She’d been tasked with designing the book covers for the English translations of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-part autobiographical novel, My Struggle—and she’d landed on a concept to tie the ...

The designer obliged with what feels like a perverse joy. This book has two back covers and the spine is inside out. The design (used solely on the British edition) feels like a bold attempt ...

Iconic comic book covers often capture pivotal moments in superhero stories, setting the stage for memorable narratives. With ...

The conversation that this photo is having with this book’s title and subtitle covers considerable ground with economy and speed. While capturing an afternoon pickup game and a kid who could ...

The hues burn. The text shouts. It’s an optometrist’s pay day. Book covers have always sold – or oversold – their contents. Like all art, book design is a sign of the times: of consumer ...

The new %27Harry Potter%27 covers will be on paperback editions in ... Harry Potter is getting a new look — or at least new book covers. On Wednesday, J.K. Rowling's American publisher ...

Go ahead, judge a book by its cover. We asked book cover designers to pick the best book covers of 2025 and tell us what makes them so great. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.

With the rise of Instagram and BookTok, the importance of aesthetics in literature is on the rise, and book covers have become a bigger focus than ever. The phrase “never judge a book by its ...

Book covers dyed with chrome yellow—favored by Vincent van Gogh—aka lead chromate, were also examined, and the project's scope has since expanded worldwide. The Poison Book Project is ongoing ...