Sunday 2 December 2012

November Covers






November Covers

As Christmas fast approachess we have some beautiful and intriguing covers to tempt the money from our pockets. This month my eyes can't help but be drawn to Laini Taylor's Days Of Blood and Starlight [Hodder & Stoughton, HB]. Although looking back at Aprils top choice of The Wind Through The Keyhole I'm wondering if I just have a thing for covers featuring fire.

In amongst my Top 5 is Pratchett's The Compleat Ankh-Morpork; a guide to the city and its establishments. For any Discworld fan this book is an absolute must. It is beautifully made and designed with maps of the entire city that you can spend hours of your Christmas day pouring over. Perfect present material. Others making the grade are:


Top 5:

Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks [Picador, HB]


The Haunted Book by Jeremy Dyson [Canongate, HB]


The Compleat Ankh-Morpork by Terry Pratchett [Doubleday, HB]


Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver [Faber & Faber, HB]


Cruel Britannia by Ian Cobain [Portobello Books, HB]