Best coffee table book on Reddit
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#1
Taschen
5.0
(7)
"Start with publishers Taschen and Phaidon."
"If you live in/near a major city, you might be able to find a Taschen store. They have STUNNING coffee table books, some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. 10/10 recommend"
"Check out Taschen books! Pretty sure they have a warehouse sale going on right now."
"Look at the up and coming books from the publishers, Taschen, Gestalten, and Phaidon - they always have beautiful art and design books."
"Taschen does a lot of their coffee table books in a mini $20 edition."
"Taschen books..... get 3 for 30 bucks."
"In my opinion, Taschen publishes some of the best books. They are also very well made."
#2
Free League
5.0
(7)
"Symbaroum."
"Anything from Free League, but probably Symbaroum or Coriolis."
"Everything about it is designed to do exactly what it says on the tin - take you back to 19th century Northern Europe."
"The Symbaroum, Vaesen and Alien RPG books from Free League are works of art."
"The Symbaroum, Vaesen and Alien RPG books from Free League are works of art."
"The Symbaroum, Vaesen and Alien RPG books from Free League are works of art."
"The art and overall look and feel of their books is just pure quality."
#3
Mork Borg
5.0
(4)
"Mork Borg easily"
"Mork Borg and Lancer are the two in my collection that I'd leave on a table."
"Mork Borg wins for me for its elegant chaos."
"To me, Mörk Borg is the most beautiful work of RPG art."
#4
Grateful Dead
4.0
(4)
"A book of all the letters sent in by fans talking about the experience at shows etc."
"All about the tapers, lots of interviews and J card art."
"Dead Letters: The Very Best Grateful Dead Fan Mail."
"The complete annotated Grateful Dead lyrics."
#5
Bluebeard's Bride
5.0
(3)
"Absolutely stunned to not see Bluebeard's Bride on here. It's a work of art."
"It's a work of art."
"I have never wanted to own "bling" in any of my hobbies until I saw that book."
#6
Lancer
5.0
(3)
"Lancer art is always amazing."
"The Lancer hardcover is absolutely gorgeous."
"Wanderhome and maybe Lancer are next with just gorgeously vivid covers that just catch the eye."
#7
Lonely Planet
4.7
(3)
"Great photos and some quick facts about the country. It gets travelers and non-travelers alike talking when it's on the coffee table."
"I just bought an awesome book exactly what you're looking for called 'Where to go and when'."
"I like Lonely Planet's 'Where to Go When'."
#8
Not specified
4.7
(3)
"I love 'the art of looking sideways' but I don't think you can get it cheaply anymore."
"Really beautiful photos & great explanations on why (safely) painting cats can be helpful."
"“The Moderns: midcentury American graphic design” is one of my favorites."
#9
MÖRK BORG
5.0
(2)
"ARC, Mörk Borg, Nate Treme’s Haunted Almanac."
"MÖRK BORG if you're hardcore."
#10
Wanderhome
5.0
(2)
"An absolutely beautiful game that I highly recommend."
"Wanderhome and maybe Lancer are next with just gorgeously vivid covers that just catch the eye."
#11
Electric Bastionland
5.0
(2)
"Electric Bastionland is glorious."
"Excellent quality print and the art is amazing."
#12
City of Mist
5.0
(2)
"All very pretty and, more important for a coffee table book imo, very inviting to those who don't know what it's about."
"City of Mist books - a neon-soaked noir comics aesthetic infuses them all."
#13
Robert Frank
5.0
(2)
"Robert Frank's The Americans is just awesome, it inspires me every day."
"Robert Frank's The Americans, Walker Evans' American Photographs."
#14
Degenesis
5.0
(2)
"Hands down Degenesis: Rebirth. Production values were out of this world!"
"Gotta say Degenesis Rebirth for something more clean and the incredible artworks."
#15
Phaidon
4.5
(2)
"There are… so many! Phaidon and Thames and Hudson are good publishers."
"Phaidon publish a lot of coffee table books. They’re fairly expensive though."
#16
Zweihander
4.5
(2)
"Zweihander."
"Zweihander."
#17
Chaosium
5.0
(1)
"The chaosium call of cthulu books are absolutely gorgeous."
#18
Jeff VanderMeer & SJ Chambers
5.0
(1)
"The Steampunk Bible by Jeff VanderMeer and SJ Chambers."
