Humans of New York
Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The top 50
Coffee table books of all time
Fifty researched picks for the coffee table books of all time, selected for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
How we choseVisual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value. Rankings balance consensus with lasting ownership value and current buyability.
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National Geographic: The Photographs
National Geographic: The Photographs by Leah Bendavid-Val is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Beatles: Get Back
The Beatles: Get Back by The Beatles is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005–2016
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005–2016 by Annie Leibovitz is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus Seba is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
ROADMAP FOR A BRILLIANT LIFE: Via Haiku, Prose, and Photography
ROADMAP FOR A BRILLIANT LIFE: Via Haiku, Prose, and Photography by Elaine Yarbrough & Bob Benson is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Art Book
The Art Book by Phaidon Press is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Always a Traveler, Never a Tourist: In Search of People and Places on the Road Less Traveled
Always a Traveler, Never a Tourist: In Search of People and Places on the Road Less Traveled by Judy Bloomberg is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs
Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs by Ansel Adams is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Portraits
Portraits by Steve McCurry is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
"Vanity Fair" Portraits
"Vanity Fair" Portraits by Graydon Carter is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Gnomes
Gnomes by Wil Huygen is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries by Estelle Ellis is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World
The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World by Roz Hopkins is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back: English/ Spanish
Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back: English/ Spanish by Janet Sternburg is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
China: Portrait of a People
China: Portrait of a People by Tom Carter is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Sea of Ink : A Creative Writing Anthology
Sea of Ink : A Creative Writing Anthology by Niamh King is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Art of My Neighbor Totoro: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki
The Art of My Neighbor Totoro: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki by Hayao Miyazaki is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring by Gary Russell is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Human
Human by Robert Winston is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Los Angeles. Portrait of a City
Los Angeles. Portrait of a City by Jim Heimann is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe Tuma is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
ROY G. BIV: An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color
ROY G. BIV: An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color by Jude Stewart is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
A Great Party: Designing the Perfect Celebration
A Great Party: Designing the Perfect Celebration by Bryan Rafanelli is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
332 Magazine Covers
332 Magazine Covers by Norman Rockwell is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Revelations
Revelations by Diane Arbus is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Railway Maps of the World
Railway Maps of the World by Mark Ovenden is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Helmut Newton: Sumo
Helmut Newton: Sumo by Helmut Newton is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone
Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone by John Thomas Grant is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson.
Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson. by Terry Richardson is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Games We played: The Golden Age of Board and Table Games
The Games We played: The Golden Age of Board and Table Games by Margaret Hofer is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Eyes over Africa
Eyes over Africa by Michael Poliza is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Australia:Life in the Out Back: An Unchanged Way of Life
Australia:Life in the Out Back: An Unchanged Way of Life by Gary Wonning is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination
You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination by Katharine Harmon is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Georgia O'Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers
Georgia O'Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Hollywood: Photos and Stories from Foreverland
Hollywood: Photos and Stories from Foreverland by Keegan Allen is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Houses Made of Wood and Light: The Life and Architecture of Hank Schubart
Houses Made of Wood and Light: The Life and Architecture of Hank Schubart by Michele Dunkerley is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Life in the Dark: Illuminating Biodiversity in the Shadowy Haunts of Planet Earth
Life in the Dark: Illuminating Biodiversity in the Shadowy Haunts of Planet Earth by Dante Fenolio is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Humor in Craft
Humor in Craft by Brigitte Martin is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Seven: In the Lane of Hope
Seven: In the Lane of Hope by Michael J. Marini is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Art of Howl's Moving Castle
The Art of Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Blue Planet II: A New World of Hidden Depths
Blue Planet II: A New World of Hidden Depths by James Honeyborne is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
The Secret Language of Sleep: A Couple's Guide to the Thirty-Nine Positions
The Secret Language of Sleep: A Couple's Guide to the Thirty-Nine Positions by Evany Thomas is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
It's Simply...Sausalito: An Inspirational Journey
It's Simply...Sausalito: An Inspirational Journey by Cali Gilbert is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
LIFE 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography: The Platinum Anniversary Collection
LIFE 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography: The Platinum Anniversary Collection by LIFE is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Evershade (The Shifter Chronicles #1)
Evershade (The Shifter Chronicles #1) by Michelle Areaux is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Bowie: Album by Album
Bowie: Album by Album by Paolo Hewitt is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife by Don E. Wilson is a durable coffee table book choice, recognized for visual impact, production quality, gift appeal and lasting reference value.