Book cover graphic design

Where to start with your first book cover design?

Book cover; New Directions

If you’re looking for escapism, 2023’s book cover design trends seem determined to banish the darkness. This year feels less about the words and more about the feeling: it seems like it’s time to forget guidelines around hierarchy and decorum and just let rip. Check out the 2023 book cover design trends.

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'. Ranging over myth, horror, love, nature, modern life, a diabolical painting, a cow…

We’re elated by the design that has been dancing across bookshelves of late. Here are 30 of our favorite covers of 2021.

For my second celebratory post I go to the book covers of Chinua Achebe, but not just any of his covers. I focus on the series designed by Cuban-American illustrator and artist, Edel Rodriguez, with art direction from Helen

Another month of books, another month of book covers. Here are my favorites from September: No way to avoid putting this image of Lucrezia de’ Medici on the cover, but the blunted cutouts—and…

The Mantle created a custom book cover on 99designs. They got dozens of unique ideas from professional designers and picked their favorite.