Question of the Week: Favorite book cover

It’s time for Question of the Week, designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics.

This week’s question: what is your favorite book cover? Like in terms of the artwork, the design, etc. No wrong answers, obviously.

For myself, I think I would have to go with a hardback edition of THE SILMARILLION from the late 1990s. It was illustrated by Ted Nasmith, and the cover image shows Maglor throwing the final Silmaril into the sea in despair over his deeds. If you know the context of the scene, it’s an amazingly powerful cover.

For copyright reasons, here is a picture of the copy that I actually physically own and have been taking with me from different states and residences since 1999 or so.

-JM