October Covers

October Covers

This month I was really taken with Thomas Keneally's The Daughters Of Mars cover [Sceptre, HB]. The beautiful red poppies really make this come to life and even if I wasn't partial to some well written historical fiction by a Booker Prize winner, my hands would have still lifted this from a bookstore and taken it home.

My other Top Five:

Red Notice by Andy McNab [Bantam Press, HB]

On The Map by Simon Garfield [Profile Books, HB]

Red Country by Joe Abercrombie [Gollancz, HB]

Back To Blood by Tom Wolfe [Jonathan Cape, HB]

The Twelve by Justin Cronin [Orion, HB]

September Covers

September Covers

Without question my favourite cover this month is Grimm Tales: For young and Old  by Philip Pullman [Penguin, HB] due to the beautiful Red Riding Hood and The Wolf paper sculptures. In my opinion you can't really beat a paper sculpted book cover but here are a few that tried:

Top Five:


The Sacrifice by Charlie Higson [Puffin, HB]


Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain [Chato & Windus, HB]


Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook [Andrews McMeel, HB]


1356 by Bernard Cornwell [HarperCollins, HB]


Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming [Vintage Classics, PB]

Grimm Tales: For Young and Old

Grimm Tales: For Young and Old

 

 

Philip Pullman has chosen 50 of his favourite Brothers Grimm tales and put them in this beautifully designed book. The paper sculptures on the cover are designed by Cheong-ah Hwang and animated into this book trailer by Matthew Young. I love the idea of using paper sculptures to advertise a book. I'd try to re-create something like this myself if I was even remotely talented with a pair of scissors - which I’m not.