This is a sort of fun, meaningless post that I always have a lot of fun with, so let’s do it!
Unlike my best and worst lists, for this post I do like to stick with books that were actually published in 2020. So, here are some of my favorite covers of the year:




















- It is Wood, It Is Stone by Gabriella Burnham (One World)
- No One Asked for This by Cazzie David (Mariner Books)
- The Lightness by Emily Temple (William Morrow)
- True Love by Sarah Gerard (Harper)
- The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels (Hub City Press)
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Tinder Press, UK)
- My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (William Morrow)
- Hysteria by Jessica Gross (Unnamed Press)
- The Exhibition of Persephone Q by Jessi Jezewska Stevens (FSG)
- The Island Child by Molly Aitken (Canongate, UK)
- The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith (Harper)
- Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (Scribner)
- Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (Puskin Press, UK)
- Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford (Little, Brown, and Co)
- Daughter from the Dark by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (Harper Voyager)
- Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey (Knopf)
- Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass (Bloomsbury)
- If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha (Viking, UK)
- I Hold a Wolf By the Ears by Laura van den Berg (FSG)
- The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao (Atria Books)
What was your favorite book cover of 2020?
this post completely caters to my interests! Love some of these covers, definitely would make my list as well!
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We overlap on four of these! I wish I’d had If I Had Your Face on my radar — it would definitely have made it into my post. In general, you’re more into faces and bodies and I’m more into flora and fauna, but we’ve picked out a few of the same striking trends 🙂
https://bookishbeck.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/cover-love-my-favorite-book-covers-of-2020/
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These are all so stunning and haunting in a way!
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I am sensing a theme – women’s faces. (I love these kinds of posts but I am way too lazy this year)
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The UK version of If I Had Your Face is so much cooler than what we got in Canada! We get a mix of US and UK covers generally but I find I often like the UK ones better.
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