Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
What books do you think have the best cover art?
Please, don't remove duplicates.
This list is about the COVERS, not the books.
Please, don't remove duplicates.
This list is about the COVERS, not the books.
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 2099 |
|
The Hob and the Deerman
by
Pat Walsh (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 95 ratings
score: 381,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2099 |
|
The Absent One (Department Q, #2)
by
3.89 avg rating — 46,258 ratings
score: 381,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2099 |
|
The Wind in the Willows
by
4.02 avg rating — 237,402 ratings
score: 381,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2099 |
|
Think of a Number (Dave Gurney, #1)
by
3.88 avg rating — 38,565 ratings
score: 381,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2099 |
|
The Clockmaker's Daughter
by
Kate Morton (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 105,743 ratings
score: 381,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2099 |
|
Two Can Keep a Secret
by
Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 168,975 ratings
score: 381,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2107 |
|
The Count of Monte Cristo
by
4.32 avg rating — 1,003,933 ratings
score: 380,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2107 |
|
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by
Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 54,919 ratings
score: 380,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2107 |
|
The Jane Austen Book Club
by
Karen Joy Fowler (Goodreads Author)
3.10 avg rating — 70,929 ratings
score: 380,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2107 |
|
Pieces of Her (Andrea Oliver, #1)
by
Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 143,504 ratings
score: 380,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2111 |
|
Howl's Moving Castle Picture Book (Howl's Moving Castle Film Comics, #1)
by
Hayao Miyazaki (Screenplay)
4.45 avg rating — 3,325 ratings
score: 379,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2111 |
|
Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
by
4.23 avg rating — 41,351 ratings
score: 379,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2111 |
|
Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch, #7)
by
4.35 avg rating — 78,345 ratings
score: 379,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2114 |
|
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by
Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 817,379 ratings
score: 378,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2114 |
|
Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)
by
3.97 avg rating — 16,404 ratings
score: 378,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
Sons of the Rapture
by
Todd Dills (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 377,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 232,534 ratings
score: 377,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
Song for the Basilisk
by
4.02 avg rating — 2,782 ratings
score: 377,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
Winkie
by
3.05 avg rating — 1,932 ratings
score: 377,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
The Faerie Path (Faerie Path, #1)
by
3.61 avg rating — 11,258 ratings
score: 377,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
The Show (Peter Pan Man, #1)
by
Lawrence H. Sola (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 366 ratings
score: 377,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)
by
Ann Cleeves (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 31,511 ratings
score: 377,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
Pretty Little Wife
by
3.91 avg rating — 73,098 ratings
score: 377,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2116 |
|
Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
by
Andri E. Elia (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,384 ratings
score: 377,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2125 |
|
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
by
Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 127,964 ratings
score: 376,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2125 |
|
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3)
by
Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 179,225 ratings
score: 376,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2125 |
|
Daemon (Daemon, #1)
by
Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 48,154 ratings
score: 376,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2125 |
|
Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2)
by
4.10 avg rating — 52,543 ratings
score: 376,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2125 |
|
The Chain
by
3.79 avg rating — 152,807 ratings
score: 376,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2125 |
|
Dolores Claiborne
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 167,908 ratings
score: 376,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
Then We Came to the End
by
Joshua Ferris (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 36,176 ratings
score: 375,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
In The Eye of The Beholder: A Novel of The Phantom of the Opera
by
Sharon E. Cathcart (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 114 ratings
score: 375,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
Mystical Trash
by
Mary Ramsey (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 176 ratings
score: 375,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2)
by
Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 84,166 ratings
score: 375,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)
by
3.65 avg rating — 47,937 ratings
score: 375,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
Cleopatra's Daughter
by
Michelle Moran (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 30,655 ratings
score: 375,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
The Widow (Kate Waters, #1)
by
Fiona Barton (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 116,978 ratings
score: 375,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2131 |
|
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
by
Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 101,148 ratings
score: 375,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2139 |
|
A Coney Island of the Mind
by
4.16 avg rating — 12,227 ratings
score: 374,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2139 |
|
The Dinner
by
3.21 avg rating — 173,799 ratings
score: 374,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2141 |
|
Forever Friends
by
4.36 avg rating — 45 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2141 |
|
Bloodlines (Bloodlines, #1)
by
Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 190,494 ratings
score: 373,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2141 |
|
Paradise Lost
by
3.85 avg rating — 179,465 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2141 |
|
Far From the Madding Crowd
by
3.97 avg rating — 164,262 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2141 |
|
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
by
3.97 avg rating — 71,771 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2146 |
|
U-10
by
Sam B. Miller II (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 372,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2146 |
|
The Magic Mountain
by
4.13 avg rating — 59,737 ratings
score: 372,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2146 |
|
Hidden Bodies (You, #2)
by
Caroline Kepnes (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 89,000 ratings
score: 372,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2146 |
|
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
by
Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 130,701 ratings
