Ten Of The Best Selling Adult Coloring Books This Year

Do you remember coloring as a kid, and the joy that you experienced when you got to show off your completed masterpiece? The good news is that coloring books are back. Coloring for adults is not only acceptable - it’s growing like crazy. Here are 10 to the top selling adult coloring books this year.

Do you remember coloring as a kid, and the joy that you experienced when you got to show off your completed masterpiece?

Or maybe you remember the good times you had coloring with your child. The endless hours that you spent together coloring and laughing.

The good news is that coloring books are back. Coloring for adults is not only acceptable - it's growing like crazy.

Coloring offer adults a welcome escape from the world of work. And many adults are using coloring to distract them from their daily stress and help them to overcome the overload of their electronic devices. As for the relaxation potential of coloring, the actual idea of de-stressing is the theme of some coloring books.

Dover Publishing, a company, based in Mineola, N.Y., published "Antique Automobiles Coloring Book," its first book for adults and more experienced artists, in 1970. Since 2012, they have sold more than 3 million coloring books from their Creative Haven collection.

Today, Dover's Creative Haven collection is part of a product line that includes over 150 coloring books. This product line includes something for everyone.

Here are Ten of Dover's Best Selling Adult Coloring Books:

The Language of Flowers Adult Coloring Book

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The Language of Flowers Adult Coloring Book includes an attractive, accurately rendered collection of 30 floral beauties, with brief captions describing what each flower symbolizes. This adult coloring book will be a treat for coloring book fans, flower lovers, and gardening enthusiasts.

The Paisley Designs Coloring Book

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The Paisley Designs Coloring Book is crafted from exotic motifs inspired by the elements of nature. The illustrations in this gorgeous gallery of designs are inspired by trees, leaves, flowers, buds, animals, and birds. This book presents artists of all ages page after page of highly creative designs!

Snowflake Mandalas Coloring Book

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Just as each snowflake is unique, these 31 mandalas offer distinctive and original designs to color. Th pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Snowflake Mandalas Adult Coloring Book offers an escape to a world of artistic fulfillment.

Art Nouveau Animal Designs Coloring Book

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Art Nouveau Animal Designs Coloring Book Is inspired by the works of the Art Nouveau masters. The imaginative illustrations feature patterns of graceful swans, peacocks, butterflies, and other creatures, as well as intertwined vines, flowers, and other plant life.

The Mehndi Design Adult Coloring Book

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This book features exotic birds and butterflies, hypnotic paisley prints, and flowers galore — these mehndi designs offer colorists an array of exciting challenges. The Mehndi Designs Coloring Book is designed for experienced colorists.

Creative Cats Adult Coloring Book

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Both cat fanciers and coloring enthusiasts will be enchanted with this gallery of original designs containing more than 30 full-page portraits of pretty pussycats. Creative Cats offers an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment.

The Whimsical Gardens Coloring Book

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The imaginative and playful designs will inspire colorists to add their special touches to make each picture uniquely they're own. All of the illustrations are printed on one side of perforated pages for easy removal and display.

Owls Adult Coloring Book

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This book contains more than 30 full-page illustrations depicting the wisest of birds in lush, tapestry-like settings. These adorable owls are posed against vivid backgrounds brimming with intricate designs.

NatureScapes Coloring Book

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Thirty-one original designs present spectacular combinations of natural elements in eye-opening, full-page patterns. These drawings include seashells on the sand, peacocks in flowering magnolia trees, and butterfly fish in Elkhorn coral.

The Animal Mosaics Adult Coloring Book

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The Animal Mosaics Coloring Book contains a more than 30 detailed illustrations provide colorists with a wealth of imaginative possibilities. Each of these full-page pictures includes birds, squirrels, hippos, foxes, frogs, and a bevy of other creatures, wild and domestic.

Try one or more of these ten best-selling adult coloring books from Dover Publishing and let us know how you like them.

What is your favorite adult coloring book?