Interiors of a Storyteller by Stephanie Sabbe (Gibbs Smith) With wit as sharp as her design eye, Stephanie Sabbe transforms her memoir into a deeply personal meditation on what it means to build—and to let go. From a childhood prophecy in a teacher’s crystal ball to hard-won preservation battles in a rapidly changing Nashville, Sabbe’s essays chart a life shaped by spaces. Richly illustrated with nine standout projects, Interiors is both a visual feast and an unexpectedly moving narrative of memory, loss, and the pursuit of home. https://gibbs-smith.com/

Assemblage: The Art of the Room by Shannon McGrath, Annie Reid (Thames & Hudson) With over 200 lush color illustrations, Assemblage offers a captivating study of how rooms gain meaning through thoughtful composition. Interior photographer McGrath opens her archive to showcase 24 distinctive spaces—each a layered narrative shaped by architects, artisans, and designers. From tactile finishes to curated vignettes, every image reveals how the smallest objects contribute to a home’s soul. Paired with Reid’s graceful text, this is a rich visual and conceptual celebration of interior storytelling through design. https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/

Embracing Southern Homes by Eric Ross (Gibbs Smith) In this lush and lively follow-up to Enduring Southern Homes, Ross once again marries tradition with charm, offering a vibrant blueprint for timeless Southern style. From gilded mirrors to chintz-draped parlors, he celebrates the enduring grammar of classical design while enlivening it with modern flourishes. Woven through richly photographed projects are his witty asides and practical tips, making this book not just a visual delight, but a warm, hospitable invitation to live beautifully—wherever you may be. https://gibbs-smith.com/

Poggy Style: Dressing for Work and Play by Motofumi “Poggy” Kogi et al (Rizzoli) A manifesto in motion, Poggy Style distills two decades of boundary-blurring fashion into a playful, thoughtful guide for the modern man. Drawing on the Japanese tension between hare and ke, Poggy reimagines the ordinary through layered looks that fuse Savile Row polish with Shibuya edge. With wabi-sabi wisdom and streetwise flair, he proves that true style isn’t about price tags but personality—where a basketball jersey can be just as expressive as a bespoke coat. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/

Embracing Beauty: Serene Spaces for Living by Beth Webb (Rizzoli) In her luminous second volume, Webb deepens her exploration of home as both sanctuary and sensuous experience. Drawing from a background in art dealing, she composes interiors like still lifes—layering glazed ceramics, antique oak, and pale linens to conjure spaces that are at once serene and tactile. From windswept Kiawah to her own oak-shaded retreat in Brays Island, the book is a masterclass in atmosphere, where light, shadow, and soul coalesce into organic elegance. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/

Liaigre: 12 Projects by Christian Liaigre (Flammarion) This sumptuous reissue offers an intimate immersion into Liaigre’s meticulously orchestrated universe, where every detail—from the curve of a bronze door handle to the grain of hand-selected wood—embodies quiet luxury. Spanning twelve projects from Seoul to Nantucket, Liaigre reveals a design philosophy rooted in restraint, craftsmanship, and an intuitive dialogue with light and place. With over 600 photographs, the volume serves as both visual poetry and essential reference for those drawn to timeless, transcendent minimalism. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/

Modern Floral: Timeless Interiors Inspired by Nature by Charlotte Coote (Thames & Hudson) Coote reclaims botanicals from the confines of nostalgia, presenting a fearless and contemporary take on nature-inspired interiors. From exuberant chintz to tactile natural fibers, Coote’s rooms bloom with confidence and layered beauty. Through mood boards, sketches, and richly illustrated step-by-step guides, she invites readers to embrace floral motifs not as trends, but as enduring design language. With 308 lush visuals, this is a vibrant ode to nature’s elegance—and its transformative power indoors. https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/

About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting by Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson) Bell offers a dynamic survey of 39 contemporary portraitists redefining what it means to capture a likeness. From Yvette Coppersmith’s painterly alchemy to near-abstract explorations of identity and narrative, the works featured—spanning 229 vivid illustrations—challenge traditional notions of portraiture. With an eye for both aesthetic and emotional nuance, Bell highlights how these artists use the human face to probe cultural, political, and psychological terrain, affirming portraiture’s enduring power to reflect who we are. https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/

