The best coffee table books are a great way to enhance both your home decor and your knowledge. They are usually large-format, hardcover, and image-heavy tomes. Because these books sit on display, ...

“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” the old adage goes...but when it comes to coffee table books, we’d have to disagree. As their name implies, these stylish tomes are designed to be displayed where ...

Books, books, books—they surround us, mentally and physically, in floor-to-ceiling bookcases, in stacks on the floor acting as end tables, or just standing there, tall, majestical, like columnar yews.

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Prosper Assouline (pictured above), the publishing mogul behind the ...

Sometimes a spoon is just a spoon. By Joshua David Stein Joshua David Stein’s children’s books include “Lunch From Home,” “What’s Cooking?” and “Solitary Animals.” The spoon’s best-known role in the ...