#19
Gregory Stock
5.0
(1)
"The Book of Questions - Gregory Stock"
#20
Wil Huygen & Rien Poortvliet
5.0
(1)
"Gnomes by Wil Huygen & Rien Poortvliet."
#21
Ruth Chou Simons
5.0
(1)
"I love Ruth Chou Simons books, which are the large tabletop sort. They’re beautiful and she illustrates them herself."
#22
Neverland
5.0
(1)
"Neverland is an absolutely gorgeous setting book."
#23
Spire / Heart / Strata
5.0
(1)
"Spire / Heart / Strata - all the books in the Spireverse are beautiful and distinctively so."
#24
Phil Cushway
5.0
(1)
"Art of the Dead by Phil Cushway."
#25
Fall of Delta Green
5.0
(1)
"Fall of Delta Green - probably the most intensely graphic-designed book in my collection."
#26
Ryuutama
5.0
(1)
"Honorable mention - Ryuutama."
#27
Larry Reichman
5.0
(1)
"Beautiful coffee table book full of photos from before, during, and after the show."
#28
Percy Waters
5.0
(1)
"“Designed” by Percy Waters sold on blueletterbooks.com & any flash book from that website is a must."
#29
Gildersleve
5.0
(1)
"Gildersleve “Wacos Photographer” got the book for my wife and we love looking through it. It’s literally a book of old waco pictures."
#30
Assouline
5.0
(1)
"The new Assouline “Palm Springs” book by Sheila Hamilton is fantastic. Excellent photography"
#31
Brandon Stanton
5.0
(1)
"Any of the Brandon Stanton 'Humans of NY' type books."
#32
Lucy Richardson
5.0
(1)
"100 Midcentury Chairs by Lucy Richardson"
#33
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For
5.0
(1)
"It is amazing, from the author of Fun Home"
#34
Wabi Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets, and Philosophers
5.0
(1)
"Highly recommend Wabi Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets, and Philosophers!"
#35
Henri Matisse
5.0
(1)
"Henry Matisse: the Cut-Outs"
#36
Vincent van Gogh
5.0
(1)
"Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings"
#37
Art
5.0
(1)
"Art = Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History"
#38
Strange Sisters
5.0
(1)
"A book of lesbian pulp fiction covers"
#39
Queer British Art
5.0
(1)
"Two anthologies of queer art"
#40
The Art of Drag
5.0
(1)
"Illustrated coffee table book about drag"
#41
Eye to Eye
5.0
(1)
"Portraits of lesbians by JEB, poseuses by gon burman, butch by meg allen, nothing but the girl - lesbian photography books"
#42
We Are Everywhere
5.0
(1)
"A GREAT book that goes into the history of being queer in the US in the 1900s."
#43
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish
5.0
(1)
"N/A"
#44
Sex
5.0
(1)
"By Madonna"
#45
Bound For Glory: America in Color 1939 - 1943
5.0
(1)
"Dustbowl, farmland, factories, cities, get-togethers, crafts, music, etc."
#46
Local Artist Book
5.0
(1)
"Found a nice hardcover at a local bookstore from a local artist/author with scenery of the area."
#47
National Geographic
5.0
(1)
"Got this for Christmas and I really like it. Has lots of different categories, good high quality photos and has introduced me to a few destinations I had never even thought of before!"
#48
Legend of the Five Rings
5.0
(1)
"Legend of the Five Rings."
#49
Jonathan Shaw
5.0
(1)
"There’s a great one called “Vintage Tattoo Flash” by Jonathan Shaw."
#50
Tales from the Loop
5.0
(1)
"Tales from the Loop / Things from the Flood."
#51
Rosie McGee
5.0
(1)
"Rosie McGee's: My Grateful Dead Photos."
#52
TCM
5.0
(1)
"Published by TCM."
#53
Delta Green
5.0
(1)
"The Delta Green campaign book Impossible Landscapes is such a piece of art on so many levels."
#54
Ryan Pfluger
5.0
(1)
#55
Beth Lesser
5.0
(1)
"Recommend the book 'Dancehall - The Rise of Jamaican Music' by Beth Lesser."
#56
Barlowe
5.0
(1)
"Barlowe's guide to extraterrestrials"
#57
Audubon
5.0
(1)
"It's amazing."
