I may be partial to this cover because I love Myla Goldberg’s writing, but I find Lauren’s collage incredibly clever and I love its tactility. I never get tired of looking at it and finding new details. There are some multidimensional messages happening in that emblem and it’s got me so curious about the book….That blue background is lovely and the delicate gold foil fragments on uncoated stock makes the cover that much more special. And overall, the colors and lettering strike a perfect balance.
The art on Tyler’s cover is beautiful, but also deceptively simple-it’s actually quite rich with subtle detail. – Nicole Caputo Cover design by Tyler Comrie (Pantheon, April 2) I swear I would wash my hands well or read these with gloves on so as not to wreck their beauty! They are art objects for your shelf but also entice me to read them back to back in succession to learn the inspiration behind the image selection. – Joan Wong Covers designed by Rodrigo Corral (Picador, April 2)īeautiful in hand with uncoated stock, debossing and gloss and just as powerful on screen. Leanne’s watercolor illustrations never fail to have emotional resonance. – Jenny Carrow Cover designs by Leanne Shapton (Faber & Faber, March & September) Tyler’s jacket captures the repetition of the Kaddish prayer via the internet with clever humor that matches Englander’s writing. The handwritten subtitle and author are an ingenious contrast to the weighty title-I find it so exciting when type is used in such a creative way that additional imagery isn’t needed. When so many designs have their main visuals in the center, it’s very satisfying to see a layout that leaves the middle completely blank. – Rachel Willey Cover design by Oliver Munday (The New Press, January 8) Also love the modern feel this has with the use of neon inks on natural papers. Such a clever image, both delicate and sinister. * Cover design by Alex Merto (FSG, January 8) The designer with the most covers on the list: The press with the most covers on the list:įSG (including MCD x FSG originals) : 18 covers Jac Jemc, False Binggo, design by June Park : 4 votes Regina Porter, The Travelers, design by Michael Morris : 4 votesĭunya Mikhail, In Her Feminine Sign, design by Janet Hansen : 4 votes Tegan & Sara, High School, design by Na Kim : 5 votes Myla Goldberg, Feast Your Eyes, design by Lauren Peters-Collaer : 6 votes Yoko Ogawa, The Memory Police, design by Tyler Comrie : 9 votes We also revisited Raymond Carver covers, Beloved covers, Slaughterhouse-Five covers, and Invisible Man covers from around the world-and we basked in the work of Todd Alcott, who reimagines classic songs as vintage book covers.īut it is December, the official month of Best-of Listicles, and therefore I am contractually obligated to ask: which book covers were the best? To answer the question, as I did last year and the year before that, and good lord, the year before that, I cut to the chase and consulted the experts: the book designers themselves. Sauers wrote about designing her grandfather’s book (her grandfather being James Thurber) Nicole Caputo wrote about using red, white, and blue on book covers and Alison Forner laid out the process behind designing the cover for Sarah M. Oliver Munday wrote about designing the cover for Fleur Jaeggy’s newly reissued masterpiece Sweet Days of Discipline Tree Abraham wrote about designing the (very glittery) cover for T Kira Madden’s Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Sara T. This year, at Lit Hub, we spent a lot of time thinking about book cover design.
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