Big, Beautiful Books

Adorn your coffeetables with these hardbound masterpieces

Big, Beautiful Books

Your Nooks and Kindles are all well and good for traveling light, but there's something about the coffeetable book that an e-reader just can't touch. If someone on your list has a hankering for gorgeous art and in-depth interviews, you can't go wrong with these fancy favorites.


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