The most popular arts & entertainment books of 2025

Arts and entertainment books cover everything people create to delight each other. Painting, photography, architecture, design, fashion, music, film, theater and comedy are all here. There are beautiful illustrated volumes, histories, biographies of artists and guides to making art yourself. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Careless People
Cover of Careless People

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Published 2025

400 pages

Authority
Cover of Authority

Authority

Andrea Long Chu

2025 · 2026 edition

288 pages

Your Pasta Sucks
Cover of Your Pasta Sucks

Your Pasta Sucks

Matteo Lane, J. J. Goode

Published 2025

176 pages

Blitz
Cover of Blitz

Blitz

Robert Elms

Published 2025

304 pages

Sound Bites
Cover of Sound Bites

Sound Bites

Ed Le Brocq

Published 2025

240 pages

Teen Skincare
Cover of Teen Skincare

Teen Skincare

Caroline Hirons

Published 2025

260 pages