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So often fiction book covers receive the most acclaim, but as most designers will concede, creating a clever nonfiction title is its own art form.
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 ...
The new books publishing this week may get quite heavy, laden as they are with family tragedy, psychopathy and heartbreak — ...
Many readers are still reeling from Wind and Truth, but Brandon Sanderson’s upcoming science-fiction and fantasy collection just got a cover reveal.
There’s no reason a cartoon cover can’t depict the true variety of the romance genre, but as it currently stands, there’s a homogeny that feels unrepresentative of what they’re selling.
For the cover of the July 7 & 14, 2025, special Fiction Issue, the artist Malika Favre chose an unusual setting to portray ...
Dan Zolnerowich's Spectacular Fiction House Covers, Up for Auction. Little-remembered artist Dan Zolnerowich contributed over 100 spectacular covers to a variety of Fiction House comic book titles.
In that post on Talking Covers, Sean Manning’s terrific (and sadly defunct) book-design blog, you can see the progression of Louie’s designs for Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral,” one of the ...
BBC Two's bookclub Between the Covers, hosted by Sara Cox and now into its seventh series, has featured a host of new titles alongside favourite books brought in by famous fans. The new series ...