• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Coloring Book Addict

Adult Coloring Books, Supplies & Tips - Adult Activity Art Books

  • Home
    • Affiliate Disclosures
    • Disclosures
    • Privacy
  • Coloring Supplies
    • Where to Start
    • Tips for New Colorists
    • Colored Pencil 411
    • Best Markers
    • Best Gel Pens
    • Best Watercolor Supplies – Advanced
  • Tips & Tricks
    • Adult Coloring Books – Top 13 Tips for New Colorists
    • Colored Pencil Tutorials
    • Best cheap colored pencils for adult coloring books
    • Best Gel Pens for Adult Coloring Books
    • Background Coloring Supplies
    • How to Organize Adult Coloring Supplies
    • Best Watercolor Supplies for Coloring Books
  • Quarantine Fun
    • Color By Number Adult Coloring Books – For Beginners
    • Nurse & Doctor Coloring Books Honoring the Front Line Heroes
    • Jane Davenport Adult Activity Books – Art & Drawing
    • Kids Coloring & Things to Do
    • Large Print Puzzle Books for Seniors
    • My Favorite Art Magazines
    • Querkles Dot to Dot Challenging Puzzle Books for Adults
    • Rock Painting
  • Topical
    • Animal Coloring Books
    • Coloring Books for Men
    • Coloring Postcards and Greeting Cards for Adults
    • Color By Number Adult Coloring Books – For Beginners
    • Feminist Coloring and Activity Books
    • Holiday Coloring
      • Christmas Holiday Coloring from Etsy Artists
      • Top 30+ Christmas Coloring Books for Adults
      • Christmas Cards and Postcards to Color
      • Johanna’s Christmas
      • Free Christmas & Winter Coloring Pages for Adults
      • 2022 Coloring Calendars
      • Best Halloween Coloring Books for Adults
      • Autumn Coloring Books
    • Nature Coloring Books
    • Advanced Coloring Books
  • Black Artists
    • African Coloring Books For Adults
    • Women of Color Coloring Books
  • Mixed Media Art
    • Artists on Etsy
    • Best Glue for Journaling
    • How to Use Stencils in Mixed Media Art
    • Tim Holtz – King of all Things Distressed
    • Jane Davenport Mixed Media Teacher & Artist
    • Tamara Laporte of Willowing and Life Book Fame
    • Micki Wilde – Artist and Teacher
    • Art Classes
  • Art Classes
coloring book affiliate disclosure

My Favorite Coloring Books

May 1, 2021 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

coloring book affiliate disclosure
My Favorite Coloring Books

Listed below are my favorite coloring books SO FAR! These are the ones that I always come back to if I really am in the mood to color something fabulous.

These are MY favorite books so your results may vary.

Hanna Karlzon Coloring Books Dagdrömmar (Daydreams)

Dagdrommar coloring book by Swedish illustrator artist hanna karlzon

Click to Order on Amazon:  US     UK     Canada    or   Book Depository

Blomster Mandala Coloring Book  aka Twilight Garden by Maria Trolle

twilight garden blomster mandala favorite coloring book

I probably have more pictures colored in this book than any other. There’s just something really magical about Maria Trolle’s drawings and they are easy to figure out. The paper is SPECTACULAR! If you are familiar with Hanna Karlzon’s books, this paper is the same Swedish type including the bookbinding. I purchased the Swedish edition from the Pen store, but the same publisher that recreated Hanan’s books are also working with Maria Trolle so I’m sure they are going to be just fabulous. I promise you will want this one for your collection. My video flip-thru

Click to Order Blomster Amazon US   Amazon UK  Amazon CA  Book Depository

All four of the Good Wives & Warriors small-sized coloring books are my go-to for on-the-go coloring because of the compact size or just when I want to complete a page in an evening of TV “watching” and coloring.

