) set of life skills, this is the book for you.

Customer review: "We consider this book to be one of those staple books to have in your collection or a great coffee table book. Your guests will certainly find it interesting if you leave it out...highly recommend!"

Miami: it's not just for Pitbull and displaced New Yorkers. This standout from Assouline's collection of destination-based coffee table books is a visual love letter to America's steamiest city.

Customer review: "A perfect companion for a trip to Miami with valuable tips and beautiful photos."

Leibovitz is undeniably among the greatest photographers of our generation. Buying this book is like owning a piece of her work (at a very competitive price).

Customer review: "The greatest portrait photographer of the last 50 years! So smart, so funny, so evocative. Nobody better! ...huge enough to be a bona fide coffee table monster. Beautifully produced!"

Can you imagine being one of Warhol's contemporaries and running in the same circles as the iconic artist? What a life.

Customer review: "Amazing look into Warhol's photographs. Very cool to see the Crowd he hung out with: The Kennedys, Diana Ross, Jack Nicholson, Basquiat, and many more."

Call it nostalgic or call it aspirational, Slim Aarons’ photography is legendary and so, so chic.

Customer review: "We can dream, can't we? Luxury living from days gone by…UNREAL!!"

While some people poo-poo on the current era of Instagram artistes, true visionaries know better than to underestimate any medium. This book is perfect for anyone who loves scrolling through Pinterest boards on the regular.

Customer review: "This book is so pretty! I got it to add some color to my nightstand, and it's perfect. Not to mention the pictures on the inside are beautiful and really fun to flip through."

Do I know how to skateboard? No. Do I know how to surf? Also no. Do I wholeheartedly believe I would have thrived in this bygone era? Yes.

Customer review: "I absolutely adore this book...these amazing images take me right back to everything that was the best about being young in Southern California in the 1970s. If you like skating, the 70s, or excellent photography, you will love this book."

Personally, this cover alone is enough to warrant purchasing it. Read all about Jeremy Scott's inspiration and the stories behind some of the label's most eye-catching ensembles as you lust over his more current designs.

Compared to Virgil Abloh, few people have made such a mark on the fashion industry in such a short period of time. This silk hardcover is a true celebration of Abloh's paradigm-shifting creativity and career.

Customer review: "Another hit by the publisher no doubt...one feels the multi-hyphenate vision and genius that was Abloh. One immediately longs for what would have been that continued vision...we are left with what he gave us. And it is magnificent. And inspirational."

Whether you’re recalling fond vacation memories or using this to manifest a bucket list trip, a little Capri never hurt anyone.

Customer review: "Beautiful book, rich color photography, and lovely text."

More than 600 pages of the finest fashions known to humankind. What more could you want?

Customer review: "The complete collection of books are beautiful, I now have two and will look overtime to collect them all. Beautifully designed and laid out. The photography and text are excellent. Really worth buying."

Because there's a lot they didn't teach you in school.

Customer review: "One of the best purchases we've made from Amazon. This a very thoughtfully assembled book. Beautiful illustrations and prose. We will be enjoying it for years - there's so much to see and appreciate. "

This was the working title of my autobiography, but I guess it's already been spoken for. Hear about some of the most unforgettable fêtes in modern history from the people who planned them.

Customer review: "I bought this book as a gift but I have to say…I have kept it for myself! It's stunning from cover to cover with interesting hosting ideas and epic photographs."

A precarious balance of whimsy, sensuality, and reality, Petra Collins and Euphoria star Alexa Demie offer an artistic interpretation of the folklore we’re told and the stories we tell ourselves.

Customer review: "This is a sexy book with appealing supernatural characters that are sexy and something I wouldn't mind to see in movies. Beautifully designed and creative."

It was an era of underground raves, cheap beers, and disco pants from American Apparel. If indie sleaze or Y2K grunge speaks to your soul, you need to know and love The Cobrasnake.

Customer review: "A beautiful time capsule of an iconic scene...I appreciated how the book focused on photos, while also including little notes and ephemera sprinkled throughout."

Sometimes you’ll find that coffee table books skimp on text while others go too heavy on it and don't offer enough imagery. Julia Wertz does an excellent job of balancing illustrations with fascinating bits of history in this New York City-focused option.

Customer review: "You don't realize how impressive this book is until it's in your hands...Wertz's black-and-white streetscapes are transfixing; the juxtapositions of old and new New York tickled my heartstrings...TT&T is an obsessive and conflicted historical love letter to the author's adopted city."

Meg is the Associate Fashion Commerce Editor at ELLE.com where she researches trends, tests products, and looks for answers to all your burning questions. She also co-writes a monthly column, Same Same But Different. Meg has previously written for Cosmopolitan and Town & Country. Her passions include travel, buffalo sauce, and sustainability. She will never stop hoping for a One Direction reunion tour.

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