Decorated edges — sprayed bright colors, stenciled with ornate imagery — have taken the publishing industry by storm.

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks, and ...

Here are some of the best book covers of 2023 that you did not see—with insight directly from the designers who created them. The version that ended up being scrapped is on left, the final ...

The styling Oprah’s 111th book club pick features type in a shade of yellow that you’ll also see on the cover of the forthcoming “ Happiness & Love,” among others.

Reader’s Digest spoke with three accomplished book cover designers and artists who shared the best book covers of 2025. Ahead, you’ll find thoughtful, detailed analysis by Hanna Barczyk, Lisa ...

Where have all the torsos gone? The photorealistic “clinch cover,” featuring lovers mid-embrace, is a critically endangered species. Fabio? Hasn’t been seen around these parts in years. But ...

If most book cover designs are conceived as quick-to-metabolize marketing tools, a great one can make the reader do a double take in slow motion. A good first impression is, of course, the goal ...

I’ve been a book designer since the 1990s, working with some of Australia’s and the United Kingdom’s leading publishers. These days, I design book covers for Giramondo Publishing.

Romance novels thrive on familiarity and the promise of a happily ever after (or a happy for now), and their covers likewise play to readers’ expectations. A mystical object surrounded by vining ...

Stevens’s new book—in which he delivers exactly what the title promises across 200-plus fake vintage book covers—is out today. And it works delightfully. Subscribe to the Design newsletter.

The book releases March 18, 2025, and will receive the movie treatment. The cover for the newest entry in the "Hunger Games" book series, titled "Sunrise on the Reaping," is here. Scholastic ...