Design books at the top of our list

Our desks, nightstands and coffee tables are always piled with design books and magazines, and the stack just keeps getting higher, thanks to the season’s newest reads. Here, a few at the top of the pile:

Katie Ridder Rooms

Gorgeous photos, useful design tips and page after page of elegant, confident rooms. The design devotee’s perfect bedtime story! $50; The Vendome Press

Design*Sponge at Home

Step-by-step tips (and more than 600 photos) for giving your home the “it” factor—without spending a fortune—from super-blogger Grace Bonney. (Scroll down or click here to read ML’s recent chat with the style maven herself.) $35; Artisan

Mountain: Portraits of High Places

Spectacular images of the world’s loftiest peaks, collected by lifelong mountaineer Sandy Hill. $85; Rizzoli

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