Escape to Wonderland  – Escape to Oz  – Escape to Christmas Past  –  Escape to Shakespeare

Summer Nights (Sommarnatt) by Hanna Karlzon

summer nights favorite coloring book

Click to Pre-order on Amazon:  US     UK      Canada      or   Book Depository

Secret Garden – Johanna Basford

Johanna Basford Secret Garden

Of course, returning to Secret Garden is always a bit magical because like for many of you, it was the gateway drug to my coloring book addiction. It holds the very first adult colorings that now look quite childish to me by my new jaded standards but then again it’s great to see how much my style has changed in the last year. This book is a bit of history and whimsey for those of us who started with Johanna as our coloring queen. Enchanted Forest is a close runner-up!

Floribunda Coloring Book by Leila Duly

floribunda favorite coloring book floribunda

This one is very special for me because I discovered it while I was on a girl’s weekend with my two favorite people on the planet, my two grown daughters. It’s really a gorgeous book with artist-quality paper. You can order on Amazon Floribunda  US   ~    UK   ~   Canada and Book Depository

Leila Duly has a new book for 2017 that looks gorgeous too. Done more in the Hanna Karlzon fashion as a 2-sided bound book. I can’t wait to see a copy. It’s called “The Flower Year“

Favorite Coloring Books that are harder to find

The adult coloring book craze started in Europe with Scottish illustrator Johanna’s Secret Garden, so some of my favorite books aren’t available in the US or on Amazon! I see them by following some fabulous colorists like Morena Vajak on Instagram. She’s always posting colorings from books that I desperately NEED to have.

Fantastisches Malbuch (Fantasmical Coloring Book) by Colin Thompson

This book still isn’t available on US Amazon so I checked eBay, Etsy and finally located it on the wonderful free shipping book site Book Depository. You would never know how fabulous this book is by looking at this listing BUT I saw images from it on Instagram This is my first coloring from the book. It’s that really cool grayscale that makes it look like you are a fabulous artist. I love that!

Keep checking nationwide and on Book Depository 

Klára Marková‘s book Čarovné lahodnosti’s or Magical Delights

I received this GORGEOUS book from the author and have a flip thru on my social media channels. you can also see colorings from this little gem on Instagram here. The book ships direct to you from the Czech Republic via her Etsy profile here.  

Klára’s book reminds me quite a lot of the Swedish books from Hanna Karlzon and Maria Trolle that you know I love. If Amazon let me give it a 10-star review I would.

This coloring book is perfection! It’s a real hardcover book that can sit on your bookshelf for years to be shared with your friends and family. I have recently thought what a wonderful keepsake this will be for my kids and grandkids to see gramma’s books she colored in all those years ago. The paperback books will likely be tossed but not one like this. The pictures are fanciful and fun with just enough detail to make them interesting but not too much so that you are frustrated. The paper is luscious and toothy for we pencil addicts out there and printed on one side of the paper for you marker lovers. On the facing page, there is a little motive with an area for your name and a note. I’ve decided to put the date and the materials used to color it in. Thank you SO much for sending me this delightful book. I love it and it’s on my list of favorite coveted coloring books.

magical delights colouring book from Czech Republic favorite coloring book

buy mom coloring books for mothers day

Tanya Bond Inklings

While I adored her artwork, the CreateSpace paper on Amazon just didn’t do it justice. I was thrilled to discover that she sells her books along with a ton of her art in both digital download formats as well as all of her coloring books on beautiful thick paper on Etsy. I immediately ordered both and am thrilled with the quality.

Inklings coloring book on Etsy from Tanya Bond favorite coloring books

Tanya Bond’s artwork is incredible with her iconic big eyed girls most of which have their lovely animal friend as well. These books are printed on one side with gorgeous thick paper. You won’t be disappointed. YES, they are more expensive than on Amazon but if you are a paper snob like I am, it’s worth it.

She also has art that she has colored in to buy as well, along with downloadable PDF’s for instant gratification.  Her second book Inklings II is equally fabulous

Inklings 2 on Etsy from Tanya Bond favorite coloring Books

“Inklings 2” Click to order on Etsy.

Nightfall by Maria Trolle

nightfall maria trolle coloring book sweden

Click to order Amazon US, UK or Canada or Worldwide on Book Depository.

