The 35 Best Coffee Table Books of 2024

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We love a great coffee table book, here at ELLE DECOR, especially now that hunkering-down season is upon us. And fortunately, there’s no shortage of gorgeous design titles that have been released this year—so many, in fact, that there aren’t enough days in the year to be able to pore over each of their fetching pages. We’ve made refreshing your library easier this fall by sharing our selection of the best coffee table books of 2024. For green thumbs, there are are new monographs from Walter Hood, Thomas Woltz, and Ed Hollander that take us on journeys into the landscapes, parks, and historic gardens they’ve designed while pointing toward the future of their fields. For the globetrotter, there are selections from Timothy Corrigan and Veere Grenney, who open the doors of their own homes around the world and share the beauty and inspiration behind them. Architects Gil Schafer, Peter Marino, and Shigeru Ban, meanwhile, showcase the thought-provoking work that has won each of their firm’s shelves full of accolades. And, of course, we’ve got plenty of new books from ELLE DECOR A-List designers like Mark D. Sikes, Alyssa Kapito, Oliver Furth, Nicole Hollis, and Michael S. Smith, who beckon readers into their beautiful worlds. Without further ado, 35 of the best design books that will be filling our shelves this fall—and beyond.

With Home at Last, architect Gil Schafer gives readers an up-close-and-personal look at some of the storied homes he’s designed. From Rhode Island to Florida, each chapter examines a different project. “The beauty of the passage of time is that it deepens your discernment through experience," he writes. “And with that time I have gained an ever-expanding appreciation for the fact that a house must never be about its architect but rather all about those who will live within its walls.”

Who are the world’s best product designers? Kelsey Keith and the editors of Phaidon gather together an expert panel of curators, critics, and journalists to nominate 100 of the most extraordinary creators today—from heavy-hitters like Barber Osgerby and the Bouroullec brothers to newer firms like Objects of Common Interest and Jomo Tariku. It’s a revelatory glimpse at the state of design today.

Bunny Williams’s new garden book is anything but your average interior design tome. It’s personal, intimate, and the photographs are breathtaking (shot by Annie Schlechter as well as Williams’s nephew-in-law, James Gillispie). Williams presents a study of each of the gardens that make up her and husband John Rosselli’s Connecticut property, where Williams began designing the gardens 40 years ago. Her discussions of flower arranging and entertaining will stay with you. Every page is as beautiful as the next.

Designer Ben Pentreath brings his colorful and traditional aesthetic to life in An English Vision with photographs he took himself. The book encompasses projects from the city to the country, including the London home of culinary writer Skye McAlpine. Pentreath writes that he tries not to overthink the ingredients for a successful interior: “A bit like the best cooking, a combination of following good recipes, with a splash of inspiration and sometimes luck.”

From landmark cultural projects to disaster shelters made from cardboard, the work of Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban proves that all buildings, no matter how grand or humble, can offer transcendence. Assouline’s oversize book on Ban’s work documents projects from 1985 to today. It’s an essential addition to any architecture lover’s library.

ELLE DECOR A-List designer David Netto gives a tour of Upper East Side buildings designed by Rosario Candela, the Italian-American architect who shaped the New York City skyline throughout the 1920s. Each chapter gives readers the history and a glimpse inside those buildings with floor plans and photos of the interiors of its famed residents, including Sid and Anne Bass’s apartment decorated by Mark Hampton, fashion designer Bill Blass, and the Lorenzo Mongiardino–designed home of Marella Agnelli. The book also features essays by critic Paul Goldberger, who first wrote about Candela in 1979, and architect Peter Pennoyer, who has put his own imprint on the Upper East Side skyline.

This important new book by artist Malene Barnett, founder of the Black Artists + Designers Guild, guides readers through the art and design of the Black Caribbean diaspora, introducing 60 artists and their studios such as ceramist Dana Marie Baugh, sculptor Basil Watson, artist Alvaro Barrington, and many others.

