Marigold Warner

As photography fair Photo Paris welcomes a slew of oh-so-cultured collectors next week, we look to off-shoot Polycopies and find cool teen bedrooms, queer dating and Tokyo’s red light district buried in the bookshelves.

Photographer Joe Puxley captures the messy euphoria of the UK’s big weekenders.

Since 1913, Kyoto University’s Yoshida dorm has been home to radical, anti-establishment youth.

Artist Robin Maddock has photographed the people, protests, pubs and parties across the country for a photo book documenting a rollercoaster year.

Dystopian disturbia, club night nostalgia, turbulent takes on family time and LOADS more. These books will blow your mind.

From drinking on streets and fumbling around in playgrounds, to blasting water from a penis-shaped pistol, photographer Wu Liewei aims to debunk Western stereotypes of his home country.