Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover is a regular feature on Pop! Goes The Reader in which I pay tribute to some of the best and brightest the publishing world has to offer in the way of book cover design. This feature is inspired by Katie’s feature Cover Love on her blog One Page At A Time. The idea is being used with her gracious permission.
Some of my favourite covers this week include Timekeepers by Simon Garfield, Turbulence by Annette Herfkens, The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone, Clearing The Air by Gregory Wood, The Long Run by Catriona Menzies-Pike, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul, The Genius Of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, Ars Botanica by Tim Taranto, Nicotine by Gregor Hens and The Glass Eye by Jeannie Vanasco.
Please Note: I’ve done my best to credit the designers, artists and illustrators responsible for the beautiful covers below whenever possible. If you know of an uncredited contributor responsible for any of these designs, please let me know and I would be happy to include proper attribution in this post. Their work is lovely and deserves to be credited.
01. Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time by Simon Garfield
02. Turbulence: A True Story Of Survival by Annette Herfkens (Design by Richard Ljoenes)
03. A Work In Progress: A Memoir by Connor Franta
04. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and The Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone
05. Darling, I’m Going To Charlie: A Memoir by Maryse Wolinski
06. You’ll Grow Out Of It by Jessi Klein
07. Clearing The Air: The Rise and Fall Of Smoking In The Workplace by Gregory Wood (Design by Phil Pascuzzo)
08. The Long Run: A Memoir Of Loss and Life In Motion by Catriona Menzies-Pike
09. The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir by Betsy Lerner
10. After Andy: Adventures In Warhol Land by Natasha Fraser
11. My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir by Amy Silverstein
12. One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul (Design by CS Richardson)
13. The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Design by Allison Colpoys)
14. Besties by Leah Reena Goren (Illustrated by Leah Reena Goren)
15. My Life With Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book Of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul (Design by Meryl Sussman Levavi)
16. Pricing Beauty: The Making Of A Fashion Model by Ashley Mears
17. Jefferson’s America: The President, The Purchase, and The Explorers Who Transformed A Nation by Julie M. Fenster (Design by Nick Misani)
18. The Genius Of Birds: The Intelligent Life Of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
19. Ars Botanica by Tim Taranto
20. Nicotine by Gregor Hens (Design by John Gall)
21. The Glass Eye: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco
22. Ghostland: An American History In Haunted Places by Colin Dickey (Design by Nancy Resnick)
Now it’s your turn! What are some of your favourite Non-Fiction book covers? Did I list one of your favourites here or is there one I forgot that just has to be included? Let me know in the comments!
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I’ve recently been wanting to get more into non-fiction so this post was actually very helpful for getting recs, and also just lovely to look at because THEY’RE ALL SO BEAUTIFUL. My favourite is probably Ars Botanica because JUST LOOK AT IT. GAH. SO PRETTY.
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