score: 372,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2146 |
|
State of Fear
by
3.70 avg rating — 90,938 ratings
score: 372,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2151 |
|
Love, Meg
by
C. Leigh Purtill (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 404 ratings
score: 371,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2151 |
|
Ombria in Shadow
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,193 ratings
score: 371,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2151 |
|
Everless (Everless, #1)
by
Sara Holland (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 44,832 ratings
score: 371,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2151 |
|
Endgame & Act Without Words
by
3.92 avg rating — 11,126 ratings
score: 371,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2155 |
|
Hamlet
by
3.34 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
score: 370,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2155 |
|
The Bone Clocks
by
3.85 avg rating — 99,779 ratings
score: 370,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2155 |
|
The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander, #3)
by
3.87 avg rating — 23,596 ratings
score: 370,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2158 |
|
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
by
4.11 avg rating — 76,017 ratings
score: 369,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2158 |
|
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
by
Veronica Rossi (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 115,242 ratings
score: 369,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2158 |
|
Lost in the Crowd
by
M.J. Santley (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 180 ratings
score: 369,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2158 |
|
And Come Day's End: A Michael McKaybees Mystery
by
Gabriel F.W. Koch (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 167 ratings
score: 369,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2162 |
|
Magic Study (Study, #2)
by
Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 83,600 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2162 |
|
A Little Princess
by
4.23 avg rating — 321,981 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2162 |
|
Dark Tempest (Red Winter Trilogy, #2)
by
Annette Marie (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 9,347 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2162 |
|
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by
James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 309,953 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2162 |
|
Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10)
by
Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 169,398 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2167 |
|
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by
Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 338,901 ratings
score: 367,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2167 |
|
The Plot (The Book Series, #1)
by
Jean Hanff Korelitz (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 137,799 ratings
score: 367,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2167 |
|
Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #40)
by
3.69 avg rating — 36,895 ratings
score: 367,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2167 |
|
The Dilemma
by
B.A. Paris (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 74,952 ratings
score: 367,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2167 |
|
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1)
by
Sherry Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 39,993 ratings
score: 367,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
As I Lay Dying
by
3.72 avg rating — 184,217 ratings
score: 366,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
by
Christopher Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 180,618 ratings
score: 366,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
Acheron (Dark-Hunter, #14)
by
Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 61,436 ratings
score: 366,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
The Charmed Sphere (Lost Continent, #1)
by
Catherine Asaro (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 2,625 ratings
score: 366,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
Becoming (Daughters Of Saraqael, #1)
by
Raine Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 2,451 ratings
score: 366,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
Love Letters to the Dead
by
Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 91,903 ratings
score: 366,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
Betrayal High (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #5)
by
Mark M. Bello (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 252 ratings
score: 366,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
A Royal Obsession
by
Julie Mannino (Goodreads Author)
4.81 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 366,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2172 |
|
The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
by
3.84 avg rating — 69,717 ratings
score: 366,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
Shades of Blue (Memory Box Trilogy, #2)
by
Cindy Bauer (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench, #1)
by
P.J. Tracy (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 14,011 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by
Garth Stein (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 549,149 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
We Disappear
by
3.59 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by
4.14 avg rating — 211,718 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
Hard Times
by
3.55 avg rating — 73,533 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
I See You
by
Clare Mackintosh (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 82,155 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life
by
Raoul Davis Jr. (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 4,873 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce, #8)
by
Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 23,912 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2181 |
|
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
by
4.24 avg rating — 21,792 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
Darkborn (Darkborn Trilogy, #1)
by
Alison Sinclair (Goodreads Author)
3.41 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
score: 364,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
Mirrorscape
by
3.31 avg rating — 708 ratings
score: 364,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
Louise Brooks: A Biography
by
4.19 avg rating — 977 ratings
score: 364,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by
Jojo Moyes (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,776,809 ratings
score: 364,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)
by
4.16 avg rating — 167,927 ratings
score: 364,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
The Interpretation of Dreams
by
3.84 avg rating — 80,002 ratings
score: 364,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
Swing Time
by
3.56 avg rating — 76,687 ratings
score: 364,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2191 |
|
Half of a Yellow Sun
by
4.34 avg rating — 179,431 ratings
score: 364,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2199 |
|
The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
by
Megan Whalen Turner (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 42,885 ratings
score: 363,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2199 |
|
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)
by
4.25 avg rating — 110,578 ratings
score: 363,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
12,388 books ·
7,099 voters ·
list created June 26th, 2008
by deleted user.
