Book Gift Guide 2016

It's crunch time. Busy people can be too optimistic about gift-hunting, expecting a great idea to surface miraculously between that lunch meeting and a trip to the gym. Then they wake up and realize they owe presents to people this weekend, and haven't even finished putting up holiday decorations yet.

Fear not: It isn't too late to find something for nearly everyone by combining overnight shipping with your vast knowledge of this year's crop of gift-worthy art books. Knowledge that is easily obtained below — with four big-deal, ultra-lavish gift books followed by a slew of more affordable options, organized thematically.