I recently surpassed a coloring book collection of over 100 books. (๑﹏๑//) No I don't wanna do the math on the cost of that... Anyway, this is a small, condensed catalogue of all those books, if you're curious for whatever reason? And also for my own reference. I've put a little ✦︎ next to my particular favorites plus if that title is underlined that means I have a little page where I expand on why I liked it, if you're ever looking for recommendations. Books I wish I skipped on are marked by ✖. Also you can sort the table by their different headings by clicking on them. Wherever possible, I link bookshop.org as it's my preferred vender as an US resident. They support independent bookstores instead of big coporations like Amazon! But unless I mark them as out of print or imports, most of these books can be purchased from most American book retailers. c: I'm sorry I don't know about outside the US...
✦ |
Title |
Artist |
Subject |
Subcategory |
Artstyle |
Detail Level |
Paper Quality |
Double-Sided? |
Series |
Publisher |
Availability |
Link |
|
Mystical Cats in Secret Places |
Honoel A. Ibardolaza |
Animals |
Cats |
Western Style Cartoon |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
Yes |
Secret Places Duology |
Waves of Color |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
Fanciful Dogs in Secret Places |
Honoel A. Ibardolaza |
Animals |
Dogs |
Western Style Cartoon |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
Yes |
Secret Places Duology |
Waves of Color |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
Manga Fantasy Special |
Sonia Leong |
People |
Fantasy |
Animanga |
★★★☆☆ |
Budget |
No* |
Colouring Heaven (Issue #96) |
Anthem Publishing |
Available |
Physical | Digital |
|
OMG! Cats |
[Coco Wyo] |
Animals |
Cats |
Round Cartoon |
★★☆☆☆ |
Printer |
No |
N/A |
Independently Published |
Out of Print |
N/A |
✖ |
Bad Dog! |
Deborah Muller |
Animals |
Dogs |
Western Cartoon |
★★★★☆ |
Budget |
No* |
Zendoodle |
Macmillan |
Available |
Physical |
|
A Million Dogs |
Lulu Mayo |
Animals |
Dogs |
Rounded Cartoon |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
A Million Creatures to Color |
Union Square |
Available |
Physical |
|
A Million Owls |
Lulu Mayo |
Animals |
Misc. Animals |
Rounded Cartoon |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
A Million Creatures to Color |
Union Square |
Available |
Physical |
|
A Million Kawaii Cuties |
Lulu Mayo |
Animals |
Misc. Animals |
Rounded Cartoon |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
A Million Creatures to Color |
Union Square |
Available |
Physical |
|
A Million Magical Creatures |
Lulu Mayo |
Animals |
Misc. Animals + Fantasy |
Rounded Cartoon |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
A Million Creatures to Color |
Union Square |
Available |
Physical |
✦ |
Cute Chibi Creature Coloring |
Phoebe Im |
Animals |
Misc. Animals |
Rounded Cartoon |
★★☆☆☆ |
Good |
No |
N/A |
Rock Point |
Available |
Physical |
✖ |
Dapper Animals |
Thaneeya McArdle |
Animals |
Misc. Animals + Fashion |
Western Cartoon |
★★☆☆☆ |
Budget |
No* |
Design Orgiinals |
Design Originals |
Available |
Physical |
✖ |
Splash of Color vol. 17 |
[Shutterstock] |
Animals |
Sea life |
Semi-realistic nature drawings |
★★★☆☆ |
Budget |
N/A |
Splash of Color |
Creative Expression |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
Waterlife |
Georgie Woolridge |
Animals |
Sea life |
Semi-realistic nature drawings |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
No* |
Woolridge's Wildlife |
Macmillan |
Out of Print |
N/A |
✦ |
Beauty and the Beast |
Jae-Eun Lee |
Classic |
Fairy Tales |
Angular Humans |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
Yes |
Color the Classics |
Waves of Color |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
✦ |
Color Me Enchanted |
Masha D'yans & Gala Lazuli |
Classic |
Fairy Tales |
Angular Humans |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
Yes |
N/A |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
|
Color Me Jane |
Jacqui Oakley |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
Semi-Realistic Humans |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
N/A |
Clarkson Potter |
Available |
Physical |
|
The Dr. Seuss Coloring Book |
Theodor Seuss Geisel |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
True to Source |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
N/A |
Random House |
Available |
Physical |
|
The Fairy Tale Art of Walter Crane |
Walter Crane |
Classic |
Fairy Tales |
True to Source |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
No |
N/A |
Pomegranate |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
The Great Gatsby Coloring Book |
Chellie Carroll |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