Michael S. Smith’s seventh book, Classic by Design, is a feast for the eyes and mind. From his own pied-à-terre in Madrid to George Lucas’s château in Provence, every project in the book has been decorated with careful consideration and elegant beauty.

In Interiors Styled by Mieke ten Have, the sought-after creative shares her four guidelines for bringing rooms to life. “Things speak to me—a silent but captivating conversation—and I’m always listening, my eyes for ears,” the in-demand interiors stylist writes. Styling is storytelling, she believes, and, with richly detailed images of her own picturesque New York property, she offers plenty of inspiration to weave a tale of your own.

You’ve never seen Cuba like this before. In this richly illustrated tome, authors Abel González Fernández, Laura Mott, and Andrew Satake Blauvelt showcase the work of postrevolutionary artists, designers, and architects. These creative projects, all of which have never been exhibited outside the island, tell the narrative of a creative community and the story of the country they called home.

With an introduction by Seth Meyers and an afterword by Rashid Johnson, ELLE DECOR A-List firm Ashe Leandro’s new book thoughtfully documents the tight bonds that designer Ariel Ashe and architect Reinaldo Leandro have built with their clients through the years.

Blenheim offers an inside look at the palace that has been in the Churchill family for the past 320 years. Henrietta Spencer-Churchill takes readers throughout the palace (originally a gift from Queen Anne and the eventual birthplace of Winston Churchill) opening up the doors to art, furniture, tapestries, and vast gardens—all of which have been a part of a meticulous restoration effort.

Each chapter of Colony founder Jean Lin’s new book shares advice on living with the things you love. The book includes profiles of fashion and interior designer Carly Cushnie (who collects glassware) and architect Adam Rolston (vintage boxes), among many others. With a foreword by former ELLE DECOR editor in chief Asad Syrkett, this book will have you rethinking what you keep and taking note of what to collect next.

ELLE DECOR A-List designer Peter Marino, known for his work with luxury clients like Chanel, displays his limitless creativity in Ten Modern Houses, his first publication focused on his residential work around the world. Here, he showcases nine completed projects, including this Long Island house, and a tenth work in progress.

An essential and original contribution to understanding the work of African artisans, Nasozi Kakembo’s African Decor Edit, with a foreword by Justina Blakeney, explores design traditions from profiles of artisans across nearly a dozen countries in Africa including Mali, Uganda, and Morocco. Kakembo marries advice on both ethically sourcing work and appreciation of aesthetics in homes from London to Kakembo’s own home in Maryland.

A-List designer Alyssa Kapito’s first book, which was published 10 years after the creation of her eponymous design firm, is every bit as calming and sophisticated as her interiors. Kapito showcases 10 projects in the tristate area that highlight her approach to design. She writes: “I believe personal style comes from those little rules one makes or breaks just for oneself.”

From Beautiful, to More Beautiful, and now Forever Beautiful, Mark D. Sikes, who most recently refreshed the historic Blair House in Washington, D.C., takes readers inside 12 different projects, ranging from homes in Florida; Long Island, New York; and Vail, Colorado. The work follows the pages of the calendar, each project stands in for a different month of the year and the beauty that comes with the seasons’ changes.

ELLE DECOR A-List interior designer Oliver M. Furth takes readers inside his own home and more than a dozen others by showcasing his eclectic but considered interiors. With his background in the decorative arts, Furth prizes collecting. If you’re looking for a hit of dopamine, Optimistic Interiors is it in book form.

ELLE DECOR A-List Titan Veere Grenney gets personal in his second book by opening up the doors of all three of his homes. The projects explore the connection between Grenney’s vision and his own life with houses and gardens in Suffolk, England, and Tangier, Morocco, as well as his previously unpublished home in London.

Tiqui Atenico Demirdjian’s new book is a tour of the homes of renowned artists, including Julie Mehretu, Tracey Emin, David Salle, Francesco Vezzoli, and more, located everywhere from New York to Milan. These spaces are as distinct and as creative as the artists who fill them.

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