In fact, judging a book by its cover might not be such a bad thing. A cover can help readers get a sense of what a book is going to be about, or pique their interest in the story.

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 styling Oprah’s 111th book club pick features type in a shade of yellow that you’ll also see on the cover of the forthcoming “Happiness & Love,” among others. (A similar chartreuse is ...

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks, and ...

The cleverness of this cover — using a playful typographical maneuver to illustrate the book’s central concern — is balanced by the stark contrast of the colors, which suggest the gravity of ...