We asked five designers to judge the best book covers of 2022. Their choices highlight the variety of styles and techniques artists use to capture the essence of books and entice you to read them.

What we do know is that book covers could suddenly take on a wide range of hues. Bookmakers produced a colorful array of books with dyes, which are solutions that chemically bond to the substance ...

I used to be embarrassed that I often buy books based on their cover, but I’m not anymore: Book covers are a labor of love, filled with artistry and design. That’s the animating force behind ...

The creators agreed that dark romance book ... old style of romance covers, but they are still in bright colours which don’t allude to the dark nature or themes of the books”.

It’s the publishers' first opportunity to impress upon readers information about genre, themes, similar books, and even the reader’s own age and gender. A good cover can help a book reach ...

Those books, now known to have covers colored with dangerous dyes, have been removed from public circulation and also sealed in plastic bags, per Poison Book Project recommendations. The XRD ...

I was searching for books ... Covers, “or else were subject to mediocre taste or none at all.” In that post on Talking Covers, Sean Manning’s terrific (and sadly defunct) book-design blog ...