The most popular aesthetics books of 2020

Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. Why do some things move us, is taste only personal, and what makes something a work of art? These books think carefully about painting, music, literature and nature, and will sharpen the way you look and listen. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Stranger Faces
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Stranger Faces

Namwali Serpell

Published 2020

182 pages

Sensoria
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Sensoria

McKenzie Wark

Published 2020

304 pages

Coffee
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Coffee

Dinah Lenney

Published 2020

192 pages

Repair Revolution
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Repair Revolution

Elizabeth Knight, John Wackman

Published 2020

320 pages

Fat
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Fat

Hanne Blank

Published 2020

144 pages

Ocean
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Ocean

Steve Mentz

Published 2020

192 pages

Snake
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Snake

Erica Wright

Published 2020

160 pages

Gin (Object Lessons)
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Gin (Object Lessons)

Shonna Milliken Humphrey, Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost

Published 2020

160 pages

iBauhaus
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iBauhaus

Nicholas Fox Weber

Published 2020

272 pages

Television
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Television

Susan Bordo, Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost

2020 · 2021 edition

192 pages

Exit
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Exit

Laura Waddell, Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost

Published 2020

176 pages