Iconic Book Covers

[Emily]

I thought this was an interesting article, especially for those thinking of self-publishing. (FYI: This list doesn't include anything in the last 30 years, just to make us all feel old and iconic in ourselves).

I do judge and buy books by the cover all the time Perhaps you might like to share some beautiful cover-art (it can be more recent and not so iconic as the above!) as an idea of what works... or doesn't?

(One of the books I am reading at present, is our very own @Leonora 's Black Drop. I think this cover is a wonderful example of One That Works *so well*: the colour, detail, clarity. Even the feel of it is beautiful, a sensory delight while reading )

 

[RK Wallis]

This would be one that's always impressed me...

 

[Emily]

This would be one that's always impressed me...

Oooh, I like that. It always fascinates me, too, how the covers change for audiences in different parts of the world

 

[RK Wallis]

Oooh, I like that. It always fascinates me, too, how the covers change for audiences in different parts of the world

I just noticed it's on the list already - it was 4.30am and bedtime when I read your thread, so I'd saved the article for the morning.

 

[Hannah F]

I'm not a picture artist which is maybe why my eyes can't see why any of these are iconic except for "The Godfather" which is a clever hint of what is to come. Nor do I tend to remember cover designs. I find the title attracts me to a book. If the cover design enhances the title and hints that it's my type of read, I'll buy it. A bad cover, or one that suggests a genre I'm not into, will put me off the book whatever the title.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Lion and Blue, by Robert Vavra

I can never read it without crying.

Don't let that put you off.

 

[Emily]

Oh, GREAT cover, feels very 70's I will check that out, thank you!