Post your favourite book cover

Bodhidharma

People always say you cant judge a book by its cover, and while I think its true, I think a nice cover is something that adds to the book.

So, post your favourite book cover

Gneez

Perhaps this, but the cover is silver glittery stuff glued on a black background and it fell off as I read it so now it's not black and silver anymore.

hatful

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spanx

OK, so not really. But you all need to see that blog.

For a favourite? I'll be obvious and go for a Penguin. This is the only book I bought just because of the cover, already owning it and all. Gorgeous.

Hermy

The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd (hardback version)
Kidd used every trick he knows to make this cover special.
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http://www.2plus3d.pl/assets/images/1305_lightbox_chip_kidd_10.jpg

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padraig_f

I bought this book originally mainly because I liked the cover, and actually I didn't like the book, but it's still a great cover.

Plowman

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jarmstrong001

Took so long to read this that I got to like this painting by the end of the book. I got a poster of it and had it up on the wall for a while a couple of years after

Emiko

I liked this cover art from 'The Windup Girl'

goose2005

Cork boy 55

Lustrum

--Kaiser--

Not a great image, the proper size one is here

padraig_f

Nice one I was just looking at...

Dades

The Amber Spyglass (adult edition):



Uses an amazing Nicholas Roerich painting (I have the print!) that echos some of the themes in the book.

Big version here.

yeppydeppy

this

Toby Take a Bow

I love this edition, but I think it went against Salinger's own wishes of never having an image on any of his books.

Hermy

Another one from Chip Kidd I like:

Kinski

Who wouldn't want to read this?

Morlar

Nick Cave :


HST


Also the american 1st edition paperback 'Great Shark Hunt'

Brian017

Sorry, I'm just Christmas crazy

Andy-Pandy

Emiko wrote: »

I liked this cover art from 'The Windup Girl'

Im reading this on and off at the moment, i know its gonna be great but im in the middle of rereading 'A Song of Ice And Fire' and finding it difficult to give time too.

Andy-Pandy

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Hermy

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

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Morlar

Basic Writings of Nietzsche


I think the william Gibson Neuromancer paperbacks had quite tacky covers but they grow on you over time ;