13 best travel coffee table books

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500 Colorful Destinations Across the World in the Palm of Your Hands!

Ancient Mayan RED

Las Coloradas Pink Lakes, Río Lagartos, Yucatán, Mexico

Magical ORANGE shrine in the forest

Tunnel of Torii, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan

Vibrant YELLOW on the streets

Trinidad, Cuba

Surrounded by luscious GREEN

Tunnel of Love, Klevan, Ukraine

Cool hues of BLUE

Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, U.S.A.

The color PURPLE

Lavender Fields, Provence, France

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The Travel Book

A Journey Through Every Country in the World.

From Flavorwire:

'A journey through every country in the world' is the theme of this epic coffee table book and, indeed, it is. Get your red pen and Post-it notes prepared to spend hours flipping through photos and facts about every single country and region on the globe, from Barundi to Saint Lucia. It’s light-hearted and gorgeous, showing off the best of every nation. If you don’t salivate over this enormous wishlist, you might not have wanderlust after all.'

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

'It's Lonely Planet's ambitious, alphabetized tribute to more than 200 countries and their customs. A whopping 448 pages, this coffee table book provides two pages of info (and images) per country - regardless of size - and showcases destinations that don't always receive their fair share of ink and airtime. The succinct travel tips and smatterings of trivia allow the reader to quickly get the gist of a country.'

From Bookpage:

'This weighty tome provides photographic and textual coverage of every nation and commonwealth on the planet, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Each destination is covered in a colorful two-page spread featuring photos, both small and very large, which capture glimpses of local terrain and cityscapes, but which more keenly focus on indigenous people, flora and fauna, and cultural customs. The accompanying text efficiently whets the appetite of the prospective world traveler with once-over-lightly discussion of peak travel periods and things to do, incisive tidbits about the character of the country, an instructive phrase or two in the native language, and a small map delineating key areas and urban centers... Perhaps no less astonishing is the book's price tag, since this kind of pictorially opulent coffee-table item often costs twice as much.'

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Meet Photographer Anouk Masson Krantz

I am an explorer.

I explore places.

I explore people.

I enjoy driving unreasonably long distances.

I love to exchange with those who are different, those with another set of convictions.

I try to learn about them and then to understand them, what is important to them, what they love and what they fear, so that I might learn what makes us different and what makes us the same.

I am trying to raise my children to think for themselves and not to be taught what to think.

I want them to seek to understand the world around them and how we got here; to listen first, and then to find their voice; and to have their own direct experiences with the world that will have uncertain outcomes.

This is how we can open ourselves to the possibility of discovering and creating unknown, undiscovered inspirations of our own.