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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Dementia Lab 2025
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Dementia Lab 2025

Rita Maldonado Branco, Daniela Figueiredo, Amber De Coen, Claire Craig

Published 2025

145 pages

Selah
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Selah

Bayo Akomolafe

Published 2025

122 pages

The Illegitimate Age
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The Illegitimate Age

Federico Vercellone, Robert T. Valgenti, Roberto Esposito

Published 2025

152 pages

Anne Le Févre Dacier
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Anne Le Févre Dacier

James O. Young, Michel-Antoine Xhignesse

Published 2025

272 pages

Restaurant
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Restaurant

Brian Duff, Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost

Published 2025

184 pages

Saxophone
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Saxophone

Mollie Hawkins, Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost

Published 2025

144 pages