Book Covers! (Artwork and Designs)

[Beastie]

I saw some new Sherlock Holmes books yesterday and the covers were lovely. In the course of trying to find them on the internet I just started coming across loads of book covers that looked gorgeous -- and I thought I'd post them here....

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FaOhAkEOL._SS500_.jpg

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/grownups/davidficklingbooks/curious/0099456761.jpg

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1841952451.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Please feel free to add your favourite covers.......

[Bozzilla]

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/grownups/davidficklingbooks/curious/0099456761.jpg



great book!! lovely story!

[ScottEwen]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is children's fiction?

[Beastie]

^ Yes. If someone presented it to me as an adult book I wouldn't bat an eyelid though.

[Bozzilla]

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/27678_0.jpg

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/n272074.jpg

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/pablozoo.jpg

[Beastie]

http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/forgetting_things.large.jpg

http://psdtutsarticles.s3.amazonaws.com/linkb_53book_covers/18.jpg

[ScottEwen]

^ Yes. If someone presented it to me as an adult book I wouldn't bat an eyelid though.

I think it might only be marketed as a children's book in the UK. I read that book years ago and it never crossed my mind while reading it that it was meant for children. It was shelved in the "fiction" section of the bookstore, not the "children's fiction" section, and the cover gives no indication that it might be for children. This is the cover of the American edition:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a385/ScottEwen/curious.jpg

[Bozzilla]

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/415nnI4mZSL_SS500_.jpg

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/517HV2yHHkL_SS500_.jpg

[kae_ae]

gotta admit, that life of pi covers the reason I bought it, hehe.

[Bruce Lee]

http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6my13FiQ1qa02qlo1_500.jpg

https://shop.idwpublishing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/r/c/rctr_deluxe.jpg

http://www.lostonwallace.com/dummypulp.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/PrideandPrejudiceandZombiesCover.jpg

[jacon]

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/415nnI4mZSL_SS500_.jpg

THEIR is spelled wrong! :eek:

[theGOBLIN]

THEIR is spelled wrong! :eek:

ahh I know how that feels. Some assistant editor probably lost a job over that.

[Spooko]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NJ7D5JG7L._SS500_.jpg

This one is heavy in Manliness.

[Mr.Hades]

Ah! I love 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth'!

[Spooko]

The future, unless we act now, is a http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rxchaos.jpg

[Beastie]

3 different covers for A Confederacy of Dunces.

I love them all.....

http://bergsoniancritique.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/A-Confederacy-of-Dunces.jpg

http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/images/jackets/l/01/0141182865.jpg

http://daily.greencine.com/archives/confederacy-dunces.jpg

[Beastie]

http://bestlittlebookshelf.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/extremely_loud_and_incredibly_closelarge.jpg

[Stark Raving]

One of my recent favorites, which is also a great book:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8931/graveyardbook11.jpg

[Stark Raving]

And two more...

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/479/51ikfcfbsal.jpg

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3109/4506.jpg

[ScottEwen]

One of my recent favorites, which is also a great book:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8931/graveyardbook11.jpg

Y'know, I listened to the audiobook of that last year and never noticed what the cover was supposed to be. I just got it.

[DJ Kenobi]

http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2008/04/mapsand.jpg

I love this cover. The top black section is part of the hardcover itself, then there are 3 dust jackets of varying size stacked on top of each other.

http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/caboncranecover.jpg

[Stark Raving]

That's a great one.

[Mase]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/lastman76/banksy-wall-and-piece-book.jpg

If you flip it over, he's holding a bouquet of flowers. I didn't believe it was a "real" Banksy book until I read the quote on the back.

"There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover."
- Metropolitan Police spokesperson

[Stark Raving]

I really wish I could find a bigger pic of this. One of my favorite books of all time.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/4038/4511.jpg

[TheMayor]

I really wish I could find a bigger pic of this. One of my favorite books of all time.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/4038/4511.jpg

Heh, I really liked the cover of that book, but couldn't stand the way Bradbury writes.

I also noticed that Chabon's books always have excellent covers. I usually pick books based on the cover (the only time I go to book stores is when my wife is shopping for something else in the mall, so I never go there knowing what to look for) and title, so I've ended up with a lot of his books. Pretty good stuff.

[Stark Raving]

About to start reading this one...

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/513/boneshakercover.jpg

[Stark Raving]

How did I forget this one? :confused:

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9062/underdome.jpg

[JPJ]

http://ikereeder.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/the-road.jpg



http://liveforfilms.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/hobbit-book-cover.jpg


http://nie.schuylkill.com/cleary/cover.jpg

[JPJ]

http://regularrumination.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/coraline-book.jpg

[ScottEwen]

How did I forget this one? :confused:

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9062/underdome.jpg

Simpsons already did it.

[Stark Raving]

Ugh, I hate movie tie-in book covers. Picked this up today, and granted it's far from the worst I've seen. Still...blegh. :x

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9876/9780061703256.jpg

[VicM]

Ugh, I hate movie tie-in book covers. Picked this up today, and granted it's far from the worst I've seen. Still...blegh. :x

I know what you mean. I honestly feel embarrassed reading classic books with the redone movie cover.

[kman]

Then you guys are gonna hate this:

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2450384cbook_cover_en-660x467.jpg

That's the classic The Inferno, with cover art from the new video game. Yikes.

[kman]

Also, two words: Chip Kidd

[ScottEwen]

Then you guys are gonna hate this:

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2450384cbook_cover_en-660x467.jpg

That's the classic The Inferno, with cover art from the new video game. Yikes.

Penny Arcade did a comic making fun of this today:

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/764979695_mxWkk-X1.jpg

[N.O.D.]

I think it might only be marketed as a children's book in the UK. I read that book years ago and it never crossed my mind while reading it that it was meant for children. It was shelved in the "fiction" section of the bookstore, not the "children's fiction" section, and the cover gives no indication that it might be for children. This is the cover of the American edition:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a385/ScottEwen/curious.jpg

They seem to sometimes be classed based on the age of the protagonist which is bizarre really. I guess they think that some adults will put a book down in disgust if they find out that they're reading about a pre-teen?

When I worked at a bookstore in Canada it was classed as adult fiction.

[Stark Raving]

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2450384cbook_cover_en-660x467.jpg
Fer the love of...


http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2781/doubletrekfacepalm.jpg

[Teratophile]

Penny Arcade did a comic making fun of this today:

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/764979695_mxWkk-X1.jpg

Hahaha.

Herman Melville is buried very close to me. I used to sneak in the cemetery and visit him and Miles Davis.

[JPJ]

Penny Arcade did a comic making fun of this today:

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/764979695_mxWkk-X1.jpg



I would SO buy that video game. :-lml:

[Mr.Hades]

What an awesome idea for a draw-off :)

[Inkthinker]

It's worth mentioning that the PA weren't so much ripping on it as running with it... as Jerry/Tycho put it:


Maybe it isn't entirely forthright, putting a crusader badass the cover of your medieval allegory - but I don't care. In fact, I support this kind of thing wholeheartedly: fact is, sometimes you got to lie to a mother****er. If showing a dude holding a giant spine with an aftermarket scythe affixed is what it takes to get young men to read a single page of the classics, than so be it. I hope these shenanigans work like gangbusters. We've got your backs on this thing. Looky here, we'll even prime the pump. (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1/15)

He might have a point, at that.