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 (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 SKATEBOARDING 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.
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 Contributions by 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 Contributions by Emily Oberman and Alison Castle
Published by Abrams
A collection of inventive, irreverent celebrity portraits from SNL's beloved resident photographer. Learn more.
Floral & Garden
The Contemporary Garden
With Contributions 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 Skateboarding 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.
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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