Decorative Coffee Table Books to Brighten Your Living Room

Decorating with Coffee Table Books

I may not be the best at keeping my coffee table clean and clutter free. However, I do love how it looks with just a few pretty coffee table books on it. The books I’ve collected remind me of different interests I have, or of different places I’ve been. Now that we have more space in our new house, I am looking to expand my coffee table book library. I’ve found some great options and wanted to share my findings with you. Here, I am sharing some of the best coffee table books for decorating I found in my searches!

Live Beautiful Coffee Table Book

Decorative Coffee Table Books

When it comes to the best coffee table books for decorating, it’s really a personal choice. There are so many great options out there on any variety of topics. There are beautiful books on home and garden to travel, fashion to classical art, and everything in between.

Here, I narrowed down my recommendations of decorative coffee table books to a few broad topics that interest me. There is home and garden, in Live Beautiful and Hydrangeas. Travel with Romantics & Classics and An American in Provence.

For art, I chose The Met Museum’s Masterpiece Paintings. I chose this book largely because I love the painting on the cover. Secondarily, I picked it because they have amazing exhibition companions. If that sounds up your alley and you’re a history book lover, I definitely recommend their book on The Tudors. I got for Christmas and am loving it!

Decorative Coffee Table Books

Top Row: Live Beautiful by Athena Calderone | Resident Dog by Nicole England | In the Company of Women | The Cat’s Pajamas: 101 of the World’s Cutest Cats By Rachel Hale
Bottom Row: Romantics & Classics by Jeremy Musson | Hydrangeas: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden by Naomi Slade | An American in Provence by Jamie Beck | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings 

In the Company of Women really transcends all of these categories. This book features short bios of women in a broad range of different fields. There are over one hundred interviews with entrepreneurs and inspiring women of all industries. It’s a great option if you are looking for little bursts of inspiration.

As an animal lover, it was hard to narrow the pets topic down. Ultimately, I went with one of my favorite books by Rachel Hale (her Smitten book is alsogreat). For the canine lovers, I’m really interested in the Resident Dog book. It seems like a lovely blend of interests and is currently on sale!


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 *This post was originally published on May 12, 2020. It was most recently updated on January 27, 2023.

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