#58
Hot Springs Island
5.0
(1)
"Adventures of Hot Springs Island"
#59
Post Secret
5.0
(1)
"It's a gorgeous coffee table book."
#60
Dungeon Crawl Classics
5.0
(1)
"All of the Dungeon Crawl Classics books and modules have stunning evocative art."
#61
Alan Flusser
5.0
(1)
"The Alan Flusser book."
#62
Taschen Tattoo
5.0
(1)
"I really love the book Tattoo by Henk Schiffmacher through Tachen"
#63
Aquelarre
5.0
(1)
"It an RPG that originated in Spain, and was later translated to English, it's done up as a mediaeval manuscript and looks gorgeous."
#64
Petersen's
5.0
(1)
"Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters, which is a purely non-game book, but has gorgeous art work from I believe it's the former French edition."
#65
Art and Arcana
5.0
(1)
"In pure 'this is meant to be a coffee table book' Art and Arcana for D&D is quite good."
#66
The Book Grocer
5.0
(1)
"The Book Grocer, online book store, has a boxed bundle of coffee table books you can buy for AUD100 that covers a mix of subjects."
#67
Acne
5.0
(1)
"Acne Paper, Fantastic Man, or if you like any particular designer, they may have a collection book or a coffee table book."
#68
Fate of the Norns
5.0
(1)
"Also a very beautiful book but takes from the Norse mythology."
#69
Forbidden Lands
5.0
(1)
"I've got my Forbidden lands books out so I can poke through them every now and again and they look and feel epic."
#70
Fantastic Man
5.0
(1)
"Acne Paper, Fantastic Man, or if you like any particular designer, they may have a collection book or a coffee table book."
#71
Banksy
5.0
(1)
"Banksy. You are an Acceptable Level of Threat and If You Were Not You Would Know About it"
#72
Death & Co
5.0
(1)
"Echoing Death & Co and/or Cocktail Codex for an actual coffee table book to flip through."
#73
The Drunken Botanist
5.0
(1)
"Two others that are really aesthetically pleasing and decorative are The Drunken Botanist and Regarding Cocktails."
#74
Regarding Cocktails
5.0
(1)
"Two others that are really aesthetically pleasing and decorative are The Drunken Botanist and Regarding Cocktails."
#75
Great Women Artists
5.0
(1)
"Great Women Artists is really bright and aesthetically pleasing!"
#76
Art: The Definitive Visual Guide
5.0
(1)
"Art: The Definitive Visual Guide by Andrew Graham Dixon."
#77
The Secret Life of Pencils
5.0
(1)
"It's a book with photographs of the pencils used by favourite creatives, was a massive hit with the person I gave it to."
#78
A Man & His Watch
5.0
(1)
"One of the coolest books I’ve ever owned. The book is filled with amazing photography of some famous, storied pieces."
#79
The Alien Making Of
5.0
(1)
"The Prometheus one is awesome as well."
#80
Hugh Nina and Neal Treadwell
5.0
(1)
"Terrific collection."
#81
James M. Saslow
5.0
(1)
#82
Angie Quaale
4.0
(1)
"Not necessarily Surrey specific, but there’s the 'Eating Local in the Fraser Valley by Angie Quaale'."
#83
Goose Lane Editions
4.0
(1)
"305 Lost Buildings of Canada is cool, written by Canadians, published with a Canadian company."
#84
CommonC
4.0
(1)
"A coffee table book for Communist children (brainwashed by CommonC"
#85
If You Love This Planet
4.0
(1)
"If you Love this Planet by Helen Caldicott"
#86
Kathe Kollwitz Charcoal Drawings
4.0
(1)
"Kathe Kollwitz charcoal drawings"
#87
Worlds Without Number
4.0
(1)
"Right now on my coffee table (stacked on the Go board) are: Worlds Without Number."
#88
Shadow of the Demon Lord
4.0
(1)
"Shadow of the Demon Lord."
#89
Flames of Freedom
4.0
(1)
"Flames of Freedom."
#90
Main Gauche
4.0
(1)
"Main Gauche."
#91
Royal Horticultural Society
4.0
(1)
"The old RHS books, "RHS Encyclopaedia of Gardening" has loads of info for doing garden stuff."
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