10 coffee table books every pop culture fan should give—or get—this holiday season
From The Kick-Ass Book Of Cobra Kai to The Simpsons' Treehouse Of Horror, these titles are worth a place of honor in any living room
Aux Features Vikki Tobak
With gift-giving season upon us, The A.V. Club has rounded up the best coffee table books for the pop culture lover in your life. Some of the must-haves this season include The Kick-Ass Book Of Cobra Kai, a photo-filled behind-the-scenes look at Netflix’s hit show featuring interviews with Cobra Kai stars Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and more. Simpsons superfans will scream over Treehouse Of Horror: Ominous Omnibus Vol. 1—the first of three volumes containing spooky comics created by Matt Groening. Need more ideas? Read on to find out about all the page-turning presents to buy for that beloved bookworm this holiday season.
Need even more help picking out a gift? Check out our TV fans’ gift guide, our film lovers’ gift guide, and our audiophile music gift guide.
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How about a warning for that man’s exposed cock and balls on the cover of Annie Leibovitz’s book? Other than that, not a very good list… and why are some of these books so expensive? $60? $71? $115? $190?! Jesus…
OH NO!!! A MANS FLACCID PENIS!!!! THE HORROR!!!!!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!Seriously 50% of the population has those parts. It shouldn’t shock you. I just hope the pain they uses is easily washed off and didn’t require any scrubbing
I feel like you missed one
I finally read that whole book earlier this year.
What’s Klosterman’s foreword like? Why the book you’re about to read actually sucks and you should be reading some other coffee table book? Why Kramer’s coffee table book on coffee tables is wildly underrated?
You can read the foreword here:https://www.amazon.com/Inventory-Featuring-Saxophone-Obsessively-Pop-Culture/dp/1416594736?asin=1416594736&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
“In a culture that worships the disposable, lazy lists obligatorily put together by self-serving editorial staffs at the likes of Barely Information Magazine, The A.V. Club has decided to embrace what it parodies until it meets itself just outside of heaven and shakes its own hand while flipping itself, and you and me, off. Kudos, A.V. Club!” — David Cross, Mr. Show and Arrested DevelopmentDavid Cross is so insufferable. “embrace what it parodies.” He doesn’t even know what he’s providing a quote for.
Graphic novels are coffee table books now?
That one was a real headscratcher. Some of the others look to be regular non-fiction books as well, not coffee table books. What an odd list.
I don’t think they understand what a coffee table book is. It’s not something you read, its mostly an art book or picture book.