Photograph by Alex Plechko If most book covers get five-second glances, spend 15 with this one. After a time, you’ll notice little bouncing gestures with the type. Then you’ll notice the speck.

Indeed, many of the best book covers rival the best print ads when it comes to design ingenuity. We may only be a couple of months into 2025, but we've already seen some stunning book covers.

AI-generated book covers are becoming a big nuisance for both artists and the publishing world in general. Although the AI art in book covers is being used for commercial purposes, there have been ...

But then, something dawned upon me – many of the covers were ugly. They were simply words on a static background — the author’s name, John Irving, in huge 32-point font, or Garth Stein with their name ...

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 ...