50+ Best Coffee Table Books 2023 – Gorgeous Design Books to Gift

It is said that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But for the design-minded bibliophile, a drab coffee table book exterior is the unfulfilled potential of paper and words. Think glossy thick pages, gold foil lettering, and multi-volume tomes. And as the gift-giving season kicks off, we’ve rounded up this year’s 52 design books, hot off the presses, that are their own kind of shelf bling. Whether you’re a maximalist or a minimalist, a fashionista or globe-trotter, here are the standout publications bound to delight, entertain, and inform any kind of reader—and doing so with fabulous flair both inside and out.