There are great book covers. And then there are the other ones. Certain genres have better covers than others. Romance, with all its bright, illustrated images and pleasantly punning names, is one ...

When Book Covers Outshine Their Pages Judging a Book by its Cover at Manhattan’s Grolier Club pays homage to the highly specialized art form. by Elaine Velie February 8, 2024 May 6, 2025.

It looks like one of those book-to-film covers that everyone wants to avoid but, contrary to popular belief, this cover of Lolita isn’t a still from Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 movie; neither the ...

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But it’s hard not to be influenced by that first impression. Publishers and designers know this and work hard to catch your eye — and get ...

If most book cover designs are conceived as quick-to-metabolize marketing tools, ... Page 20 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: The Bestbook covers of 2024.

Dan Kois writes about the graphic artist Lorraine Louie, and her cover designs for the book publisher Random House’s Vintage Contemporaries series.