Photography & Graphic Coffee Table Books
Great photography and art books to liven your coffee table:
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Buy on AmazonThe Graphic Design Idea Book
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By Steven Heller, Gail Anderson Paperback, 128 pages Features key works by acclaimed designers to illustrate fundamentals of design$10.00 -
Buy on AmazonAnsel Adams in Yosemite Valley: Celebrating the Park at 150
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardback, 204 pages Includes 150 breathtaking images By Peter Galassi$60.00 -
Buy on AmazonHippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardback, 448 pages By Castillo, Choi, Clarke, Dubberly, Blauvelt & Efline Art, architecture and design of the counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s$35.00 -
Buy on AmazonAnsel Adams: 400 Photographs
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardback, 440 pages By Ansel Adams "A book that is certain to offer inspiration for years to come." Shutterbug magazine$30.00 -
Buy on AmazonRobert Frank’s The Americans: Expanded Edition
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardback, 528 pages By Robert Frank "The expanded, special edition, which included the full contents of “The Americans,” as well as scholarly essays, facsimiles of contact sheets, photographer notes and correspondences, and other archival materials, functioned much like a massive and comprehensive finding guide. Maurice Berger" The New York Times - Lens$55.00 -
Buy on AmazonVivian Maier: Street Photographer
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardback, 136 pages By Vivian Maier "Maier is a gifted visual thinker with a strong sense of self. Through her lens, self-shadows and window reflections are deftly composed more about context than the figure at the center." American Photo$22.00 -
Buy on AmazonThe Unsplash Book
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: No Hardcover, 252 pages By Unsplash (collective)$59.95 -
Buy on AmazonElemental Living: Contemporary Houses in Nature
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Features 60 examples of contemporary architecture embedded in the natural landscape By Phaidon Editors Hardcover, 280 pages$49.95
The Greatest Movie & Culture Books for the Coffee Table
Bring a splash of culture with coffee table books illustrating the works of the greatest movie icons and artists:
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Buy on AmazonGreat Thinkers
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By The School of Life Hardback, 480 pages Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today$21.00 -
Buy on AmazonIndie Rock Coloring Book
Arts & CraftsAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Paperback, 32 pages Includes color-in designs and games from The Shins, Devendra Banhart, Rilo Kiley, the National, and more than 20 artists. By Yellow Bird Project$6.00 -
Buy on AmazonAlternative Movie Posters II: More Film Art from the Underground
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardback, 208 pages By Matthew Chojnacki This second volume of the acclaimed compilation of works by a group of underground artists reinventing movie artwork and toppling Hollywood's design strategy and marketing tactics.$30.00 -
Buy on AmazonAlternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Hardcover, 208 pages By Matthew Chojnacki One of the best coffee table books of 2013.$32.00 -
Buy on AmazonThe Wes Anderson Collection
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes New York Times bestselling overview of Wes Anderson's filmography features previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos, artwork, and ephemera By Matt Zoller Seitz 336 pages, hardback$23.99
Awesome Trivia Books
Every coffee table requires a few random picks. These trivia books are great to dip into and get your mind blown:
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Buy on AmazonAtlas Obscura
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By Foer, Thuras and Morton Hardback, 480 pages “Fair warning: It's addictive.” —NPR, “Cosmos & Culture”$23.00 -
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Great Thinkers
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By The School of Life Hardback, 480 pages Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today$21.00 -
Buy on AmazonWhat If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By Randall Munroe, author of the xkcd.com webcomic Hardback, 320 pages$9.00 -
Buy on AmazonHow to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes by Bradford Angier 320 pages, Hardcover$12.00 -
Buy on AmazonCabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By: Zach Klein (Author), Steven Leckart (Author), Noah Kalina (Photographer) 336 pages, hardback$23.00 -
Buy on AmazonAtlas of Remote Islands
BooksAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes By Judith Schalansky 144 pages$20.00
Great Stuff for your Coffee Table
Shop our picks of paperweights, vases and minimalist things to bring sophistication to your living room table:
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Buy on AmazonMinimalist Playing Cards
GamesAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Materials: Cards made from PVC Designed by Joe Doucet$10.00 -
Buy on AmazonMoMa Sheet Music Paperweight
OfficeAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Exists with other designs: Yes (shown with sheet music) Dimensions: 5" x 4" By MoMa$36.00 -
Buy on AmazonKahler Urbania Tea Light House
Home DecorationAvailable with Amazon Prime: No Materials: ceramic Dimensions: 6.1" x 4.3" x 3.4" Scandinavian design by Kahler$54.95 -
Buy on AmazonGeometric Ceramic Bud Vase
Home DecorationAvailable with Amazon Prime: No Available in other colors: Yes (shown in Dandelion) Hand-made, on demand by Clarke Collective Dimensions: 3.5" x 5"$45.00 -
Buy on AmazonCherry Wood Bud Vase
Home DecorationAvailable with Amazon Prime: No Material: Hand-turned cherry wood Dimensions: 5" x 3"$54.00 -
Buy on AmazonWhite Marble Coaster Set of 6
KitchenwareAvailable with Amazon Prime: Yes Polished, padded bottom to prevent scratching Diameter: 3.5"$29.99
Curator’s Pick
Our favorite coffee table book is The Unsplash Book. Featuring photographs from over 120 artist’s, this crowd-sourced book focuses on the 5 steps of the creative process.
The 250-page hardback book is brimming with creative ideas and visuals, and the perfect companion to any coffee table.
The art of the coffee table.
For book lovers, coffee table books are in a class of their own. These beautiful books are a true statement of personality, as well as an invitation to sit down and relax while leafing through a nice hardback.
Shop from our selection of great coffee table books exploring art, photography, architecture, and travel. These great books are perfect companion to any coffee table.
Great reads.
Great coffee table books are large, packed with beautiful illustrations, and with exciting commentary to dig deeper into the topics that fascinate us most. Whether its film, music, art, photography, architecture, travel or pure fantasy, a great coffee table book is one that is read and re-read in small instalments on lazy afternoons and quiet nights in.
Beautiful books.
The hallmark of a great coffee table book is its illustrations. Rare footage, weird collections, unlikely encounters are documented through high quality photos and reproductions to embark the reader on a journey to a particular time and place. Usually through an artistic, mesmerizing lens.
In essence, they are the perfect accompaniment to a nice cup of coffee.
