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, music, 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 (Chronicle Chroma)
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 (teNeues)
SPORTS & RECREATION:
THE SKATEBOARD LIFE (Artisan)
TRAVEL INSPIRATION:
PARIS BY PARIS (Assouline)
Above: The 2026 Booktique AwardS HONORED 17 books, with ONE winner FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: art, Architecture, design, fashion History, Fashion Photography, Film & Television, floral & garden, HOME INTERIORS, LIFESTYLE, Machines & Innovation, Music, NATURE, OUR WORLD, Pets & Animals, Photography, Sports & Recreation, and Travel Inspiration.
In June, we celebrated another year of spectacular coffee table book publishing at the 2026 Booktique Awards Party, held at Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. Seventeen books from the world’s leading publishers were revealed as the 2026 Winners across categories including Art, Design, Fashion, Home Interiors, Music, Nature, Sports, Travel, and beyond. Cohosted by three of our favorite style stars—Kevin Kwan, internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy; celebrity interior designer Brigette Romanek; and ROE Caviar founder Sarah Meyer Michaelson—it was a pinch-me night of florals, candlelight, piano music, cocktails, and red-carpet revelry, all fitting tributes to the year's most beautiful books which were displayed for exploration along the penthouse terrace. All guests were invited to cast a vote for the 2026 Book of the Night Award, choosing one book from the 17 hotly-debated candidates. Scroll down or click here for the 2026 Winner reveal!
ABOVE, PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: ALI LARTER AND NYAKIO GRIECO; MICHAEL SLENSKE AND TIM STREET-PORTER; JASMINE BENJAMIN AND KARON DAVIS; BARBARA BESTOR AND SEAN DALEY; EVER CARRADINE; MICHELLE NADER AND MOLLY SHANNON; CORNELIA GUEST, KEVIN KWAN, AND STEFAN CAMPBELL; SARAH MEYER MICHAELSON, SARAH HENDLER, BLAIR RICH, AND JACKIE WINNICK.
In attendance was a sparkling mix of Hollywood creatives, including actresses Molly Shannon, Ali Larter, and Ever Carradine; fashion journalist Joe Zee; author and philanthropist Cornelia Guest; interiors photographer Tim Street-Porter, architect Barbara Bestor, and Architectural Digest’s Mayer Rus; acclaimed artist Karon Davis; photographer Carlos Eric Lopez; art curator Michael Slenske; gallerist Shaun Regen of Regen Projects; beauty entrepreneur Nyakio Grieco, and more, for a thrilling evening of cross-category inspiration and hands-on fun with the books on display. Discover them for yourself in the 2026 Winners Gallery below, and follow along as we continue our celebrations throughout the year!
Above: 2025 Booktique awards PARTY COHOSTS CLARE VIVIER, LAWREN HOWELL, and JOE ZEE (TOP RIGHT) WELCOMED GUESTS INCLUDING WALTON GOGGINS, EVER CARRADINE, KEVIN KWAN, and TODD SELBY to A CELEBRATION AT chateau marmont.
For the 2025 Booktique Awards, we brightened the spotlight on the winning books with an awards party at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont, where guests from LA’s creative community were invited to explore the winning books and cast their vote for the 2025 Book of the Night. Joining cohosts Clare Vivier, Joe Zee, and Lawren Howell were fan favorites such as Walton Goggins and Ever Carradine, novelist Kevin Kwan, photographer Todd Selby, fashion stylist Samantha Traina, chef Annie Campbell, and talents from the worlds of design, lifestyle, and media. The winning books across 13 categories were lavishly displayed on the penthouse terrace, each styled in an intimate vignette complete with a dedicated spotlight and a custom, color-coordinated floral arrangement. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a piano performance while exploring the books against a skyline of palm trees and a sweeping pink sunset, and all were encouraged to cast their vote.
Taking the top prize was Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden, a dazzling showpiece from a home interiors legend. We are delighted to add to its many accolades the title of 2025 Book of the Night. Congratulations!
And the winner is…
Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden
By Bunny Williams | Photographs by Annie Schlechter | Published by Rizzoli
A photo-rich tour through the grounds and woodlands surrounding the famed interior designer’s eighteenth-century home.
