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Ten Books To Read Based Off Their Covers

Never judge a book by its cover, but keep an eye out for these.

Chloe Crist
Nov 01, 2016
Wake County, North Carolina
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Ten Books To Read Based Off Their Covers
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As an avid reader of books, and a new writer for Odyssey, I decided my first article should center around a mixture of my passions. I'm deeply passionate about books— I have spent a pretty penny on my collection in the last year alone. I'm also passionate about giving books the covers they deserve. In this day and age, there's no shortage of freelance artists for hire, and therefore no reason to not commission unique and eye-catching covers for every book. As much as I'm told not to judge a book by its cover, it speaks volumes to me if a cover looks unoriginal, or just plain horrible. So with that being said, I wanted to share ten books I own— or wish to own soon— solely due to fantastic cover design.

1. Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

2. Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

3. The Monster on the Road is Me by J.P. Romney

4. Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

5. Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

6. The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 by Daniel Kraus


7. The Infidel Stain by M.J. Carter

8. Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

9. Shades of Magic series by Victoria Schwab

10. The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer


There are many other covers that deserve to be on this list, but I already cheated by including a few series (because they're too amazing to not show off) so I'll stop here. This article isn't meant to imply that books with bad covers aren't worth buying, but to celebrate the time and effort put into designing books that paid off.




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