When you don’t know what to get someone, but you want to make an impact and show them you do know something about their tastes and personality, opt for a book. Ideally, a coffee table book. The great thing about them is that they're meant to be savored. Oversized and plenty thick, they tend to take a while to get through. You pick one up, indulge yourself for a while and then set it back down. When you give a coffee table book, you're giving an activity, a true objet d'art and the gift of time. Here are a handful of our team's favorites to spruce up someone's space and pique their intellectual curiosity.
The Best Coffee Table
Books to Give
Tokyo Chic,Assouline
$105 by![A Man & His Kitchen by Matt Hranek](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-a_man_and_his_kitchen.jpg)
A Man & His Kitchen,
$40 by Matt Hranek
![The Art of Kinfolk by John Burns](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-the_art_of_kinfolk.jpg)
The Art of Kinfolk,
$75 / $54.85 by John Burns
![Bauhaus Style by Assouline](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-bauhaus_style.gif)
Bauhaus Style,
$105 by Assouline
![The Brutalists: Brutalism's Best Architects by Owen Hopkins](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-the_brutalists.jpg)
The Brutalists: Brutalism's Best Architects,Owen Hopkins
$69.95 by![50 Things I Wish I'd Told You: Life Skills by Polly Powell](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-50_things_i_wish_id_told_you.jpg)
50 Things I Wish I'd Told You: Life Skills,
$14.95 by Polly Powell
![Preservation of Style by Alexandra Gargiulo](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-preservation_of_style.jpg)
Preservation of Style,
$32.85 by Alexandra Gargiulo
Thom Browne,$150 /$105 (w/code HOLIDAY) by Thom Browne
![High on Design by gestalten](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-high_on_design.jpg)
High on Design,gestalten
$60 by![Paris Living Rooms by Dominique Nabokov](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-paris_living_rooms.jpg)
Paris Living Rooms,
$48 by Dominique Nabokov
Sweet Enough,
$35 / $17.31 by Alison Roman
![How To Swear Around The World by Jason Sacher](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-how_to_swear_around_the_world.jpg)
How To Swear Around The World,
$13 by Jason Sacher
Faculty Department Vol. 2,Justin Chung
$95 by![Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design by Gideon Schwartz](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-hi_fi.gif)
Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design,
$80 by Gideon Schwartz
![The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-the_philosophy_of_modern_song.jpg)
The Philosophy of Modern Song,
$37.59 by Bob Dylan
![The Little Book of Hermes by Karen Homer](https://valetmag.com/gr/daily/personal_shopper/features/2023/gift_guide/coffee_table_books/art-the_little_book_of_hermes.jpg)
The Little Book of Hermès,
$98 by Karen Homer
The Cobrasnake: Y2Ks Archive,Mark Hunter
$31.49 by