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 Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson, Sociable by Rebecca Harrington, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds, The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Since We Last Spoke by Brenda Rufener, The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me by Olivia Hinebaugh, A Heart In A Body In The World by Deb Caletti, Fear of Missing Out by Kate McGovern, Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson, Sparrow by Sarah Moon, I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall and Pride by Ibi Zoboi.
Please Note: I’ve done my best to credit the designers and artists responsible for the beautiful covers below, but was unable to find this information for a number of those listed. If you know of an uncredited designer responsible for any of these book covers, 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. Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
02. My Favourite Manson Girl by Alison Umminger
03. Famous In A Small Town by Emma Mills (Cover art by Becca Clason)
04. Sociable by Rebecca Harrington (Cover design by Emily Mahon, Cover illustration by Frederico Gastaldi)
05. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
06. You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn (Cover design by Lesley Worrell)
07. Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds (Cover illustration by Stephanie Singleton)
08. The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Cover design by Lucy Ruth Cummins, Cover photo by Greg Vore)
09. The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg (Cover design by Nina Goffi, Cover art by Patrick Leger)
10. Since We Last Spoke by Brenda Rufener (Cover design by Joel Tippie, Cover art by Helen Crawford-White)
11. The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me by Olivia Hinebaugh
12. What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
13. City of Friends by Joanna Trollope
14. A Heart In A Body In The World by Deb Caletti (Cover illustration by Daniel Stolle)
15. Awake In The World by Jason Gurley
16. Fear of Missing Out by Kate McGovern (Cover art by Aimee Fleck)
17. Earth to Charlie by Justin Olson
18. Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
19. No Place Like Here by Christina June
20. Meet Me In Outer Space by Melinda Grace
21. I Am Out With Lanterns by Emily Gale
22. Sparrow by Sarah Moon
23. The Girl He Used To Know by Tracey Garvis-Graves
24. What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera (Cover art by Jeff Östberg)
25. I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall (Cover design by Dana Li)
26. Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett (Cover design by Sarah Creech)
27. Unclaimed Baggage by Jen Doll
28. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Cover art by Billelis and T.S. Abe)
29. The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
30. Tell Me Everything by Sarah Enni (Cover design by Nina Goffi)
Now it’s your turn! What are some of your favourite Contemporary 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!
2 Responses
Wow, the cover of Opposite of Always is so good! it’s like it tells a story by itself 😀
This is a really good feature, and you found so many beautiful books.
Hi there! The You’d Be Mine cover design was by Lesley Worrell
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Also thank you so much for all that you do!!