The most popular aesthetics books of 2025

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 2025.

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Lawn
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Lawn

Giovanni Aloi

Published 2025

176 pages

Cat
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Cat

Rebecca van Laer, Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost

Published 2025

152 pages

Cloud
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Cloud

Joan Copjec

Published 2025

216 pages

Water
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Water

Ewa Macura-Nnamdi, Tomasz Sikora

Published 2025

145 pages