Hello! Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, where we talk about books! Today is a book cover freebie, and I’m going to talk about some of my favorite book covers.
The cover of Astrid Scholte’s Four Dead Queens is gorgeous! It is really shiny too. I originally bought this book on the Kindle, but I recently bought a hardback because Ms. Scholte is coming to the Tattered Cover on March 5 and I want something for her to sign (I pre-ordered The Vanishing Deep on audiobook).
Wicked Fox drew me in with its cover. I can read books with lackluster covers, but a good cover can make me want to read the book even if I otherwise might have overlooked it (I wasn’t too sure about the title).
Some covers are more beautiful in person than they are in pictures, and The Kingdom of Back is one of them. In person, the cover is so detailed, it is lovely. AND the maps inside are gorgeous too. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished copy.
Cassandra Clare has some gorgeous covers. Bookish First is giving away Chain of Gold ARCs this week, and I bought one with my points, and I’m so excited to get this one! I’m still getting the hardback I pre-ordered in 2018 though.
Ghosts of the Shadow Market is another cover that is more lovely in person than it is in pictures. The cover is so detailed! And it’s another Cassandra Clare book.
So today is Cassandra Clare day I guess, because I have one final Shadowhunter cover to share: Queen of Air and Darkness. What I’m most impressed about this cover though, is what is on the other side of the cover. There’s a gorgeous picture of the shadowhunters at the Santa Monica Pier. I couldn’t really get a picture of the entire thing, but I do have a picture of Church the cat from the inside:
Part of me is sad because I bought The Guinevere Deception on audiobook, and as a result, I don’t have a shiny cover to look at. I just love this drawing of Guinevere.
Start Here by Trish Doller has such a fun cover! It makes me think of summer and sun and friendship, which is a lot of what the book’s about. It may not be the prettiest cover, but it makes me happy nonetheless.
War Girls has a great cover too. I just love this girl on the cover–she projects so much attitude. It really sets the mood for the rest of the book.
Sky Without Stars also has this beautiful, shiny cover. I love it. The first printing also has a gold embossed cover, which is a really nice touch.
So those are ten book covers that I really think are beautiful. I’m sure I could come up with others too.
So what books did you pick this week? What aspect of book covers did you decide to write about? Since this is a freebie week, I’m guessing that we’ll see lots of creative ideas that I wouldn’t even think about.
Even though these aren’t in any genres I read, they are still very nicely done!
Thanks. Cover artists have a tough job.
Great list! I love the colours on the Wicked Fox cover.
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My favorite part of the covers are the characters. They seem to have such attitude!
Love a lot of the covers you chose for this! I’m so excited for Chain of Gold.
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Me too.
I need to see the cover for The Kingdom in Back in person sometime. It sure is pretty in Internet photos.
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I’m looking forward to seeing a finished copy. It comes out March 3!
I love all these covers so much! That War Girls cover definitely caught my attention and was the reason I actually picked it up and read the blurb. I really love the cover for Wicked Fox, too! It’s so pretty. <3 Great choices.
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I bet there were lots of people that bought War Girls for the cover!
I like the cover for Four Dead Queens! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
I wasn’t sad to have to buy a second copy (in hardback) of the beautiful book so I can have it signed.
Great picks! Queen of Air and Darkness is amazing- love that cover! I also really like Four Dead Queens and Wicked Fox.
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Isn’t she in the water on that cover too? I know Lady Midnight is in the water. They’d go with your TTT theme today too!
Cassandra Clare always has such gorgeous covers. I can’t wait to get my hands on Chain of Gold! And Kingdom of Back is just stunning. I can’t wait to pick that one up, too!
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Clare’s recent covers have been really great, at least. I’m not as much of a fan of her earliest covers before the redesigns though.
I love that cover on The Kingdom of Back – it looks like it’s glowing!
I’m hoping that whatever ink they use on the finished copy of TKoB are shiny. The book is beautiful and detailed in the ARC, but I’m looking forward to seeing the hardback so much!
I think Cassanda Clare always gets amazing covers. They are so beautiful!
I bet Chain of Gold is going to be one of those covers that you could look at for quite a while and still find little details in it you missed before.
The Guinevere deception has me so curious!!
That’s definitely one I loved looking at even before the book came out!
These are definitely some stunning covers. Wicked Fox is my favorite by far. But I’ve always loved Cassandra Clare’s covers.
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