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Art
David Hockney
Edited by Norman Rosenthal
Thames & Hudson
A vivid, expertly-written book charting 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
A color-splashed tour of the ultimate global destination for modern architecture and design. 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. Learn more.
Fashion History
Superfine
Tailoring Black Style
By Monica L. Miller, with Andrew Bolton and Tyler Mitchell
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A beautiful exploration of 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 by fashion photographer Pamela Hanson, featuring her muses and the top supermodels of the era. Learn more.
Film & Television
The Art of the SNL Portrait
By Mary Ellen Matthews; Foreword by Lorne Michaels; With Emily Oberman and Alison Castle; Design by Pentagram
Published by Abrams
A collection of inventive, irreverent celebrity portraits from SNL's beloved resident photographer. Learn more.
Floral & Garden
The Contemporary Garden
By Annie Guilfoyle, Sorrel Everton, and Tovah Martin
Published by Phaidon
An exquisite and wide-ranging showcase of 300 outstanding gardens in more than forty countries around the globe. Learn more.
Home Interiors
AD at Home
Architectural Digest
Edited by Amy Astley; Foreword by Anna Wintour
Published by Rizzoli
A celebratory showcase of highly original home interiors and the bold-face names who live in them. Learn more.
Lifestyle
City of Angels
A Book about L.A. Style
By Jasmine Benjamin; Foreword by Chioma Nnadi
Published by Damiani Books
A spirited photographic tribute to the rich and diverse style scene of Los Angeles. Learn more.
Machines & Innovation
Ferrari
By Giuseppe Allievi
Published by Taschen
A stylish, oversized edition featuring exclusive content from the Ferrari Archives and private collections around the world. Learn more.
Music
Musik
The 1960s Photographs
By Bent Rej
Published by Chronicle Chroma
The first major book to celebrate Bent Rej's seminal 1960s photographs of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and more. Learn more.
Nature
Wild Ocean
A Journey to the Earth's Last Wild Coasts
By Peter Pickford and Beverly Pickford
Published by Thames & Hudson
Presenting 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
Captivating Portraits of Deserted Homes
By Bryan Sansivero
Published by Artisan
A fascinating peek inside abandoned homes and the mysterious belongings left behind. Learn more.
Pets & Animals
In the Land of Fire and Ice
Horses of Iceland
By Guadalupe Laiz
Published by Images
A collection of stunning images of Iceland's magnificent horses photographed in iconic and breathtaking locations. Learn more.
Photography
Elliott Erwitt: Last Laughs
By Elliott Erwitt; Foreword by Graydon Carter and Nathan King
Published by teNeues
A landmark book of hand-picked, tongue-in-cheek photographs from the revered, late photojournalist. Learn more.
Sports & Recreation
The Skateboard Life
Movers, Shakers, Makers & Rulebreakers: The Quintessential Story of Skateboard Culture
By Neftalie Williams
Published by Artisan
A collection of 65 dynamic, strikingly photographed profiles of skaters, celebrating how skateboarding has permeated and elevated our global culture. Learn more.
Travel Inspiration
Paris by Paris
By Ariel Wizman and Harold Cobert
Published by Assouline
An irresistible, oversized showpiece for lovers of Paris, featuring rarely seen photographs and delightful narration about the world's most visited city. Learn more.
INTRODUCING the 2026 Book of the Night!
Throughout the evening at Chateau Marmont, the ballot box drew a steady crowd as guests cast their vote for the 2026 Book of the Night, choosing one book from the 17 hotly debated candidates on display. Try as we might, we couldn’t predict which one would ultimately take the top prize. The most talked-about book was surely In the Land of Fire and Ice. The most pored-over books (based on the traffic jams around the display tables) were City of Angels and David Hockney. Another contender, America the Abandoned, elicited hushed wonder in everyone who touched its pages. But at the night’s end, the vote-count revealed all: Wild Ocean claimed third place, Elliott Erwitt: Last Laughs took second, and Pamela Hanson: The ‘90s emerged as the clear winner, earning the most votes by an impressive margin. Congratulations to our 2026 Book of the Night! Learn more below, or click here for a full profile of this dazzling winner.
Pamela Hanson: The ’90s
By Pamela Hanson | foreword by lisa mccormick love | Published by Rizzoli
A photographic joyride through an iconic decade and its effervescent fashions, captured by the legendary Pamela Hanson.
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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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