Congratulations to the 2026 Winners!
Each year, we invite a wide range of the world’s leading book publishers to compete for a coveted honor: a spot on your coffee table. Discover what books our judge committees loved most in more than a dozen categories, including art, design, fashion, home interiors, performing arts, and travel inspiration.
Welcome to the 2026 Booktique Awards!
2026 Winners by Category
ART:
DAVID HOCKNEY (Thames & Hudson)
ARCHITECTURE:
INSIDE PALM SPRINGS (Vendome)
DESIGN:
EXTRAORDINARY POOLS (PA Press)
FASHION HISTORY:
SUPERFINE (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY:
PAMELA HANSON: THE '90S (Rizzoli)
FILM & TELEVISION:
THE ART OF THE SNL PORTRAIT (Abrams)
FLORAL & GARDEN:
THE CONTEMPORARY GARDEN (Phaidon)
HOME INTERIORS:
AD AT HOME (Rizzoli)
LIFESTYLE:
CITY OF ANGELS (Damiani)
MACHINES & INNOVATION:
FERRARI (Taschen)
MUSIC:
BENT REJ: MUSIK
NATURE:
WILD OCEAN (Thames & Hudson)
OUR WORLD:
AMERICA THE ABANDONED (Artisan)
PETS & ANIMALS:
IN THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE (Images)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
ELLIOTT ERWITT: LAST LAUGHS (gestalten)
SPORTS & RECREATION:
THE SKATEBOARDING LIFE (Artisan)
TRAVEL INSPIRATION:
PARIS BY PARIS (Assouline)
Above: The 2025 Booktique AwardS HONORED 13 books, with ONE winner FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: art, design, fashion, floral & garden, food & drink, HOME INTERIORS, LIFESTYLE, NATURE, OUR WORLD, SPORTS & RECREATION, PERFORMING ARTS, PETS & ANIMALS, AND TRAVEL INSPIRATION.
Art
DAVID HOCKNEY
Edited by Norman Rosenthal
Thames & Hudson
Published in association with the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, this vivid, expertly-written book charts the life and work of one of Britain’s most popular and significant artists. Learn more.
Architecture
INSIDE PALM SPRINGS
By Don Flood, with Peter Haldeman and Stephen Drucker
Published by Vendome
Twenty-two of the most dazzling houses in the famed desert resort and the originals, eccentrics, and grandees who live in them. Learn more.
Design
EXTRAORDINARY POOLS
By Naina Gupta
Published by PA Press
A visual feast of weird, wonderful, and architecturally astounding swimming pools from around the world. A sumptuous celebration of swimming pools as playgrounds of design and architectural achievement. Learn more.
Fashion History
SUPERFINE
By Monica L. Miller, with Contributions by Andrew Bolton and Tyler Mitchell
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
From the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style traces the complex and vibrant legacy of menswear across three centuries of Black culture. Learn more.
Fashion Photography
PAMELA HANSON: THE '90S
By Pamela Hanson; Foreword by Lisa McCormick Love
Published by Rizzoli
Quintessential nineties images, taken from editorials for fashion magazines as well as many never-before-seen outtakes of behind-the-scenes candid moments. Learn more.
Film & Television
THE ART OF THE SNL PORTRAIT
By Mary Ellen Matthews; Foreword by Lorne Michaels; With Contributions by Emily Oberman and Alison Castle
Published by Abrams
A remarkable body of work as well as a celebration of America’s longest-running comedy TV show. The Art of the SNL Portrait includes more than 200 color portraits and behind-the-scenes photographs. Learn more.
Floral & Garden
THE CONTEMPORARY GARDEN
With Contributions by Annie Guilfoyle, Sorrel Everton, and Tovah Martin
Published by Phaidon
300 outstanding gardens in more than forty countries across the globe. Curated in collaboration with an international team of horticultural experts, this wide-ranging collection includes iconic public gardens and private gems. Learn more.
Home Interiors
AD AT HOME
Edited by Amy Astley; Foreword by Anna Wintour
Published by Rizzoli
Spanning the worlds of fashion, music, film, art, and design, AD at Home showcases highly original interiors and the personality and creativity of the bold-faced names who live in them. Learn more.
Lifestyle
CITY OF ANGELS
By Jasmine Benjamin; Foreword by Chioma Nnadi
Published by Damiani Books
Including more than 120 photographic portraits, City of Angels is both a tribute to and an in-depth exploration of the essence of LA street culture. Learn more.
Machines & Innovation
FERRARI
By Giuseppe Allievi
Published by Taschen
For seven decades and counting, the Italian powerhouse founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1947 hasn’t only set the standard for high-performance engineering, but also made an indelible red mark on popular culture, enthralling fans and collectors across the globe. Learn more.
Music
MUSIK
By Bent Rej
Published by Chronicle Chroma
In 1965, as a twenty-five-year-old photographer, Bent Rej was assigned by a Danish newspaper to cover The Rolling Stones’ European tour. Rej developed an immediate rapport with the burgeoning British Invasion band, and was soon swept into the bustling celebrity underworld of the late ’60s London. Learn more.
Nature
WILD OCEAN
By Peter Pickford and Beverly Pickford
Published by Thames & Hudson
Here, acclaimed wildlife photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford present striking images taken on location in ten of the world’s wildest and most pristine marine and coastal environments. Learn more.
Our World
AMERICA THE ABANDONED
By Bryan Sansivero
Published by Artisan
Peer into the mysterious world of abandoned homes across the United States with this fascinating photography book. Learn more.
Pets & Animals
IN THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE
By Guadalupe Laiz
Published by Images
IIn this stunning book, photographer and explorer Guadalupe Laiz captures Iceland's remarkable horses in their natural habitat, and showcases the rugged, harsh, and unpredictable environment that has shaped their character. Learn more.
Photography
ELLIOTT ERWITT: LAST LAUGHS
By Elliott Erwitt; Foreword by Graydon Carter and Nathan King
Published by teNeues
Born in 1928, Elliott Erwitt was the grand seigneur of magazine photography, a long-standing member of the famous Magnum Photos agency and its one-time vice-president. Learn more.
Sports & Recreation
THE SKATEBOARDING LIFE
By Neftalie Williams
Published by Artisan
Skateboarding is about movement. Movement of the body. Movement of thought. A movement toward better days. A movement to turn strangers into friends and family across the globe. Learn more.
Travel Inspiration
PARIS BY PARIS
By Jasmine Benjamin; Foreword by Chioma Nnadi
Published by Assouline
Housed in a luxurious slipcase, Paris by Paris explores the city’s iconic and secret places alongside the extraordinary figures who shaped its history. Learn more.
About the Awards
Celebrating TODAY’s most coffee-table-worthy books
The Booktique Awards spotlight today's best illustrated non-fiction print publishing—also known as coffee table books.
Richly visual inside and out, coffee table books dazzle our senses, beautify our living spaces, and deepen our connection to the world around us using dynamic visual language that welcomes all.
Booktique believes these books aren't just coffee-table-worthy; they are award-worthy.
Selected from the offerings of the previous calendar year, submitted by their respective publishers, and judged in two rounds by industry professionals and cross-category tastemakers, these are today’s must-have coffee table books, presented with the red-carpet fanfare they deserve.
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