We were all taught the old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but when you’re browsing books at your favorite bookstore, it’s impossible not to be drawn in by a book’s cover. The ...

Indeed, many of the best book covers rival the best print ads when it comes to design ingenuity. We may only be a couple of months into 2025, but we've already seen some stunning book covers.

Paperback The Vintage cover ditched the thin, hardcover scribble for a stylized eggshell font over warm clouds of yellows, greens, oranges and reds, meant to evoke subtler elements, like ...

1. PRESENT PAST, PAST PRESENT, 1971 “This is a stop-me-in-my-tracks book cover,” says Reed as we review the cover of a Ionesco memoir designed by Kuhlman Associates on his laptop.

But then, something dawned upon me – many of the covers were ugly. They were simply words on a static background — the author’s name, John Irving, in huge 32-point font, or Garth Stein with their name ...