Maria Trolle another of my favorite Swedish illustrators has a book releasing in 2018 “Nightfall Coloring Book“: Originally Published in Sweden as “Skymningstimman“. It is already available in Sweden so there are lovely colored in photos floating around on social media. Maria’s books are the gorgeous hardback style that is simply a dream for colorists to collect.

As you can see Chrissy the Coloring Book Addict’s favorite coloring book choices tend towards pretty, detailed and flowery coloring books with top quality paper. If you think there are any I need to check out feel free to buzz me on social media.

Keep Coloring!   ~ Chrissy

If you are new to coloring or just want to dive in a little deeper be sure to read our expansive supply recommendations along with our tips and tricks articles.

*How to Get Started with Adult Coloring Best Colored Pencils
*Best Gel Pens
*Best Markers that Don’t Bleed Through the Paper
* Background Supplies
*Coloring Tutorials
*13 Tips & Tricks for Colorists

  • Winter Coloring Books for Seniors
  • Women of Color Coloring Books
  • Black Artists Featured – Black Lives Matter
  • Johanna Basford’s Magical Jungle and Johanna’s Christmas
  • 2022 Coloring Calendars
  • Top Coloring Books
  • Featured Coloring Books

Filed Under: Adult Coloring Books, Coloring Book Reviews Tagged With: Top Coloring Books

Shop Dick Blick

www.dickblick.com

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Reader Interactions

Lets Chat! Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Before Footer

Coloring Book Artists & Publishers

beauty of horror coloring book walking dead meets secret garden

Are you a coloring book artist or publisher that would like your coloring book reviewed? We would love to help! We know how hard it is … Read More about Coloring Book Artists, Publishers, Art Supply Manufacturers

My Favorite Magazine

AMAZON AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

CLICK.BUY. CREATE. Shop Michaels.com today!

Shop Joann’s

Check out paper craft ideas and supplies for scrapbooking, card making, journaling and more at JOANN!

Recent Posts

  • Best Glue for Journaling
  • Winter Coloring for Seniors
  • Black Artists Featured – Black Lives Matter
  • Romantic Coloring Books for Adults
  • TV Show Coloring Books
  • Winter Coloring Books for Adults
Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Footer

coloringbookaddicts

Dog Lover Coloring Books for Adults https://bit.ly Dog Lover Coloring Books for Adults https://bit.ly/2N7jHER
Micki Wilde - Online Art Workshop Featuring her wh Micki Wilde - Online Art Workshop Featuring her whimsical animals Artist and Teacher - Hippie Artist https://bit.ly/3sMqHxf
Fairy Tale Coloring Books for Adults - Beyond the Fairy Tale Coloring Books for Adults - Beyond the Disney Princess https://bit.ly/2RR8f4d
Women of Color Coloring Books https://bit.ly/2qDgT Women of Color Coloring Books https://bit.ly/2qDgTaH #WomenofColor #ColoringBooks
Steampunk Coloring Books Fashion, Gadgets, Animals Steampunk Coloring Books Fashion, Gadgets, Animals in Victorian Finery https://bit.ly/37yV79i
Science Fiction, Steampunk, Star Wars Coloring Boo Science Fiction, Steampunk, Star Wars Coloring Books for Adults https://bit.ly/3eGL8Dx
Winter Coloring Books for Seniors https://bit.ly/3 Winter Coloring Books for Seniors https://bit.ly/3HpqWTp
Best Romantic Valentines Day Coloring Books For Ad Best Romantic Valentines Day Coloring Books For Adults https://bit.ly/36UINi3
Load More... Follow on Instagram
  • How To Get Started
  • Colored Pencil Tutorials
  • Coloring Backgrounds Tutorials
  • Tips for New Colorists
  • Featured
  • Mixed Media Art Workshops Supplies Books & Art Journaling
  • Disclosures
  • Privacy

Copyright © 2022

Coloring Book Addict - Coloring Books for Adults, Art Supplies, Art Classes, Creative Things to Do, + Colored Pencil Tutorials

en English
nl Nederlandsen Englishfr Françaisde Deutschel Ελληνικάga Gaeligeit Italianopl Polskipt Portuguêsru Русскийes Español