Tags:
covers
Comments Showing 1-50 of 122 (122 new)
message 1:
by
Debbie
(new)
Aug 10, 2008 10:22PM
i like this list because you didn't even have to read the book to be a part of it and the art on some of these books are really cool
reply
|
flag
I have to agree with Debbie - love a couple of the cover art work but agree with Judi - have to say i think our book covers for both Escape from the Pharma Drug Cartel and Shattered Reality could compete very well here. Thanks and best of luck to those authors involved.www.kimberlycheryl.net
With all due respect, these are all hideous mass-market eyesores. The books themselves may be excellent, mind you, but mass market books are cheap and ugly by nature. For truly beautiful book-objects one needs to look at presses like Ugly Duckling Presse or Futurepoem, or any press whose primary purpose is something other than selling crap to people waiting to board airplanes or to read on the train. For attractive glossy mass-market type covers, I think comics, graphic novels or classic sci-fi or pulp books are far more attractive than the abominations we see here. Of all of them, the old art deco Atlas Shrugged cover is passable, despite the fact that I loathe Ayn Rand with every fiber of my being.
For truly imaginative work you might consider Jinger Heaston's cover for my 'Corruption's Child' or Molly Courtright's for my 'Cruel Cuts' both available from Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Mark: not all of them. Paradise Stories, a masterful work of short fiction, has original art on its cover, a beautiful painting done specifically for the book by Joshua Evans.
How many Stephenie Meyer fans are voting because they like the series and not because they think the covers are great? I mean, they work, sure, but, come on!Twilight
really not so special.
The real problem with this list is that you just get whatever cover of the book happens to show up under the "primary" listing; so for an older book with dozens or even hundreds of editions, you might well end up with a very unattractive cover showing on this website. I love the Richard Powers art on H.G. Wells "The Time Machine", and other Wells paperbacks published by Berkley from the 50s-70s, but those aren't what I see when I look up the books here.Which I suppose might be a partial explanation for why almost all of the books listed here are relatively new books that only have 1 or 2 different covers to choose from...
If you hate the "mass market" covers, which really don't dominate as much as Mark says (except maybe Twilight), then look further down the list. The covers with fewer votes usually represent the covers that really drew the reader in, instead of just books that were voted for because they're popular and have a lot of fans here who are voting.
I voted for the covers I chose because I think they suited and enhanced the book inside. AND that they were attractive artistically.
My votes go to Gravity's Rainbow and A Confederacy of Dunces. Almost every edition for these novels, including the first edition and more recent editions, have had a visually pleasing cover that prepares one for what's inside.
I can't even believe that Stephanie Meyer books are on this list.
love your picks {despite what mark says!}. except for stephenie meyer's books. i'm not a fan of the cover art on those.
who keeps voting for stephenie meyer and her boring stock-photo covers?
I'm adding many of the covers produced by my publisher, Echelon Press, including
,
, and
.
Mark wrote: "With all due respect, these are all hideous mass-market eyesores. The books themselves may be excellent, mind you, but mass market books are cheap and ugly by nature. For truly beautiful book-obj..."did you nominate any of these books to be on the list?
Nicole wrote: "I can't even believe that Stephanie Meyer books are on this list."they are on everylist
I chose books whose covers I liked... and would like to be able to comment/question other voters at to what their reason was for voting for certain books...
Damn. People on this site have taste for SHIT. You people probably have Thomas Kinkade paintings on your walls.
nope. I have Jim Warren, Achilleos, Luis Royo, Nene Thomas, Boris Vallejo Julie Bell, Christoph Vacher, Don Paresi, Susan Seddon Boulet, Joseph Michael Linsner, Amy Brown, John Jude Palencar and pictures of my family
I saw this list and got excited because I have a background in design and I have certainly judged and/or bought books based on their covers...That said, this list is pretty crappy.
I'm not declaring myself a "pro" or anything of the sort, but out of just the first 100 on this list, there were only 7 that I felt were good book covers.
Ah well.
thank you for the invite too peruse thru the art works!
I'm seeing books here that are voted on because of how popular they are. They don't belong because the covers are truly nothing special. A good example of this is Twilight. The cover is not outstanding. And it's really not a cover I'd expect o see on a list like this. There are other that also have so-so covers. #654 doesn't even have a cover showing.
I love the cover to CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL - I've read the book as well and the cover does the book justice...and vice versa.
The artist who did the cover and other illustrations on "The Little Black Fish" read the story three times, we very carefully selected each scene according to the importance of that particular event and how we wanted to emphasize and communicate to the young readers. The hero of this book, the little black fish, is not even on the cover, because of the very special and dynamic way this book ends, how the final message is conveyed and how it will impact the readers...
