Coffee Table Books For Men

Sure, not everyone, but many guys love golf. And there so far I haven't seen many coffee tables about golf in homes yet. So why not change that when there are wonderful books that make perfect coffee table picture books about your favorite past time: golf?

One of the books I recently came across is The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes. Granted, I'm not much of a golf fan, but it was one book that was sitting on the cocktail table of our new neighbors, and both hubby and me got ourselves flipping through it without actually getting bored. It was a fun book!

For the lovers of photography, here is another interesting book that I've actually seen on my neighbor's coffee table: The New York Times Magazine Photographs.

It's not just any photography book, but a culmination of some of the best photos taken and presented in the popular New York Times Magazine for the last 30 years or so. And the photos are good. Really good.

My neighbor is a hobbyist photographer and he told me that he's actually going through that book pretty often, that it's more than just a photo coffee table book, it's also instructive. It's like a dialog between photographers teaching you stuff behind the scene.

This it the third book that was on the coffee table of my new neighbors. It was an interesting choice, but both of them told me that usually guys love pizzas (maybe more so than women - don't quote me on that though), hence the books is a great choice to be displayed on a small end table in the living room. And after seeing the (literally) mouth watering photos, I agree.

Granted, I love pizza, it's one of my favorite 'junk foods' and I can eat it pretty much every day. And these photos were such that I wanted to try some of those recipes in the book right away. I actually wrote down a few to try next time I want some home made pizza.

I also enjoyed the history lesson in the book about how it become what it is now in Italy, the area of Naples, Sicily and Liguria.

True, men like fashion and style as well, but maybe not so much women's fashion. How about a coffee table book about men's fashion?

Granted, this book was not on the table at my neighbor's, but when I discussed ideas with my husband (since I can't really read men's mind) he told me that it's not true that men roll their eyes when they see a fashion book or TV show. It's because most of them are focused on women.

So that got me thinking...what about a book that is all about men? And I found it: One Hundred Years of Menswear has a great selection of clothing for men that have been popular the last 100 years or so.

The perfect book for any guy who loves his fashion. Also I think it's perfect for fashion students, stylists, designers, because it gives great ideas and inspiration - heck even for writing a book!

This is a fun one for both genders, it's actually perfect in a home as a coffee table book.

The book is in fact a collection of photos that are fun, meditative, relaxing, stimulating and even making you dizzy.

Imagine you're 'high' and you're looking at pictures. I guess that's how it would look like for many.

One thing for sure is that this book will be a great conversation starter at many parties. Also makes for a cute gift.