The most popular aesthetics books of 2024

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 2024.

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Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World
Cover of Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World

Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World

Phoebe Boswell, Saidiya V. Hartman, Janaína Oliveira, Joseph M. Pierce, Cristina Rivera Garza

2024 · 2025 edition

176 pages

More-Than-Human Aesthetics
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More-Than-Human Aesthetics

Mike Michael, Michael Halewood, Michael L. Thomas, Thomas P. Keating, Alexander Damianos

Published 2024

258 pages

Dark Botany
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Dark Botany

Sigi Jottkandt, Prudence Gibson, Anna Westbrook

Published 2024

330 pages