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Category: Book Covers

  • Novels with ‘Bland Cover Syndrome’

    Novels with ‘Bland Cover Syndrome’

    I tend to mention from time-to-time that covers are important, even if the contents of a novel are all that actually matters in the end. A creative, satisfying, and refined cover that conveys quality (as well as the tone of the story) is essential to making a book more enticing to shoppers. That’s why I…

  • Books with Abstract/Interesting Covers

    Books with Abstract/Interesting Covers

    They say not to judge a book by its cover, but that really is the first thing you judge it by. Just as we make first impressions based on someone’s appearance — their features, fashion, and hygiene — we make a first impression with a book. Similarly to when someone you know changes their style…

  • Sixty Books I Want to Read Based on Their Covers

    Sixty Books I Want to Read Based on Their Covers

    As the title states, here is a rather lengthy showcase of sixty titles I’d like to read, purely because their cover is cool or interesting to me. Let me be clear that these are in no particular order, but I hope you can pick out a few for yourself and maybe give them a read….

  • Some of the Best Book Collections

    Some of the Best Book Collections

    Books are renowned for their aesthetic abilities, so here are some of my favourite collections of authors’ works or series. Kazuo Ishiguro — Modern F&F Faber & Faber’s minimalist approach to their modern reprints of Ishiguro’s work are amongst some of my favourite designs for a book cover, ever. Speaking of covers only: A Pale…