Coffee Table Books: Recommendations & Tips

I adore coffee tables and coffee table books. I also adore coffee which makes a gorgeous stack of coffee table books all the better. Here are just some of the books that spend their life artistically laid out on my table.

I tend to have a bit of a revolving door with these and swap them in and out with others depending on my mood. Let me know if you have any of these and what you think of them, or if you have any suggestions of other books I should get my hands on!

1. Influence by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

2. Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes

3. Irreverent by Carine Roitfeld

4. Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton

5. 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of all Time by the Editors of Time Magazine

I have a few key tips when it comes to organising your books. Keep these in mind and you'll always have a chic table.

1. Choose varying sizes - you're not stacking shelves with identikit items; you want to catch your guest's eye.

2. Variety - this one really depends on your interests but I'd suggest having books on a few different topics. This could be anything from fashion and beauty to travel, people or art.

3. Pictures - regardless of topic, each book must have a significant amount of large, high quality imagery. Think children's books rather than novel...

4. No more than 5 - this isn't a bookshelf. You want to have a manageable number but also offer variety. I would suggest either 3 or 5 books but no more or less. 

5. Colour - as well as size variation, I always recommend varying cover colours. Your table shouldn't offer uniformity; it should be co-ordinated but original so have at least one very dark cover and one very light. The rest should fit happily in between.