coffee table book
Oversized illustrated volume
A coffee table book is a large, lavishly illustrated hardcover book meant for casual browsing rather than cover-to-cover reading.
The name comes from the practice of displaying such books on living room coffee tables, where guests can leaf through them.
Common subjects include photography, art, travel, and design: She had a gorgeous coffee table book on mid-century architecture.
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- oversizedExceeding typical dimensions
- large formatExceeding typical dimensions
- glossySmooth and shiny
- photographyCreating images from light
photo essay · monograph · memoir · volume · autobiography · centerpiece · conversation piece · aspirational · collector's edition · limited edition · gift giving · comic · manuscript · architecture · atlas · graphic novel · aesthetic · showcase
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, paperback, hardcover
- coffee table booksart books, photography books, hardcovers, monographs, architecture books
- Design Inspirationdesign magazine, architecture, HGTV, fashion, design show
- middlebrowbestseller, popular fiction, mass-market, airport novel, digest
- magazinesmagazine, issue, periodical, publication, design magazine
- book formatshardcover, paperback, softcover, hardback, ebook
coffee table booknovel
New and unusual
dissertation · treatise · technical manual · textbook · literary fiction
coffee table bookpocket book
Small handbag or paperback
pamphlet · pocket edition · miniature book · chapbook · leaflet
coffee table bookreference book
Volume for looking up
encyclopedia · dictionary · field guide · instruction manual · self-help book
book, table, tablet, coffee, bookish, booklet, cafeteria, tablecloth, bookcase