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.

The book is more than 25 years old, but the price the watercolour commanded shows just how influential and longlasting iconic ...

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 ...

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 ...