Books to read

Start filling the gaps in your shelves with these cookbooks, filled with mouthwatering recipes that have stood the test of time

Our books editor selects the most beautiful books to brighten up any coffee table - these would make great presents for yourself or any design lovers in your life.

Bookcase ideas to fit any budget or space – from freestanding & modular, to custom-made & DIY

The art of decoration may have much to do with taste and a good eye, but you can learn an awful lot from the experts. Fiona McKenzie Johnston selects the best books for learning about design, from vintage classics to new releases

Edited by his son Ashley Hicks and published by the magazine cum lifestyle brand Cabana, this sumptuous new book delivers ideas galore and glorious anecdotes from the life and work of one of the 20th century's most revered interior designers

We take a tour of the beautiful places that inspired the literary greats...

The books that inform and inspire interior designers' work, from reference books on 18th-century design to collections of fashion photography.

Does the sight of a room full of books fill you with joy? This collection of historical and modern temples to literature rounds up the most beautiful libraries in the world

The new book Kaffe Fasset: The Artist's Eye (Yale University Press) explores the contemporary craftsman and designer's magnificent body of work

The award-winning landscape designer recommends a selection of enlightening reads

The House & Garden Top 100 Interior Designer shares the books that inspire her work

The garden designer recommends an inspiring selection from her library

Much loved books from the personal collection of the Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler design director

Clive Aslet reviews the splendid new book, 'Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now', written by John-Paul Stonard and The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire to celebrate the completion of a major renovation of the iconic country house

Clare Foster volunteers her top 10 all-time-favourite garden books, from basic how-to manuals to classics from gurus such as Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto