Best book covers

To cap this eventful year, we've put together a list of the best book covers of 2020. There's something for everyone, from fiction to non-fiction!

For what is now the seventh time in a row, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 31 design…

If you’re looking for escapism, 2023’s book cover design trends seem determined to banish the darkness. This year feels less about the words and more about the feeling: it seems like it’s time to forget guidelines around hierarchy and decorum and just let rip. Check out the 2023 book cover design trends.

I think the first book of Nabokov’s I ever read was Invitation to a Beheading which I have in an old Penguin edition somewhere, so it will displayed later. What I do have here and now are three of his masterworks, Lolita (Corgi 1969), Despair (Panther 1969) and Pale Fire (Corgi 1966) in old UK paperbacks. Dorothy Parker was a member of the Algonquin Round Table and was noted for her wit. The Portable Dorothy Parker (Viking 1975 edition) is a complete collection of her stories, poems, reviews…

Another month of books, another month of book covers. In July, many of those book covers are being Instagrammed next to a beach towel, or perhaps on a dock, or even a picnic bench. For this and oth…

Read 1,835 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very…

Art by Jasu Hu

The Riddle of the Sea by Jonne Kramer was published by Piccadilly Press in 2022. A wonderful story of friendship and overcoming fears, translated from Dutch by Laura Watkinson—Carnegie-Medal 2020 short-listed translator of Lampje by Annet Schaap. Featuring stunning illustrati

Editor and writer Mark Sinclair picks his favourite book cover designs of this year

Read 289 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. It’s an honor to bring light to the dark. The nineteenth-century whaling village of Warble…