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Beautiful Books – Christmas Guide 2025

Top picks17th November 2025

Coffee table books are a staple of gift-giving at this time of year and there’s plenty of beautiful choices out there. We’ve chosen nine of our favourites from 2025 to help you find the perfect present for your loved ones!

We Feed The UK cover

We Feed The UK

The Gaia Foundation - Hardback

£35.00

Folkish

victionary - Hardback

£32.00

Mountaineering Women cover

Mountaineering Women

Joanna Croston - Hardback

£30.00

Radical Cartography cover

Radical Cartography

William Rankin - Hardback

£30.00

The Story of Whisky cover

The Story of Whisky

2 authors - Hardback

£45.00

Slow Looking cover

Slow Looking

Olivia Meehan - Hardback

£40.00

Aviary

2 authors - Hardback

£50.00

Comrades in Art cover

Comrades in Art

Andy Friend - Hardback

£40.00

Green Mountains cover

Green Mountains

Caroline Eden - Hardback

£28.00