Top Five Coffee Table Books

You’ve invested in your dream coffee table, but something’s missing. No, it’s not last night’s dirty wine glasses you forgot to wash-up; it’s a beautiful collection of coffee table books. Once exclusive to professional interior designers, coffee table books have become very popular and with good reason.

Publishers now have dedicated teams hunting out the very best in coffee table appropriate literature, resulting in books that don’t just look amazing, but read incredibly well too.

If you’re looking to impress your guests and make the most of your coffee table, these books are some of the best on the market today. Covering a range of genres and styles, you’ll be hooked from day one.

Photos that Changed the World

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Informative” and “inspirational” are two words commonly used to describe this book, and for good reason. With each photograph given a high detail two-page spread, Photos that Changed the World takes a look back at the photographs that document some of the most internationally important events since the dawn of photography.Included with each photograph are enthralling, approachable and insightful essays documenting the narrative behind the image. Including the likes of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream…” speech and harrowing images from the bombing of Pearl Harbour, it’ll leave you shocked, appalled, delighted and inspired.

David Bowie Is…

Published to coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum 50th celebrations of the artist, David Bowie Is… has achieved bestselling status for a very good reason. Whether you’re interested in the man himself, his music or fashion, the book is an enthralling collection with exclusive access to numerous phases of his career.

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The images are of the highest quality and give as great an insight into the exclusive collection, if not greater, thank those in attendance to the exhibition had.

The book includes details you never thought you’d have access to, such as rewritten lyrics to now-classic songs, they are also accompanied with essays by academics who are also fans of the musician – making them intelligent whilst also remaining excited and passionate.

Vogue: The Editor’s Eye

In publication for more than 120 years, Vogue is a fashion magazine that has truly made an impact into the way we live, the fashion we love and the styles we crave.

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Released on its 120th anniversary, Vogue: The Editor’s Eye provides insight into the history of the high-fashion shoots that have gone on to make the magazine, photographers, models and designers legendary during its rule over the fashion industry.

The images start from the 1940s and take the reader through a journey of each decades fashion and style. While this could feel dated, the images not only give a fascinating look back through history but also give readers a glimpse into the future, showing us how fashions will adapt and advance in the coming years, just as they have in the past.

The Art of Looking Sideways

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Created by noted designer Alan Fletcher, The Art of Looking Sideways enthralls, inspires and confuses in its collection of anecdotes, quotes, images an

d so much more. Primarily about perception and visual awareness, anyone who picks up this book cannot help but be drawn in by the various curiosities that lay within its pages.

Ideal for those who enjoy both visual content along with the more traditional written form, it is this unison between traditional and modern and the strange and the ordinary that makes The Art of Looking Sideways such a compelling read for anyone interested in design and creative arts of any form.

Monsters in the Movies

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No matter the genre or style, there’s a coffee table book out there for everyone, just as there is a coffee table. Finish your look with these quirky pieces of literature, sit back and enjoy.

For film buffs of all tastes, Monsters in the Movies is very clearly a project of passion for John Landis as it covers almost every monster from every film you can remember. Including the most basic monsters that’ll leave you laughing, to those of the highest budget whose image alone can make you shake; it is truly the ultimate guide.