When Book Covers Outshine Their Pages Judging a Book by its Cover at Manhattan’s Grolier Club pays homage to the highly specialized art form. by Elaine Velie February 8, 2024 May 6, 2025 ...

Book covers do more than attract attention—they signal genre, audience, and the author's intent, shaping first impressions and influencing which books readers choose to pick up or leave behind.

On the last page of the paperback was a list of other books, most of which I had never heard of. Floating at the top of the list was an unusual logo, a hovering 3-D orb casting a shadow over a ...

You know the work. But you might not know who made it. From the 1950s to the 1990s, book designer Janet Halverson created covers for an array of authors and titles: Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why ...

The Book Review’s art director picks his favorite covers from a year that reminded him of the joys of picking up a book and holding it in his hands. By Matt Dorfman I spent more time browsing in ...

Romance novels are getting a modern design twist with the rise of vector couple covers. ... “When you’re reading a book, you are imagining the whole thing happening.

V.E. Schwab’s Desert Island Book: “No matter how many times I revisit it, I find new lines to appreciate,” the fantasy writer says of “The Count of Monte Cristo.” Best Romance Books of ...