Paperback Designed by Alex Merto, Picador’s art director, the new cover presents Justin Metz’s overhead illustration of a forest from the perspective of a flying drone.

If most book cover designs are conceived as quick-to-metabolize marketing tools, a great one can make the reader do a double take in slow motion. A good first impression is, of course, the goal ...

Back by popular demand, “The Book of Mormon” will return to Richmond for three performances from Oct. 18-19 at the Altria Theater.