What is your favorite book cover design?

Abarat by Clive Barker has a pretty amazing cover – Barker spent several years painting all of the illustrations for the book (including the cover), and they’re absolutely gorgeous!

@sdeutsch , Thanks! I really like that cover and I’m also thinking about reading it. It looks pretty interesting.

the fashion encyclopedia by Taschen

Do you have a picture, flameboi? I tried looking for it on amazon, but couldn’t find it.

@bri
D’you have an e-mail address where I can send you an e-card?

@flameboi
Wow, I really like that. I’m going to have to try out that makeup sometime ;)

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http://www.tjc.edu.sg/inspirations/feb2006/digital%20fortress.jpg I like the codes in the background.

@ bri – I am exactly the same way. Especially with kids books.

I like the cover on harry potter and the order of the pheonix

Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte. An excellent book with great images and content. I highly recommend you see him in person, he does conferences across the country.
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@bri – Yeah, I’m that way mostly with Young Adult books, they have a lot of really cool covers.
I’m definitely one of those people who judges a book by it’s cover at first glance.

Thanks everyone!

the memory artists
the great gatsby
only revolutions (haven’t read it yet)
and more of course, maybe i’ll post laterrrr

I used to be a book cover designer for Little, Brown and Co. many years ago. I think the best covers are simple but evocative. Chip Kidd does great book covers and so does my friend Steve Snider. You can look up their names and see their work on Amazon.com.

The book covers designed by author Robert Rankin are quiet cool.