David wrote: "Damn. People on this site have taste for SHIT. You people probably have Thomas Kinkade paintings on your walls. "
LOL! I tend to agree with you about Thomas Kincade.
LOL! I tend to agree with you about Thomas Kincade.
This list needs to be scrapped and started over. A lot of the covers do not belong.
did people just vote for their favorite or the most popular books? There are a lot better books out there in the way of cover art.
buryuntime wrote: "did people just vote for their favorite or the most popular books? There are a lot better books out there in the way of cover art."Yes, it does seem that people voted for their favorite books regardless of the cover art. That is why this list is bogus and needs to be scrapped.
The top ten books in this list do not have anything special in terms of cover art. If any staff is reading this, please scrap this list.
stephenie meyer has the simplest covers
shame on you fangirls
shame on you fangirls
OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me.
Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it already!
"
I'm sorry you feel this list is boring. For those of us who actually want the list to be correct, most of the books on this list don't belong on this list. This list has nothing to do with cover art, but the popularity of the books on the list. Basically, it's a fan wank.
JSWolf wrote: "Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it already!
"
I'm sor..."
Finally someone who understands, unfortunately I believe it may be impossible to reason with a twitard.
i admit i luv twilight and i voted for them. but the reason i actually started the series was because of the awesome covers!!!!!!!!
Lizzie wrote: "i admit i luv twilight and i voted for them. but the reason i actually started the series was because of the awesome covers!!!!!!!!"
I am totally impressed with the covers also! I actually bought Twilight due to the neverending quiz. I have a BA in Fine Art and I am influenced by book covers. My mother use to give me a very hard time about it. She liked to say I had silly decorator mentality, etc
Lizzie, we just have to ignore those who don't have the good taste we do! ;-)
I am totally impressed with the covers also! I actually bought Twilight due to the neverending quiz. I have a BA in Fine Art and I am influenced by book covers. My mother use to give me a very hard time about it. She liked to say I had silly decorator mentality, etc
Lizzie, we just have to ignore those who don't have the good taste we do! ;-)
Lizzie and Canary...You both now you voted for the Twilight series because you liked the books and not the covers. The covers are nothing special. This list is an abomination overall and those who voted for the nothing special covers (like those of the Twilight series) have ruined what could have been a rather nice list.
Could agree more JSWolf. It's one thing to like covers, but a book you like with covers you like doesn't make them the best covers. You don't even need to have read a book to vote for it in this quiz. Sorry, but the bland covers of Twilight being the best there is? I'm not buying it, just another example of a rabid fanbase destroying another list.
Travis, I agree 100%. What we need is a librarian to remove this list so it can be restarted and more librarians to police this list so the bland covers are not allowed to be voted on.
I think "Where the wild things are" has the best book cover hands down. I would encourage all who may have overlooked this classic to band together against travis's "abominations". If we act now the vampires need not yet win
The best idea is to delete this abomination of a list and start over and have a librarian monitor the list and any books that do not fit get removed before they get added.
JSWolf wrote: "Lizzie and Canary...You both now you voted for the Twilight series because you liked the books and not the covers. The covers are nothing special. This list is an abomination overall and those wh..."
Oh come on now. You know very well that this is all subjective. Who are you to say what I can and can't like? As it happens, I don't like the Twilight covers either, and I don't feel the need to bash those that do. Sure, some of the votes must be because of the popularity, so what. Big whoop I say.
Kody wrote: "JSWolf wrote: "Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it alr..."
What do you think of the cover of Fawcetta...I'm an artist and I have to say...that is good illustration art...not just photographs of people...
I like book covers that you know people worked hard to produce it. When I see covers that are more photogrpahy than art...that sucks...to me illustration art is the best...because you know it was drawn up...
I do think photography on a covert can be good. But come on, the best covert art is not a pair of hands holding an apple.
I don't understand why so many people are obsessed by a series of books that is basically nothing more than "The Babysitters' Club" with added sparkly vampires. The covers are also very underwhelming.
I was going to start complaining about the awful picks here, but then I realized: it actually is a popularity contest! Should anyone really be surprised that some of the books most commonly read are those most commonly chosen?Which isn't to say that the covers of the Twilight books aren't boring as hell. But you can't expect the Book of Kells to make this list, or old editions of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, or the new Penguin edition of The Three Musketeers, or even the famous cover to The Great Gatsby, because many, many, many more people have read Twilight (alas).
The Hunger Games, The Twilight series, The Giver (awesome beard), The City of EMber, The Last Olympian, Uglies, and Graceling have the best cover art that I have read.
Adam has no idea what good cover art is.
that he has read, hes still young dude. he doesnt read books about drugs and high school afairs. hes only 14 man. i love the books he posted but i think hunger games and catching fire really catch my attention.
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