Sam McKinniss (Rizzoli Electa) The debut monograph cements McKinniss as a painter of pop with both edge and empathy. Mining the spectacle of celebrity—from Lil Nas X’s mythic cool to Michelle Pfeiffer’s haunted allure—McKinniss reimagines media-saturated icons as vessels of collective longing. His lush brushwork and theatrical palettes transform press photos into charged tableaux where reverence meets ambiguity. More than portraits, these works are visual meditations on fame, identity, and the strange intimacy of looking. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/

Andres Valencia: Painting Without Rules by Andres Valencia (DK) The prodigious Valencia opens the door to a world where Cubism meets unfiltered imagination. With over 100 kinetic, color-drenched works, this vibrant monograph captures the bold, intuitive energy that propelled the young artist to stardom at Art Miami—at just ten years old. From sketching with pastels to layering oil on canvas, Valencia’s process is as uninhibited as his vision. Both a celebration of raw talent and a meditation on fearless creativity, this book radiates joy and artistic wonder. https://www.dk.com/us/

Bosco Verticale: Morphology of a Vertical Forest by Stefano Boeri Architetti (Rizzoli) Marking a decade since its groundbreaking debut, the book chronicles the rise of Milan’s Vertical Forest—a radical union of architecture and ecology. Structured like its living subject—roots, trunk, and canopy—the volume traces the vision, challenges, and global impact of Stefano Boeri’s green skyscraper. More than a building, Bosco Verticale emerges as a manifesto for sustainable urbanism, proving that cities can breathe, grow, and evolve. A richly documented tribute to an icon still very much alive. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/

TORREY: Private Spaces: Great American Design by Gay Gassmann (Rizzoli) In his confident debut monograph, Andrew Torrey charts a design journey from Kansas roots to cosmopolitan polish, presenting 23 interiors that balance restraint with richness. Whether framing Manhattan skyline views or layering warm textures in Cabo, Torrey’s spaces reveal a modernist rigor softened by tactile luxury and punctuated with contemporary art. With photography by Manolo Yllera and others, Torrey is a sleek celebration of a rising talent whose work exudes clarity, charisma, and curated sophistication. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/

The Golden Road by William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury) Dalrymple offers a luminous, sweeping chronicle that restores India to its rightful place at the crossroads of ancient innovation and global influence. With the narrative verve of a seasoned historian and the insight of a lifelong scholar, Dalrymple maps the vast intellectual and cultural radiance of South Asia—from Angkor Wat to the Silk Road, from Sanskrit science to global numerals. The result is a revelatory and transporting history of ideas that reshapes our understanding of civilization’s foundations. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/

Beauty and the Gods – A History from Homer to Plato by Hugo Shakeshaft (Princeton University Press) offers a piercing reexamination of ancient Greek religiosity through the prism of aesthetics. Anchored in the Archaic period, it traces how the shimmering allure of divine statues or the lyrical cadence of Sappho’s hymns fostered intimacy with the gods. Whether meditating on the kouros as a vessel of both beauty and sanctity or unearthing Hesiod’s theogonic imagery, this is an elegant and provocative call to re-center beauty in the historiography of the sacred. https://press.princeton.edu/

Tiberius & His Age – Myth, Sex, Luxury, and Power by Edward Champlin (Princeton University Press) In this bracing revisionist portrait, Champlin dismantles centuries of slander to reveal a Tiberius who was less monster than myth-maker. From his fascination with astrology to his calculated evocations of figures like Ganymede and Dionysus, Champlin shows how Tiberius manipulated cultural symbolism as deftly as he wielded imperial power. With sharp readings of figures like Sejanus and Apicius, this erudite and sardonic study reframes imperial eccentricity as political strategy, offering a vivid lens on Rome’s early Empire. https://press.princeton.edu/

Decoding Palm Culture by Stefano Tonchi (Rizzoli) traces the palm tree’s evolution from sacred symbol to streetwear icon, anchored by Francesco Ragazzi’s striking photographic essay. With Tonchi’s foreword framing the palm as both muse and motif, and essays by Giovanni Aloi and Emanuele Coccia exploring its artistic and philosophical resonance—from Mesopotamian ritual to Malibu cool—the book elevates the botanical to the mythic. A lush meditation on form, culture, and branding, Decoding Palm Culture is as conceptually rich as it is visually arresting. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/