I recently bought a bookshelf for my living room—I will be sure to share here on the blog once I’ve finished styling it! My inspiration is this color-coordinated bookshelf that Society Social put together — so needless to say, I’ve been in the market for colorful coffee table books.
I’ve long used coffee table books as decor throughout my home — whether on my actual coffee table, on dressers, on nightstands, on my desk. Books are a great way to bring color into a space, while also showing off your personality and passions. Plus, they’re low commitment, in that they are easy to move around and re-style on a whim. Whenever I feel like a room needs a refresh, one of the first things I’ll do is re-style all my coffee table books.
Because I have recently been on the aforementioned coffee table book buying bender, I wanted to share a roundup of my favorite coffee table books — organized by color. As I’ve been shopping in support of my color-coordinated bookshelf vision, I haven’t found many great resources where coffee table books are sorted by color, so I thought it would be helpful to create one. As I was pulling this post together, I made the editorial decision to organize the books below by what color their spine is — vs. what color their front cover is — and they quite often differ. Given my penchant for stacking books, it often matters more what color a book’s spine is when I am grouping books together.
I also made the decision to focus on highlighting coffee table books in the colors I use most often to decorate around my house — pink, blue, green, yellow, and white/neutrals. I tend to avoid reds, oranges, purples, and blacks—nothing against those colors, and there are plenty of coffee table books out there in those colors, I just wanted to focus on rounding up books I personally have and love.
PINK —
- Rosé All Day
- Mandy’s Gourmet Salads
- Patterns of India
- A Loving Table
- All in Good Taste
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Island Hopping
- Ibiza Bohemia
- Palm Beach
- Accidentally Wes Anderson
- Taschen’s New York
- Prosecco Made Me Do It
- Mad About the House
- Impact
- Art
- The Most Beautiful Rooms in the World
- Whiskey in a Teacup
BLUE —
- deGournay
- Once Upon a Time
- Beautiful
- 36 Hours USA & Canada
- Prada Catwalk
- Beach Cocktails
- New York Cocktails
- Style
- The Southern Living Party Cookbook
- Coastal Blues
- Island Whimsy
- Things We Love
- Escape
- The Southerner’s Handbook
- Elements of Family Style
- Allegra Hicks
- Dream Decor
GREEN —
- South
- Places to Go, People to See
- New Orleans Cocktails
- Island Style
- Gin Made Me Do It
- Taschen’s Paris
- Tiki
- Tulum Gypset
- Interiors
- Tuscany Marvel
- Domino
- Natural Curiosity
- Summer to Summer
- Talk Southern to Me
- Hirst
YELLOW —
- A House Party in Tuscany
- Mi Cocina
- Women
- Vivid
- Travels by Design
- Miami Beach
- Condé Nast Traveler Photographs
- Trina Turk
WHITE + NEUTRAL —
- AD at 100
- S is for Southern
- A Life in Pattern
- Wonderland
- Vanity Fair The Portraits
- The Well-Loved House
- Modern Monarchy
- A Great Party
- Feels Like Home
- The Big Book of Chic
- Hill House Living
- The Coveteur
- The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis
- Happy Times
- Living with Pattern
- Lee
- Beaches
- Life in a French Country House
- The Carlyle
- More Beautiful