Featuring everything from opulent imagery to entertaining tips, these exquisite books are worth festooning with gift wrap and bows.
FOR THE DANCE REVOLUTIONARY
Frank DeCaro’s Disco traces the era’s grit and glitz, with playlists and insider accounts galore.
FOR THE THREE- DIMENSIONAL THINKER
‘Great Women Sculptors’ by Lisa Le Feuvre
In Great Women Sculptors, Lisa Le Feuvre fêtes artists from Huma Bhabha to Helen Escobedo (work pictured here).
FOR THE HORSE GAL
‘Ranchlands’ by Duke Phillips III
From Duke Phillips III, Ranchlands, a bucolic photo survey of the beloved Western ranch.
FOR THE DISCERNING EYE
‘Carla Sozzani: Art, Life, Fashion’ by Louise Baring
Carla Sozzani: Art, Life, Fashion is Louise Baring’s lush illustrated biography of the Italian fashion editor and retail queen.
FOR THE BON VIVANT
‘The Four Horsemen’ by Nick Curtola
Bring the Michelin-starred Brooklyn wine bar home with Nick Curtola’s The Four Horsemen cookbook.
FOR THE HOST WITH THE MOST
‘How They Entertain: At Home With the Tastemakers’ by Pierre Sauvage
Pierre Sauvage lays out the tablescapes and recipes of the fabulous set in How They Entertain: At Home With the Tastemakers.
FOR THE ARTY HEART
Sam Gilliam spans five decades of work from the trailblazing painter.
FOR THE SHOP HOP
‘Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned’ by Tim Allis
Art, ephemera, and a rich history fill Tim Allis’s Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned.
FOR THE SCENT HOUND
‘Leonardo da Vinci and the Perfumes of the Renaissance’ by Pascal Brioist and Carlo Vecce
Leonardo da Vinci and the Perfumes of the Renaissance, by Pascal Brioist and Carlo Vecce, presents the master as fragrance artist.
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Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century