Books to read
Garden shopping
The classic gardening books every garden lover should own
Clare Foster volunteers her top 10 all-time-favourite garden books, from basic how-to manuals to classics from gurus such as Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto
Inside the House & Garden archive
From the archive: Aldous Huxley 'If my library burned tonight' (1948)
A 1948 essay by the 'Brave New World' author and philosopher Aldous Huxley -"Because books are so much a part of life, House & Garden asked Aldous Huxley to answer a hypothetical question: What would you do if your library burned tonight? From his Californian desert retreat, he re-appraises his choice of the world's literary classics."
Travel
The best travel books to read for journeys from your armchair
The best travel books to take you to distant places - both memoirs of travel and novels with a strong sense of place
Design Ideas
The decorative power of books
Our online editor presents a sheaf of ideas to show the value of books as decoration
Books to read
A reading list of books that take you into beautiful homes
Emily Tobin, House & Garden arts editor and creative director of House & Garden member's club The Calico Club, collects a lockdown reading list of books that take you in to lovely homes.
Books to read
The best bookshops in London in honour of World Book Day
Luxurious independent bookshops, old and new, to get lost in