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World Book Day 2026: April 23
Observed each year on April 23 — the date on which both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes passed away in 1616 — World Book Day is a global acknowledgment of what literature has always done: shape cultures, sustain memory, and open the imagination to places and lives beyond one's own. For Assouline, whose Travel Series has long understood storytelling as a form of cultural mapping, the occasion is a natural one — an invitation to explore the world not through itineraries, but through the authors, photographers, and editors who have looked at it most carefully.
Travel Through the World
From the cliff-lined shores of the Amalfi Coast to the whitewashed terraces of Mykonos, the Assouline Travel Series captures destinations as they are best understood — through the eyes of those who know them most intimately. Each volume in this collection of travel coffee table books is conceived as a portrait: of a place, a mood, a way of living. To open one is to arrive somewhere. Cities, islands, and landscapes across six continents are represented, each rendered with the same editorial precision and visual depth that has defined Assouline's approach to travel since 1994.
The Perfect Gift
Assouline coffee table books are designed to be kept. Printed on weighted paper, finished with care, and presented in formats that sit as naturally on a library shelf as on a coffee table, they make a considered gift for World Book Day 2026 — or any occasion that calls for something with lasting resonance. This season's curated gift sets and travel inspired candles pair the sensory world of a destination with its literary one, bringing together scent and story in a single, beautifully composed object.