IT IS TIME for one of my favorite posts of the year that probably no one except me cares about!
Here are some of my favorite covers for books published in 2021:
- Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey (Ecco)
- The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books)
- The Portrait of a Mirror by A. Natasha Joukovsky (Harry N. Abrams)
- Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth (Sceptre, UK)
- Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung (One World)
- Dead Souls by Sam Riviere (Catapult)
- Brood by Jackie Polzin (Picador, UK)
- The Divines by Ellie Eaton (William Morrow)
- Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin (Open Letter Books)
- The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore (Catapult)
- I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins (Riverhead)
- Love and Fury by Samantha Silva (Flatiron)
- The Four Humors by Mina Seçkin (Catapult)
- Magma by Thóra Hjörleifsdóttir (Grove Press)
I didn’t realize this was a competition, but Catapult is clearly winning.
What was your favorite book cover of 2021?
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Ohhh the cover for Ghosted is incredible!
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RIGHT??
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We have four of the same faves! https://bookishbeck.wordpress.com/2021/12/18/cover-love-my-favourite-book-covers-of-2021/ (And Ghosted was one of my absolute favorites for the year.)
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Ooh I’m still catching up with everyone’s end of year posts so thank you for linking!! The Ghosted cover is SO GOOD, I really need to get a copy of that book.
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All the 2021 books I bought this year had pretty boring covers, and in at least one case, suffered from a boring North American cover (Civilizations by Laurent Binet… French cover is very cool, ours is blah). A Passage North and My Phantoms are the others that come to mind, pretty forgettable.
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Oh god that NA cover of Civilizations is TRAGIC. A Passage North is a good solid cover. Ooh My Phantoms is great, how did I miss that one?
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I see that you like women and flowers! I’m a sucker for flowery covers too. Are these chosen from books you read this year or simply books published this year?
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Hahaha I have predictable tastes!!!
Books published this year! I have only read: Ghost Forest, Brood, Winter in Sokcho, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness (DNF), and Magma 🙂
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I literally named my child after a flower so I can hardly judge!
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This is one of my favorite posts that you do! I think I might do my own!
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Omg YES PLS DO IT!
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The way all of these covers look like art pieces in a museum
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Ok but as an art geek that is my favorite compliment ever on my taste, THANK YOU! (Not me taking credit for these talented designers’ work lolol)
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[…] got this idea from Rachel, who annually posts her favorite book covers of the year! It’s honestly one of my favorite posts that she does, so I don’t know why I […]
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