Congratulations to the 2025 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 2025 Booktique Awards!
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.
This year, we brightened the spotlight on the winning books with a live awards party at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont, where guests from across LA’s creative community were invited to explore the books and cast their vote for the 2025 Book of the Night. We are delighted to reveal the winner—a dazzling showpiece from a home interiors legend—and to add to its many accolades the title of 2025 Book of the Night. Congratulations to Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden.
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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2025 Winners by Category
ART:
CAMO (Chronicle Chroma)
DESIGN:
GRAPHIC CLASSICS (Phaidon)
FASHION:
THE FLOWERS OF YVES SAINT LAURENT (Flammarion)
FLORAL & GARDEN:
BUNNY WILLIAMS: LIFE IN THE GARDEN (Rizzoli)
FOOD & DRINK:
THE GOURMAND’S LEMON (Taschen)
HOME INTERIORS:
CABANA ANTHOLOGY: THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Vendome)
LIFESTYLE:
FLAMINGO ESTATE: THE GUIDE TO BECOMING ALIVE (Chronicle Books)
NATURE:
STILL: THE ART OF NOTICING (Monacelli)
OUR WORLD:
JOHN DERIAN PICTURE BOOK II (Artisan)
PERFORMING ARTS:
LIFE. HOLLYWOOD (Taschen)
PETS & ANIMALS:
GRAY MALIN: DOGS (Abrams)
SPORTS & RECREATION:
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER (Chronicle Chroma)
TRAVEL INSPIRATION:
FIFTH AVENUE (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.
This year, we brightened the spotlight on the winning books with an awards party at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont, where guests from across LA’s creative community were invited to explore the 13 winning books and cast their vote for the 2025 Book of the Night. Read on to discover which book took the top prize.
ABOVE, left to right: 2025 Booktique awards PARTY COHOSTS CLARE VIVIER, LAWREN HOWELL, and JOE ZEE at chateau marmont; NOVELIST KEVIN KWAN AND JOE ZEE; PARTY GUESTS INCLUDING WALTON GOGGINS AND EVER CARRADINE mingled on the penthouse terrace WHILE BROWSING BOOK DISPLAYS and casting votes for the 2025 book of the night.
Art
Camo
By Thandiwe Muriu
Published by Chronicle Chroma
The first publication to chronicle the work of international artist Thandiwe Muriu, celebrating the vibrant portraits she creates that combine African textiles and beauty ideologies. Learn more.
Design
Graphic Classics
By Phaidon Editors
Published by Phaidon
A curation of 500 of the world’s greatest graphic designs in one big, bold, and brilliant volume that pays homage to graphic design through the ages. Learn more.
Fashion
The Flowers of Yves Saint Laurent
Edited by Elsa Janssen and Alexis Sornin; Foreword by Madison Cox
Published by Flammarion
A beautiful examination of how flowers served as designer Yves Saint Laurent’s muse throughout his life and work. Learn more.
Floral & Garden
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 famed interior designer Bunny Williams’ eighteenth-century home. Learn more.
Food & Drink
The Gourmand’s Lemon: A Collection of Stories and Recipes
By The Gourmand
Published by Taschen
An in-depth exploration of the literary, linguistic, historic, and gastronomic legacy of lemons. Learn more.
Home Interiors
Cabana Anthology: The Anniversary Edition
By Martina Mondadori
Published by Vendome
A kaleidoscopic journey through the cult magazine's most impressive and influential features, from castles and palaces to rustic shelters and power plants. Learn more.
Lifestyle
Flamingo Estate: The Guide to Becoming Alive
By Richard Christiansen
Published by Chronicle Books
A lushly photographic tour through the pleasure-rich world of Flamingo Estate, featuring conversations with luminaries from food, activism, wellness, and the arts. Learn more.
Nature
Still: The Art of Noticing
By Mary Jo Hoffman
Published by Monacelli
A stunning collection of photographs of found nature from an artist’s creative daily practice to capture beauty and see the world more fully. Learn more.
Our World
John Derian Picture Book II
By John Derian
Published by Artisan
The follow-up to the bestselling John Derian Picture Book, offering even more of the beloved collector’s lithographs, drawings, and ephemera.Learn more.
Performing Arts
Life. Hollywood
Edited by Taschen
Published by Taschen
An opulent two-volume boxed set presenting Hollywood’s most glamorous decades as seen through the iconic lens of LIFE Magazine during its golden age(1936-1971). Learn more.
Pets & Animals
Gray Malin: Dogs
By Gray Malin
Published by Abrams
A playful photography series capturing the world’s chicest canines, from Beverly Hills to London to New York City to Paris, by bestselling fine art photographer Gray Malin . Learn more.
Sports & Recreation
Last Days of Summer
CALIFORNIA SKATEBOARDING ARCHIVE 1975-1978
By Hugh Holland; Introduction by Shepard Fairey
Published by Chronicle Chroma
A photographic time capsule of 1970s California youth skateboarding culture, captured by the legendary Hugh Holland. Learn more.
Travel Inspiration
Fifth Avenue: 200 Years of Stories and Legends
Foreword by Jay McInerney; Introduction by Julie Satow
Published by Assouline
A celebration of the vibrant history and ever-evolving charm of one of the world’s most famous avenues. Learn more.
INTRODUCING the 2025 Book of the Night!
The competition was fierce at our recent Booktique Awards Party at Chateau Marmont, where 13 dazzling books vied for the title of 2025 Book of the Night. By the end of the event, the ballot box was filled and we had heard from countless guests that it had been incredibly fun, but hard—almost impossible—to choose just one book from the resplendent array of candidates. And yet, one book proved to be the most irresistible: Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden. Indeed this stunning book brims with style, inside and out, from its floral-drenched cover and lushly photographic pages to the texts that are as charming as they are masterfully authoritative. Congratulations to Bunny Williams, the publishing team at Rizzoli, and the many creative talents who brought this book to life! Click through for an intimate look at the 2025 Book of the Night.
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, featuring stunning imagery, expert advice, engaging reflections on an esteemed career, and endless inspiration for your own nature-inspired design projects.
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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