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Monday, March 5, 2012

Book covers I really like

The Broke and Bookish
Book covers I really like...

1. The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson
This looks 3-D to me, not the typical 2-D cover.  Very creative.
 


2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
This unique cover sets the book apart.

3. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
The red and black colors, the heart shape, and the dictionary words written within all create a pleasing composition.


4. Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
The book is just as creative as the cover, or more so.


5.  Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
The cover makes me laugh as does the book.


6. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Juxtaposition.


7. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Almost touching, but not quite. The cover sets the reader up for what is to come.


8. Deadline by Chris Crutcher
The cover looks like it is upside-down.  That is the point.


9. Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini
Words to attract readers: Girls Panities; WEIRD; Pimpin'; Stinky.


10. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson is an artist who wrote a book. The art work is fabulous.


11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
This is my favorite of the many editions of OFOTCN.

 
12. Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway
Notice how Benway's name is hiding in the vortex?