It’s common knowledge that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but… By working on the visual side of books, graphic designers, illustrators and typographers help create the perfect reading ...

Writer and editor Mark Sinclair reflects on the influence that the digital world has had on our understanding of book cover design, before rounding up his favourite covers of the year Ahead of sharing ...

Art director: Jonathan Pelham. Valleyesque by Fernando A Flores; Design: Na Kim; Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux A book cover you can almost read with its series of icons collected together in a ...

It seems book covers are getting increasingly formulaic thanks to movie adaptations, minimalist design trends and genre conventions, creating a generic design plague in bookshops across the globe.

When Ms. Kim set out to design the cover of “Fresh Complaint,” a 2017 story collection by Jeffrey Eugenides, a writer she had ...

Blob by Maggie Su is a debut novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her 'perfect man'. It's a ...

Barcelona-based illustrator Judy Kaufmann has created a stunning set of enamel pins inspired by iconic authors and books.

How good are you at 'reading' book covers when the titles have been removed? Take our quiz, and see how clever design might be influencing your book choices. All the covers in this quiz feature in ...