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Book Covers that caught our eye… and a fabulous prize to be won
11th December 2014
We have been gradually building up a collection of book covers that have caught our eye over on Pinterest. There are loads more out there and we are asking you to help us by telling us below which covers have really inspired you and which you think have exceptional qualities. All very subjective but there are ones that really work, and ones that just don’t make the grade. Tell us which covers work for you!
Write in the book title (or paste a link) of your all time favourite book cover below in the Comments by Midnight, Sunday 21st December and the first person out of the hat will receive a brilliant collection of “100 postcards from Penguin Modern Classics” – a gorgeous set of black and white photos of top Penguin authors. We’ll be uploading the best covers to Pinterest with a personal acknowledgment. A prize really worth having…
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The original cover for The Great Gatsby. Iconic, beautiful, eerie.
And this is the list of 2012-14 book covers that caught my eye:-
1. Return to Mandalay
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/return-mandalay/
2. The Separation
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/separation/
3. The Silent Tide
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/silent-tide/
4. The Truth About You
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/truth/
5. Alarm Girl
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/alarm-girl/
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/a-thousand-splendid-suns/
7. The Affair
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/the-affair/
8. Little Exiles
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/little-exiles/
9. Under the Jewelled Sky
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/under-the-jewelled-sky/
10. &Sons
http://www.tripfiction.com/books/and-sons/
The list of following 16 books are according to me have the best covers!
1. The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Sea_The_Sea.html?id=IJ5fL72Vvs8C&redir_esc=y
2. Possession by A.S. Byatt
http://www.robertestutts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/possession-by-a-s-byatt.jpg
3. Underworld by Don DeLillo
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Underworld.html?id=FIfrLTd6PS8C&redir_esc=y
4. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvl5rzqqk1qaeic6.jpg
5. The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christensen
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Epicure_s_Lament.html?id=g8ka4gOv0h8C&redir_esc=y
6. The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Ice_Storm.html?id=8I-oYgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
7. The Gift of Magi by O. Henry
http://bookstopcorner.blogspot.in/2014/11/the-10-best-christmas-stories.html
8. The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman
http://bookstopcorner.blogspot.in/2014/11/the-10-best-christmas-stories.html
9. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby
10. Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Procession_of_the_Dead.html?id=c2OQZ9jgR98C&redir_esc=y
11. Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TARUkgAACAAJ&dq=Tree+of+Codes+by+Jonathan+Safran+Foer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ds6KVOenLNGwuASb_YHIBA&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA
12. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burges
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TjsstKuSI4Q/UlLqjhTmKcI/AAAAAAAABN0/PITVgLT3Mwk/s1600/Burgess+1962+-+A+Clockwork+Orange.jpg
13. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/To_the_Lighthouse.html?id=echy0za3BHgC&redir_esc=y
14. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=M9lKHhLy1y0C&dq=to+kill+a+mocking+bird&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e9eKVLGjIoqiugTvtIKABg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA
15. Death of a Salesman by Aurthur Miller
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=sjc5TdesY1YC&dq=death+of+a+salesman&source=gbs_navlinks_s
16. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.american-buddha.com/afahbookcoverray.jpg
Notes from A Small Island by Bill Bryson 1996 paperback edition
A picture of a tea cup, saucer and spoon with the British Isles at the bottom of the cup. sums it all up, I’d say!