National Geographic In Focus Greatest Portraits. Stunning work. I could look at it all day.

Without knowing your personal taste, I can't recommend something that I know you'd like. Do you have a public library you can access? Their decorating section should offer lots of choice for you to narrow down your preferences. I have literally hundreds of design books, and I subscribe to a couple of magazines, but mostly I use the internet these days. Check out designers on Instagram and follow the ones you like there, for instance. Or am I looking at this all wrong, and you are looking for actual books to display on your coffee table?

This is our favorite coffee table book because of the beauty and intensity of the photos, which seem to capture a calmness, but also a vibrancy in the people.