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.
| 4475 |
|
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
by
Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 764,927 ratings
score: 169,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4475 |
|
Later
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 145,980 ratings
score: 169,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4475 |
|
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
by
4.29 avg rating — 41,533 ratings
score: 169,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4475 |
|
Jackaby (Jackaby, #1)
by
William Ritter (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 32,120 ratings
score: 169,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Interesting Times: The Play
by
Stephen Briggs (Adaptor)
4.23 avg rating — 26,059 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Tales of the Titmouse
by
Pamela Barrett (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Criss Cross
by
3.36 avg rating — 9,096 ratings
score: 168,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3)
by
Melissa de la Cruz (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 79,147 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Beautiful Ruins
by
3.68 avg rating — 184,109 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Illusions (Wings, #3)
by
4.10 avg rating — 33,195 ratings
score: 168,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars, #2)
by
Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 18,731 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone, #1)
by
Lori M. Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 4,938 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by
3.90 avg rating — 63,947 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe: A Novel
by
3.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Refugee
by
Alan Gratz (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 79,952 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Dead Famous (Kathleen Mallory, #7)
by
3.88 avg rating — 3,538 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy
by
3.67 avg rating — 36,784 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
The Children's Hour
by
3.97 avg rating — 14,864 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy, #2)
by
3.83 avg rating — 22,568 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth, #1)
by
3.65 avg rating — 20,862 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4505 |
|
Time Salvager (Time Salvager, #1)
by
Wesley Chu (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 5,101 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)
by
Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51,084 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #3)
by
Michael Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 87,086 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
The Sugar Queen
by
Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 57,124 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes, #3)
by
Brittany Cavallaro (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 16,028 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Samantha's Revenge (Arcadia's Children, #1)
by
Andrew R. Williams (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 191 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Paris
by
Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 28,056 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Animal Dreams
by
4.08 avg rating — 77,098 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)
by
4.03 avg rating — 27,385 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Raven Black (Shetland, #1)
by
Ann Cleeves (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 55,348 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Washington Black
by
3.95 avg rating — 71,762 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Billy Summers
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 187,249 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, #15)
by
Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 35,257 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Grey, #2)
by
Deanna Raybourn (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 18,258 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
by
3.49 avg rating — 46,718 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4522 |
|
That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3)
by
3.93 avg rating — 45,069 ratings
score: 167,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
The Collection: A Novel
by
Gioia Diliberto (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 267 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Hell to Pay (Nightside, #7)
by
4.06 avg rating — 9,743 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Biting Cold (Chicagoland Vampires, #6)
by
Chloe Neill (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 25,897 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Not a Drop to Drink (Not a Drop to Drink, #1)
by
Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 14,188 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Wonder Show
by
Hannah Barnaby (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
The Treachery of Beautiful Things
by
Ruth Frances Long (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 5,683 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
by
Timothy Ferriss (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 44,378 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by
Amber Smith (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 217,714 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
by
John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 31,923 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
by
Alex Grecian (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 17,049 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6)
by
Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 137,468 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
The Fifth Season
by
N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 324,192 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
by
Jake Adelstein (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 17,042 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by
Mona Awad (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 302,556 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)
by
Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 565,209 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4537 |
|
The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice, #3)
by
4.24 avg rating — 95,591 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Barrel Child
by
Pamela K. Marshall (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Assassin's Code (Joe Ledger, #4)
by
Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 7,598 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)
by
Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 21,218 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by
Sebastian Junger (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 118,308 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
The Library at Night
by
Alberto Manguel (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 3,945 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
The 19th Christmas (Women's Murder Club, #19)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 39,075 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
The Nickel Boys
by
Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 299,139 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Sarum: The Novel of England
by
Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 46,067 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Flaskepost fra P (Afdeling Q, #3)
by
4.05 avg rating — 40,557 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Headlong
by
3.66 avg rating — 4,992 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
The 9th Judgment (Women's Murder Club, #9)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 59,286 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
Royal Flush (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #3)
by
Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 18,023 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)
by
4.25 avg rating — 56,122 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4553 |
|
An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6)
by
Deanna Raybourn (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 17,280 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Little Red Riding Hood
by
4.15 avg rating — 24,914 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Water Ghosts
by
Shawna Yang Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.31 avg rating — 538 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
by
4.39 avg rating — 369,321 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
The Thirteenth Chime (Sense of Truth, #1)
by
3.59 avg rating — 375 ratings
score: 164,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Kings of Colorado
by
David E. Hilton (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 975 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Virals (Virals, #1)
by
Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 40,673 ratings
score: 164,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
The Three Musketeers
by
4.10 avg rating — 347,055 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
by
4.27 avg rating — 350,380 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
The Tenth Circle
by
Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 135,935 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
City of Thieves
by
4.30 avg rating — 163,772 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Americanah
by
4.31 avg rating — 406,282 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3)
by
4.33 avg rating — 91,822 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
New York
by
Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 43,597 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Primal Sin (Primal Sin, #1)
by
Ariana Nash (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 2,469 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
by
Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 57,207 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
The Book of Strange New Things
by
3.66 avg rating — 32,712 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Follow You Home
by
Mark Edwards (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 52,550 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Earth
by
David Brin (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 8,157 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
The Secret Speech (Leo Demidov, #2)
by
3.81 avg rating — 20,072 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Thirteen (Women of the Otherworld, #13)
by
Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 14,127 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
by
3.91 avg rating — 39,099 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)
by
Charles Todd (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 19,958 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4567 |
|
Servant of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #2)
by
4.32 avg rating — 31,698 ratings
score: 164,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
Little, Big
by
3.81 avg rating — 12,205 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
The Glass Room
by
3.93 avg rating — 12,546 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
Dragon Aster (Dragon Aster Trilogy #1)
by
3.62 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by
Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 421,955 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
Cruel Crown (Red Queen, #0.1-0.2)
by
Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 42,686 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
In the Afterlight (The Darkest Minds, #3)
by
Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 69,583 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
by
4.19 avg rating — 500,449 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
Infinityglass (Hourglass, #3)
by
Myra McEntire (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by
Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 554,184 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
by
4.04 avg rating — 95,264 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4590 |
|
Galápagos
by
3.87 avg rating — 87,575 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 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.