Semi-Realistic Humans |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
N/A |
Thunder Bay Press |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
✖ |
Pride and Prejudice |
Chellie Carroll |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
Patterns and Objects w/ Semi-Realistic Humans |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
N/A |
Doubleday Books |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
✦ |
The Snow Queen |
Jae-Eun Leen |
Classic |
Fairy Tales |
Angular Humans |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
Yes |
Color the Classics |
Waves of Color |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
✦ |
Wizard of Oz Designs |
Marty Noble |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
Semi-Realistic Humans |
★★★☆☆ |
Budget |
No |
Creative Haven |
Dover |
Available |
Physical |
✦ |
The Wizard of Oz |
Jae-Eun Lee |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
Angular Humans |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
Yes |
Color the Classics |
Waves of Color |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
|
Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
Fabiana Trerè |
Classic |
Classic Novel |
Western Cartoon |
★★★☆☆ |
Budget |
No* |
Colouring Heaven Collection (Issue #57) |
Anthem Publishing |
Available |
Physical | Digital |
✦ |
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal |
Various Artists Jorge Corona, Jae Lee, Brandon Dayton, & Dylan Burnett |
Fandom |
Modern |
Various |
★★★☆☆ |
Good |
Yes |
N/A |
Archaia |
Hard to Find |
Physical |
|
Disney Villains |
[Credited to the Animators] |
Fandom |
Modern |
True to Source + Patterns and Objects |
★★★★★ |
Good |
Yes |
Art of Coloring |
Disney |
Out of Print[1] |
N/A |
|
Thomas Kinkade Studios Coloring Book |
Thomas Kinkade |
Fandom |
Disney |
True to Source |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
No* |
Disney Dreams Collection |
Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Available |
Physical |
|
Star Wars: Heros of the Resistance[2] |
[Pilot Studio] |
Fandom |
Modern |
True to Source |
★★☆☆☆ |
Budget |
Yes |
N/A |
Disney |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
Star Wars: Villains of the First Order[2] |
[Pilot Studio] |
Fandom |
Modern |
True to Source |
★★☆☆☆ |
Budget |
Yes |
N/A |
Disney |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
Hatsune Miku 2 |
Various Artists As, Choccy, ebila, Fujimi Nanna, gari, hatsuko, Hutuu, ICA, IKARI, Iwato, KEI, Kirabagani, Kuma, Kurisu Toshi, kuroshishi, masaru.jp, Naoki Saito, sacanahen, sawasi, sogawa, sumoni, Suzu Yuki, Tsubata Nosaki, wata, & yamasan |
Fandom |
Modern |
Animanga |
★★★☆☆ |
Budget |
No* |
Colouring Heaven Collection (Issue #23) |
Anthem Publishing |
Out of Print |
N/A |
|
Hello Kitty & Friends Coloring Book |
Various Artists Heidi Fekete, Lizzy Doyle, Heidi Vo, Cate Blanch, & Sarah Myer |
Fandom |
Modern |
True to Source |
★★★★☆ |
Good |
No* |
N/A |
Viz Media |
Out of Print |
N/A |
✦ |
Title |
Artist |
Subject |
Subcategory |
Artstyle |
Detail Level |
Paper Quality |
Double-Sided? |
Series |
Publisher |
Availability |
Link |
Notes on the many weird things going on in this table:
- If an artist's name is in brackets--like this [name]--than it is a) known to be the name of a collective of artists so the singular person to credit is unknown or b) the illustrations are sourced from stock image websites.
- When it says "No*" under the "Double-Sided?" column, it's an indication that the other side of the page may have text or patterns on the opposite side instead of being completely blank.
- I am not a good judge of paper quality so anything above 'budget' I just called 'good'. 'Printer' is basically just for Amazon printed books. 'Budget' are generally what it says on the tin, budget coloring books where the cheaper price = cheaper paper, but still servicible for the average hobbyist imho. 'Good' means that to me the paper seems thicker than either of those and therefore could suffer some abuse. I know some coloring enthusiasts can be much more picky about their paper quality so I'm sorry I can't be more helpful, but I'm dumb and personally can't really tell the difference between, say, a Johanna Basford and Jae-Eun Lee release, even though I know there is one.
[1]There is a 'revised edition' currently in print, but looking at pictures online, it appears to me that they are very different with almost no shared images.
[2]It's debatable if I should even include these "books" in my catalogue, let alone as seperate entries lol. They came as part of magnet play set and are really small, both in size and also in length. I think they have maybe 10 illustrations each. But eh they sit on my shelf with my other coloring books so I count them.